Distraught Lindsay Lohan sentenced to 90 days jail

(Agencies)
2010-07-07 09:31
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Distraught Lindsay Lohan sentenced to 90 days jail
Actress Lindsay Lohan (L) and attorney Chapman Holley appear in court during a probation status hearing relating to her August 2007 no contest pleas to two counts each of DUI and being under the influence of cocaine, along with a reckless driving charge, at the Beverly Hills Municipal Courthouse, California, July 6, 2010.[Agencies]
 

Distraught Lindsay Lohan sentenced to 90 days jail
Actress Lindsay Lohan (L) and attorney Chapman Holley appear in court during a probation status hearing relating to her August 2007 no contest pleas to two counts each of DUI and being under the influence of cocaine, along with a reckless driving charge, at the Beverly Hills Municipal Courthouse, California, July 6, 2010.[Agencies]
 
 

Lohan, 24, whose once promising movie career has foundered in recent years, sobbed loudly on hearing the sentence. Earlier, she tearfully begged the judge for another chance saying she was taking her alcohol education classes seriously.

"I am not taking this as a joke. This is my life. It is my career. It is something I have worked for all my life," the actress pleaded.

But judge Revel's court heard otherwise. Lohan, who did three stints in rehab in 2007, missed seven alcohol education classes over the past six months and had not attended her meetings once a week, as clearly instructed by the judge.

"I did the best I could to balance jobs and showing up," Lohan told Revel, her voice croaking with emotion. "I was working...I was working with children, I wasn't taking it as a joke...I wanted to come back and make you happy."

The alcohol education classes were imposed for two, 2007 drunken driving and cocaine possession arrests. Lohan spent 84 minutes in jail in that year as part of her sentence and was given three years probation.