Lindsay Lohan Berisiko Balik ke Bui akibat Kasus Ganda

Lindsay Lohan Risks Return to Jail after Double Trouble

Editor : Ismail Gani
Translator : Parulian Manalu


Lindsay Lohan Berisiko Balik ke Bui akibat Kasus Ganda
Lindsay Lohan menjalani pemeriksaan di kepolisian (Foto: zimbio.com)

New York/Los Angeles - Lindsay Lohan menghadapi resiko kembali masuk penjara setelah 24 jam ditangkap di New York karena kasus penyerangan, dan didakwa di California karena mengemudi dengan sembrono dan berbohong kepada polisi atas kecelakaan mobil pada Juni.

Lohan (26), yang pernah menjalani rehabilitasi, penjara dan pengadilan beberapa kali sejak penangkapan 2007 karena mengemudi dalam keadaan mabuk dan kepemilikan kokain, masih dalam masa percobaan tanpa pengawasan di Los Angeles untuk kasus pencurian perhiasan pada 2011.

Namun, Jaksa di Santa Monica, California, mengatakan dalam sebuah pernyataan, aktris Mean Girls tersebut membohongi polisi ketika dia mengatakan bahwa dia tidak berada dalam mobil Porsche nya saat menabrak truk di jalan raya yang sedang ramai saat musim panas, seperti dikutip dailyherald.com.

Mereka menuntut Lohan dengan tiga tuduhan pelanggaran akibat tabrakan tersebut, berjam-jam setelah bintang muda bermasalah tersebut ditangkap, karena dicurigai meninju wajah seorang wanita di klub malam Manhattan.

Pengacara Lohan di New York, Mark Heller, mengatakan, aktrisnya korban seseorang yang mencoba menangkap 15 menit mereka dari ketenaran.

"Dari penyelidikan awal saya, saya benar-benar yakin akan ada kesimpulan positif dari kasus ini dan bahwa Lindsay akan benar-benar bebas," kata Heller dalam pernyataan terkait kasus di klub malam.

Frank Mateljan dari kantor kejaksaan Los Angeles, yang menangani kasus perhiasan 2011 mengatakan, jaksa masih menunggu dokumen dari New York dan Santa Monica untuk mempertimbangkan apakah mereka akan melanjutkan kasus pelanggaran pada masa percobaan Lohan.

Seorang hakim Los Angeles mengatakan kepada Lohan, dia harus mematuhi semua aturan sampai 2014, dan menyarankan untuk berhenti pergi ke klub malam dan fokus terhadap pekerjaannya.

Kedua insiden tersebut datang selama seminggu kepada mantan bintang cilik Parent Trap, yang pernah dianggap sebagai salah seorang aktris muda paling menjanjikan di Hollywood.

Penampilannya kembali pada Minggu di layar legendaris Elizabeth Taylor di film televisi "Liz & Dick" menuai kritik dan mengecewakan 3,5 juta penonton di Amerika Serikat.

Di New York, Lohan sempat ditangkap pukul 04.00 pagi (09.00 GMT), Kamis, karena pelanggaran serangan terhadap seorang wanita (28), korban menderita luka ringan, kata seorang polisi New York, Sersan John Buthorn.

Menurut situs TMZ.com, Lohan tengah mabuk berat dan menyerang secara tidak sadar seorang anggota boy band Inggris, yang juga berada di klub tersebut setelah konser di New York.

Dalam kunjungan Lohan terakhir ke New York, terjadi kejar-kejaran dengan polisi dan pertengkaran publik selama tiga bulan terakhir.

Pada Oktober, polisi memanggil ibu Lohan, Dina, di Long Island, setelah peringatan keras, meskipun tidak ada penangkapan. Pada September, Lohan ditangkap di Manhattan setelah seorang pedestrian mengatakan kepada polisi bahwa mobilnya telah menyerang dia di gang, namun tuduhan tersebut tidak dilanjutkan.

New York/Los Angeles - Lindsay Lohan on Thursday faced the possibility of being sent back to jail after a tumultuous 24 hours in which she was arrested in New York for assault, and charged in California with reckless driving and lying to police over a June car crash.

Lohan, 26, who has been to rehab, jail and court multiple times since a 2007 arrest for drunk driving and cocaine possession, is still on unsupervised probation in Los Angeles for a 2011 jewelry theft.

But prosecutors in Santa Monica, California, said in a statement on Thursday that the "Mean Girls" actress lied to police when she told them she was not at the wheel of her Porsche when it smashed into a truck on a busy highway in the summer.

They charged Lohan with three misdemeanor counts stemming from that collision, hours after the troubled starlet was arrested on suspicion of punching a woman in the face at a Manhattan nightclub.

Lohan's New York attorney Mark Heller said the actress was "a victim of someone trying to capture their 15 minutes of fame."

"From my initial investigation, I am completely confident that this case will be concluded favorably and that Lindsay will be completely exonerated," Heller said in a statement on the nightclub incident.

Frank Mateljan of the Los Angeles City Attorney's office, which handled the 2011 jewelry case, said prosecutors were still awaiting paperwork from New York and Santa Monica to determine if they will pursue a probation violation case against Lohan.

A Los Angeles judge told Lohan in March that she must obey all rules until 2014, and advised her to stop night-clubbing and focus on her work.

The two incidents came during a rough week for the former "Parent Trap" child star, who was once considered one of the most promising young actresses in Hollywood.

Her comeback performance on Sunday as screen legend Elizabeth Taylor in the TV movie "Liz & Dick," was panned by critics and watched by a disappointingly small U.S. TV audience of 3.5 million.

 In New York, Lohan was briefly arrested shortly after 4 a.m. (0900 GMT) on Thursday on a third-degree misdemeanor assault charge against a 28-year-old woman, police said. The victim suffered minor injuries, New York Police Sergeant John Buthorn said.

Celebrity website TMZ.com said Lohan had been drinking heavily and lashed out in a stand-off over one of the members of British boy band The Wanted, who were also at the club after playing a concert in New York.

Lohan's recent visits to New York have featured run-ins with police and public spats over the last three months.

In October, police were called to the Long Island home of Lohan's mother, Dina, after a loud argument, though no arrests were made. In September, Lohan was arrested in Manhattan after a pedestrian told police her car had struck him in an alley, but charges were not filed.