# Lindsay Lohan in trouble again. This time really serious. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 21, 2012, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lindsay-lohan-in-trouble-again-this-time-really-serious/632186 "2012-08-21T17:59:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Irishman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b487fb/32.png) [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2012, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lindsay-lohan-in-trouble-again-this-time-really-serious/632186/81 "2012-09-23T19:26:34Z")
> [@Lazlo Hapsburg](#): > > A friend who had had some trouble with the law once told me, “the best way to avoid jail is to never do a crime with anyone else”. Well-known trope. Benjamin Franklin said, “Three can keep a secret if two of them are dead.” > [@](#): > > And even if Lindsay had nothing to do with it, what do you think the odds are that these two guys will tell the cops some lie that she was the mastermind so they can avoid jail? > > I would think she has a big problem on her hands with this. And yet, it hasn’t happened yet. ---
**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2012, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lindsay-lohan-in-trouble-again-this-time-really-serious/632186/82 "2012-09-26T13:27:15Z")
> [@salinqmind](#): > > I disagree. She will skate. Nothing will happen. Nothing. It will all be dropped. I predict! Q: Is the NYC “bumping a pedestrian” thing even a factor? I mean if she had [“All I Want” by Offspring](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o3q3vT5XmJ8) playing on her car stereo, no jury in the land would convict her… ---
**Author:** ![Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slow_moving_vehicle/32/291_2.png) [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slow_Moving_Vehicle)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2012, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lindsay-lohan-in-trouble-again-this-time-really-serious/632186/83 "2012-09-27T21:31:30Z")
> [@Kimballkid](#): > > It’s a Hollywood party, I think hookers and blow should just be assumed. I’d almost call it the default. Do you serve the blow _before_ or _after_ the canapes? I’m never sure… ---
**Author:** ![Irishman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b487fb/32.png) [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2012, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lindsay-lohan-in-trouble-again-this-time-really-serious/632186/84 "2012-09-27T21:39:49Z")
You keep some near the entrance, so they can do a line as they enter. Then you keep some on a tray on the table, to supplement as desired. ---
**Author:** ![UltraVires](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/ecccb3/32.png) [@UltraVires](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UltraVires)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2012, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lindsay-lohan-in-trouble-again-this-time-really-serious/632186/85 "2012-09-29T16:04:39Z")
Since she is on probation, isn’t one of the terms of that probation is that you agree to cooperate with law enforcement? Limited rights and all. ---
**Author:** ![PlainJain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/5daacb/32.png) [@PlainJain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlainJain)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2012, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lindsay-lohan-in-trouble-again-this-time-really-serious/632186/86 "2012-09-29T16:42:36Z")
> [@Alice\_The\_Goon](#): > > 70 posts in and no Doper has come in to express bewilderment that we are discussing celebrity gossip and/or berate us for it? You people are slacking! Post 33? ---
**Author:** ![Shooby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f475e1/32.png) [@Shooby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shooby)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2012, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lindsay-lohan-in-trouble-again-this-time-really-serious/632186/87 "2012-09-30T21:29:26Z")
I think Lindsey’s just trying to make the downward spiral of the 2nd act in her biopic as interesting as she can without actually having to spend much time in jail. It’s all about the narrative arc, baby. Lohan is a freakin genius. ---
**Author:** ![Tristan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tristan/32/18058_2.png) [@Tristan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tristan)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2012, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lindsay-lohan-in-trouble-again-this-time-really-serious/632186/88 "2012-10-01T15:33:07Z")
If I were a private person who came into money, say, winning a significant lottery, I would RIGHT NOW move to Los Angeles, and proceed to commit every crime that Lohan has been convicted of. Hire myself a good lawyer. And the moment I am given more of a sentence than Ms. Lohan I would scream to the hills, and possibly sue the city of Los Angeles citing preferential treatment. Seeing her do all these things, and get slaps on the wrist and walking makes me sick. ---
**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2012, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lindsay-lohan-in-trouble-again-this-time-really-serious/632186/89 "2012-10-01T16:11:33Z")
> [@Tristan](#): > > If I were a private person who came into money, say, winning a significant lottery, I would RIGHT NOW move to Los Angeles, and proceed to commit every crime that Lohan has been convicted of. Hire myself a good lawyer. And the moment I am given more of a sentence than Ms. Lohan I would scream to the hills, and possibly sue the city of Los Angeles citing preferential treatment. > > Seeing her do all these things, and get slaps on the wrist and walking makes me sick. This made me curious, so I checked Wikipedia: > [@](#): > > Lohan was ordered to attend alcohol education classes, wear an alcohol-monitoring bracelet, and undergo random drug tests to remain free on bail. At a July 6 hearing, the judge determined that Lohan had violated the terms of her probation by missing several mandatory classes and meetings. She was sentenced to 90 days in jail followed by 90 days of inpatient rehab treatment. … > > On February 9, 2011, Lohan was charged with the theft of a necklace reported stolen from a jewelry store in January. She was sentenced to 120 days in jail and 480 hours of community service for misdemeanor theft and probation violation… > > In November Lohan was found to have violated the terms of her probation by failing to perform the required community service. She was sentenced to 30 days of jail and 400 hours of community service… Those don’t sound out of line to me. What do you think those are extra-light sentences? What you’re probably thinking of is that she was released from prison early because of overcrowding in the California penal system. But that also applies to everyone who isn’t a violent offender. California appears to bend over backward to ensure that celebs **aren’t** given preferential treatment, exactly because of people like you. Do you have any evidence against this? ---
**Author:** ![handsomeharry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e9c0ed/32.png) [@handsomeharry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handsomeharry)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2012, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lindsay-lohan-in-trouble-again-this-time-really-serious/632186/90 "2012-10-11T14:45:19Z")
> [@Exapno\_Mapcase](#): > > This made me curious, so I checked Wikipedia: > > Those don’t sound out of line to me. What do you think those are extra-light sentences? > > What you’re probably thinking of is that she was released from prison early because of overcrowding in the California penal system. But that also applies to everyone who isn’t a violent offender. California appears to bend over backward to ensure that celebs **aren’t** given preferential treatment, exactly because of people like you. > > Do you have any evidence against this? nm ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2012, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lindsay-lohan-in-trouble-again-this-time-really-serious/632186/91 "2012-10-11T14:57:45Z")
Well now she’s fighting with her mom. I think this thread could go on for years. I think I see some classic BPD in this chicklet. I hope she doesn’t kill herself before doing some quality porn. ---
**Author:** ![well\_he\_s\_back](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/3ab097/32.png) [@well\_he\_s\_back](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/well_he_s_back)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2012, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lindsay-lohan-in-trouble-again-this-time-really-serious/632186/92 "2012-10-11T17:02:59Z")
Seeing how bad a Mom she has almost makes feel sorry for Lohan. Almost. Not sorry for her because 1 - Too angry at Lindsay for throwing away chances others would fight for and 2 - that train of thought would make me responsible for my own daughter’s failures. ---
**Author:** ![Evil\_Captor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f17d59/32.png) [@Evil\_Captor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Captor)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2012, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lindsay-lohan-in-trouble-again-this-time-really-serious/632186/93 "2012-10-11T18:52:21Z")
> [@Tristan](#): > > If I were a private person who came into money, say, winning a significant lottery, I would RIGHT NOW move to Los Angeles, and proceed to commit every crime that Lohan has been convicted of. Hire myself a good lawyer. And the moment I am given more of a sentence than Ms. Lohan I would scream to the hills, and possibly sue the city of Los Angeles citing preferential treatment. > > Seeing her do all these things, and get slaps on the wrist and walking makes me sick. It might not come out the way you hope it does. heh. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lindsay-lohan-in-trouble-again-this-time-really-serious/632186.md?page=4)