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Lindsay Lohan will go to jail but not likely to serve full 30-day sentence: experts
The Daily News
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. - Lindsay Lohan is almost certainly going back to jail, legal experts agree, but she probably won't actually serve the full 30 days she's expected to get slapped with as early as Friday.
"There's no question in my mind: she's getting that 30-day jail sentence," Orange County defense attorney Trent Copeland told The News. "(Her judge) took the unusual step of allowing her to be released from in-patient rehab early. Then within days she goes out and fails a drug test. She knew what she was risking."
Factoring in good behavior and jail overcrowding, Lohan could satisfy a 30-day stretch in about five days, multiple sources agreed.
Lohan, 24, is back in hot water after testing positive for cocaine at a random drug screening two weeks ago, a source told the Daily News.
She reportedly flunked a second random test with amphetamines in her system, TMZ.com reported.
The struggling starlet admitted at least one violation on Twitter early Saturday.
"Regrettably, I did in fact fail my most recent drug test," she tweeted.
"Substance abuse is a disease, which unfortunately doesn't go away overnight," she wrote. "This was certainly a setback for me but I am taking responsibility for my actions and I'm prepared to face the consequences."
Judge Elden Fox said in open court last month that a failed test would mean 30 days in county jail.
He received official word of the probation violation Monday morning, revoked her probation and issued a no-bail bench warrant, court sources told the Daily News.
She's due in court first thing Friday.
"It's likely Judge Fox will sentence her immediately since she already confessed and appears ready to pay the piper," local DUI attorney Paul Takakjian said.
"If Judge Fox said on the record that she'd get 30 days for a dirty test, it's highly unlikely she'll receive anything less. He'd lose credibility," Takakjian told The News. "But he won't exercise punitive control for the sake of being harsh. He's one of the best judges we have and truly wants to help the people in his courtroom."
Lohan recently spent 14 days behind bars and 23 in rehab after missing court-mandated booze counseling classes related to her back-to-back DUIs in 2007.
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