EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: LiLo's Little Brother Says 'Belittling Lindsay Is Terribly Abusive'
Posted on Feb 11, 2011 @ 11:30AM
Lindsay Lohan's younger brother has leapt to the defense of his troubled sister, telling RadarOnline.com: "Belittling Lindsay, who is actively trying to recover, is terribly abusive."
Michael Lohan Jr., 23, spoke out exclusively to RadarOnline.com in the wake of his starlet sister being charged with felony grand theft after allegedly stealing a $2,500 gold and semi-precious stone necklace from a Venice, California, store.
He added: "Furthermore, choosing to pick on those supporting Lindsay is equally disrespectful and shameful."
The Mean Girls star, 24, entered a plea of not guilty at the Airport Courthouse in Los Angeles on Wednesday, before receiving an ultimatum from Superior Court Judge Keith L. Schwartz, who warned the actress: "Please don't push your luck."
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Schwartz continued Lohan's felony grand theft hearing to February 23 and set bail at $40,000 -- $20,000 for the felony charge and $20,000 for violation of her probation stemming from a 2007 DUI case.
Michael Jr., who has until now shunned the limelight, graduated from Ithaca college last year at the top of his class, and friends suggest he is proving to be a positive influence on Lindsay, who left the Betty Ford Center on January 3 after 90 days following her DUI conviction.
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In September, Michael Jr. flew to Los Angeles in an attempt to help keep Lindsay clean and sober and to safeguard her from her enablers.
Since RadarOnline.com first broke the news of the alleged theft, Lohan has faced a barrage from her critics, including most recently in the Twitter-verse, where her courtroom couture -- a tight, white mini-dress -- was the center of much debate.
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Some suggested Lohan seemed to be channeling Sharon Stone in 1992's erotic thriller Basic Instinct.
Said Michael Jr.: "It's completely unnecessary to kick a person when they're down, and it says a lot about a person/party whom is willing to do just that.
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"It's difficult to turn a blind eye to such deplorable behavior, and we can only hope that people don't feed into or accept the harmful presumptions being made about my family members."
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The Daily Juice
He is a arrognant pig just like his father!!
Posted Sat, 02/12/2011 - 7:29pm
OMG how many more Lohans are there?
Posted Sat, 02/12/2011 - 9:51am
Maybe she shouldn't do things that put her in the spotlight, which she constantly does, then her family &
friends make excuses for her. She is an adult & over 21 - should be able deal with the consequences.
Posted Fri, 02/11/2011 - 10:09pm
Her family needs to stop enabling her... let her hit her bottom OR she will never get sober..
Posted Fri, 02/11/2011 - 4:47pm
So why hasn't Mamma Lohan pimped Michael out as well....There's got to be money made from all her
offsring
Posted Fri, 02/11/2011 - 4:09pm
The only person who is abusive in this situation is Lindsay. She abuses herself, the justice system and everything else around her. People pick on her because of her ARROGANCE!
Posted Fri, 02/11/2011 - 12:52pm
Someone should tell him Stealing is Abusive... Lying about another person to protect yourself is disgusting...
Posted Fri, 02/11/2011 - 12:51pm
Someone should tell him Stealing is Abusive... Lying about another person to protect yourself is disgusting...
Posted Fri, 02/11/2011 - 12:51pm
@champagne by th... making comments & spouting hatred on someone who has done nothing to you personally are different. people are attacking her brother, who has done nothing, solely because he wants to defend his sister from over the top attacks.
Posted Fri, 02/11/2011 - 12:32pm
"It's difficult to turn a blind eye to such deplorable behavior,..." How about the deplorable behavior of your sister? You just don't get it because your part of that same toxic family. She is doing whatever she wants with no regards for anyone else.
Posted Fri, 02/11/2011 - 12:29pm