EXCLUSIVE: What Judge Told Lohan's Legal Team In Chambers: It's Up To 90 Days Jail If She Takes Plea Deal
Posted on Mar 15, 2011 @ 07:46PM
Judge Keith Schwartz has offered Lindsay Lohan 60-90 days in jail if the troubled actress pleads guilty to grand theft - but, Lohan is still balking at the deal and considering taking her chances at trial.
If Lohan doesn't agree to plead and she does go to trial and is convicted, she might not go to state prison though, being sent instead to the much ‘softer’ option of county jail, a source close to the situation tell RadarOnline.com exclusively.
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"If Lindsay does gamble, and go to trial, and the jury finds her guilty, there is a chance she wouldn't go to state prison,” the source says. “The DA would assess the evidence and the witness testimony, if the jury does find her guilty.
“State prison is absolutely NOT a foregone conclusion. Danette Meyers could ask Judge Sautner to place her on felony probation, instead of jail. It’s still very early in the case, the prelim hasn't taken place yet, but state prison isn't an automatic if Lindsay is convicted."
Lindsay would be going to jail though for some time at least if Judge Sautner orders her to stand trial at the conclusion of the preliminary hearing.
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"There is jail time ahead for Lindsay though, there is no mistake about that,” the source says. “If she doesn’t accept the plea deal and insists on going to trial she will serve some time for parole violation, regardless of whether she is ultimately found guilty of the theft charges or not.
“Lindsay should take the plea deal, period. That deal would include the least amount of jail time possible in the case.
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“Judge Schwartz has told Lindsay that he would sentence her to 60-90 days, if she accepted a plea deal, which she would serve in county jail.”
Lindsay must notify Judge Schwartz by March 23 if she is planning on taking the deal, if she does she will then appear in front of him to plead on March 25.
If she does not accept the plea deal she will have her case transferred to Judge Sautner, who she will appear in front of April 21 for a preliminary hearing.
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The Daily Juice
She should take the plea since she's GUILTY and keeps getting off with slaps on the wrist.
Posted Wed, 03/16/2011 - 8:50am
Umm, Dina? This was a sealed offer by Judge Schwartz in order to find out who was leaking this stuff to the media, you dumbass. Gee, SH, Lindsay and Dina were the ONLY people who knew this. Wonder who leaked this to the media?
Posted Wed, 03/16/2011 - 6:58am
She has a good legal team. She should keep fighting!
John P McNiff Philadelphia
Posted Wed, 03/16/2011 - 2:18am
Yes, what is in that probation report?
Posted Tue, 03/15/2011 - 11:32pm
Look at that smirk.She knows she isn't going to jail.This is a joke.No prison,no movies,no work.But she gets the satisfaction of fooling many people in the legal system.Guess it was worth it to her. Not up to us to understand.
Posted Tue, 03/15/2011 - 10:38pm
Lindsay should go to trial if she's innocent, impossible to predict what an L.A. jury would do but only takes one juror for a mistrial.
Posted Tue, 03/15/2011 - 8:12pm
I think she's scared to death of jail time and will do anything to have just one more day of freedom. I believe Miss Lohan may be, among other things, very shortsighted. I say take away her Loubotons and make her wear Keds for the rest of her life.
Posted Tue, 03/15/2011 - 7:35pm
Wonder what's in that probation report?
Posted Tue, 03/15/2011 - 6:51pm
I very much doubt her lawyer will ever see a dime of her fee...
Posted Tue, 03/15/2011 - 4:28pm
She should have taken the plea deal, she would have been out already, because the "over crowding". This
D.A. has such a hard-on for her and no matter what Lindsay does she wants her in jail. I hope this happens
to her or a family memeber some day.
Posted Tue, 03/15/2011 - 3:59pm