Judge limits videos, cameras as Lohan heads to jail
Lindsay Lohan is scheduled to turn herself in Tuesday morning to begin a 90-day jail sentence for violating probation in a 2007 DUI case.
But the public won't see her in handcuffs when she leaves the courtroom to begin serving her time at the Century Regional Detention Facility in Lynwood, Calif., because the judge has issued media restrictions.
Judge Marsha Revel of Los Angeles County Superior Court said cameras must stop rolling when she announces that Lohan, 24, is being remanded to the custody of the sheriffs department and the bailiff is instructed to take her into custody, CNN reported. She also specified no one is allowed to shoot Lohan being handcuffed, and that photos of the actress must be restricted to when she's at her counsel's table.
One report says the actress has been emotionally distraught about her impending jail time. "She has not been able to sleep and has barely been eating," a source told People magazine. "All weekend, Lindsay kept crying, chain smoking and chewing her nails."
Lohan has been staying at the Pickford Lofts sober living facility in Los Angeles for almost a week and has had frequent visits from ex-girlfriend Samantha Ronson, mom Dina Lohan and sister Ali.
The source added that Lohan "is a nervous, fidgety mess, and her legal team, family and friends are very concerned about her fragile state."
On Friday celebrity attorney Robert Shapiro signed on to the case after Lohan moved into a sober living facility that he founded. By Monday night, the Los Angeles Times and celebrity website TMZ.com, citing anonymous sources, reported that Shapiro had resigned from the case.
Shapiro met with Revel in a closed meeting late Monday afternoon. The prosecutor handling the case, Danette Meyers, was not present and court officials said there had been no change in requirements for Lohan’s surrender.
In an e-mail to The Associated Press sent Monday evening after the meeting, Shapiro said his only comments would be made in open court.
Lohan's father, Michael Lohan, told Newsday he would be in Los Angeles Tuesday when Lindsay turns herself in. "It's heartbreaking, because I know what she's going to face, having been there myself," he said, referring to his own three stints in jail. "I know it's not a place for anyone, let alone my own daughter."
Lindsay herself is less than appreciative of his concern, writing on her verified Twitter account late Sunday night, "I don't want my ex-father anywhere near me no matter where I am. He is crazy and scares me."
Because of overcrowding in the California penal system, nonviolent female offenders generally only serve a quarter of their sentence, meaning Lohan could be out in about 23 days -- in plenty of time to attend any premiere for her Sept. 3 release "Machete." However, sheriff's department spokesman Steve Whitmore told the Los Angeles Times Monday that any early release is conditional on the judge mandating a minimum time behind bars.
On a brighter note, Lohan graces the cover of the new issues of Complex magazine and the German edition of GQ, telling the latter in a rare interview, "If I sneeze, photos are published in which I am said to be weeping bitterly. And if I keep my hand in front of my mouth and nose, it's the same; I was hung over and had a hard night of heavy partying behind me. You can't imagine to what extent this has been accepted."
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