Lindsay Lohan’s claim to have completed her community service sentence has been questioned by a prosecutor, who has warned that he would seek jail time for the star.
According to court documents, the actress completed her community service for a reckless driving case, the final criminal case she faces after years of being in the spotlight over her behaviour, at a London volunteer organisation.
But the prosecutor in Los Angeles, Santa Monica Chief Deputy City Attorney Terry White, said he doubted that she had carried out 80 hours of community service in nine days.
And he warned that if he is able to show that the actress did not complete the hours as stated in court filings, he would seek jail time for the star.
Superior Court Judge Richard Stone spent several minutes silently reviewing the documents, but made no comment on whether he felt the 28-year-old had completed her community service sentence.
He set another court hearing so that the prosecutor could investigate whether Lohan had completed her community service as stated in court documents.
“If this was Lindsey Smith, nobody would allow this,” Mr White said.
He said that among the activities she received credit for was a meet-and-greet with fans of Speed-the-Plow, the play she is starring in.
“She got to shake hands with people, and that’s community service,” Mr White said.
He also complained about the actress receiving credit for hours in which young people were shadowing her.
“I’d love to hang out with a celebrity all day and see their life, but that’s not community service.”
The community service is one of the last elements of Lohan’s sentence for a 2012 case involving reckless driving and lying to police, filed after the actress crashed into a dump truck on the Pacific Coast Highway.
Judge Stone gave Mr White until February 18 to try to verify Lohan’s hours, a task the prosecutor initially said today was not his job. “I can’t verify what she’s doing there,” he told Judge Stone.
The actress’s lawyer, Shawn Holley, said that the issues raised were due to Mr White not doing his due diligence and checking on Lohan’s service in recent months.
In November, Mr Holley presented documentation that Lohan had completed 102 of 240 hours.
Lohan has been on probation since 2007, when she was arrested twice for driving under the influence. She struggled to resolve that case and was charged with stealing a necklace within days of being released from rehab in 2011.
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