14 DAY TRIAL // Lindsay Lohan is in trouble with the law again. The star is accused of lying to police officers in an investigation stemming from a car accident she was involved in, and, if found guilty, it could mean she’d have her parole revoked.
Her new attorney is working overtime to keep her out of jail, and that includes striking a plea bargain with the prosecutor.
Speaking of the prosecutor, he just offered Lohan the possibility to do house arrest instead of jail and not have the case go to trial, TMZ reports.
This is definitely a softer punishment than initially intended: the prosecutor wanted Lohan behind bars at first.
“Multiple sources connected with the case tell TMZ, the Santa Monica City Attorney and the LA City Attorney have both softened their position from lockdown rehab to 90-DAY HOUSE ARREST,” TMZ writes.
The problem is that Lindsay doesn’t want to strike a bargain because this would refute her earlier claims of innocence, even though it’s already been established that she did, in fact, lie to police officers when she told them she wasn’t driving the car involved in the crash.
“We're told Lindsay's lawyer, Mark Heller, is telling prosecutors Lindsay will accept a certain amount of house arrest. Right now Heller and the prosecutors are squabbling over how much house arrest,” TMZ further notes.
“But here's the problem: sources connected with Lindsay are telling us LiLo is adamant – she will not accept ANY punishment,” adds the same media outlet.
If she doesn’t budge, the case will go to trial and that means Lindsay is facing months behind bars if she’s found guilty and in violation of her parole, which is probably what will happen.
TMZ writes that the first hearing in the trial could be set for March 18, assuming Lohan doesn’t strike a plea bargain.