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Lohan's cocaine charges may be dropped: report


(Reuters)
Updated: 2007-08-22 10:14



The Los Angeles County District Attorney's office is disinclined to
charge Lindsay Lohan with three drug-related felonies, a decision that
could spare the troubled actress from a prison sentence, celebrity news
outlet TMZ.com reported on Tuesday.

The charges are connected with Lohan's two recent arrests for drunken
driving, first in May when she crashed her car on Beverly Hills, and then
in July when she was involved in a late-night car chase in Santa Monica.

TMZ, citing unidentified law enforcement sources, said the 21-year-old
actress would likely face misdemeanor drunk-driving charges for both
incidents. If found guilty of both, she would serve a minimum of four
days in jail, TMZ.com said.

Legal experts have said Lohan could face up to three years behind bars if
confronted with the full weight of the law.

Asked about the TMZ.com report, district attorney spokeswoman Sandi
Gibbons said the office has not yet received the Santa Monica case and
the Beverly Hills case remains under review.

"A public discussion of potential charges prior to a case being filed
would be inappropriate and potentially unethical," she said.

Gibbons also denied TMZ.com's report that charges could be filed on
Wednesday.

After the Beverly Hills incident, cocaine was found in Lohan's car. After
the Santa Monica chase, she was charged with driving under the influence
of alcohol, cocaine possession, bringing a controlled substance into
custody and driving on a suspended license.

Lohan, who has done two rehab stints this year, has seen her promising
film career plummet in recent years. Last month, she starred as stripper
abducted by a sadistic killer in the box office bomb "I Know Who Killed
Me."

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