DDA To Judge Saunter - Lohan's Theft Case Shouldn't Have Been Reduced From Felony To Misdemeanor

Posted on Oct 19, 2011 @ 09:15AM

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Deputy District Attorney Danette Meyers, who has handled the bulk of Lindsay Lohan's legal woes, tells RadarOnline.com exclusively that Judge Stephanie Sautner should never have reduced the grand theft case from a felony to a misdemeanor.

"Had Judge Sautner kept the felony and not reduced the charge to a misdemeanor, Lindsay Lohan, once remanded would have been remanded without bail. That was the importance of keeping that a felony and not reducing it to a misdemeanor," Meyers revealed during Radar Live on Wednesday.

Meyers was assigned to Lindsay's two DUI cases, and subsequent grand theft case, and says, "You need to catch Ms. Lohan's attention and Judge Sautner didn't seem to want to do that, so she reduced it to a misdemeanor."

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Judge Sautner reduced Lilo's shoplifting case from a felony to a misdemeanor, which the powerhouse DDA objected to at the time it was done. "I don't know why she reduced this case to a misdemeanor, given Lohan's prior performance on probation given the nature of what she did in that case, I never would have reduced it to a misdemeanor, I objected to it being reduced to a misdemeanor, for these very reasons,” Meyers said.

“She doesn't take this stuff seriously, and just because Judge Sautner was telling her to do this that and the other, she wasn't going to take it anymore seriously than when Judge Eden Fox told her and when Judge Marsha Revel told her. So the only thing that appears to catch Lindsay Lohan's attention is time in custody and I tried to impart that to the court. Hopefully something will happen this time and maybe Lindsay Lohan will understand the severity of her actions and do something about it.”

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Danette Meyers is currently in the running to become the next District Attorney for Los Angeles County, and she says if elected, "I would treat every person in the county of Los Angeles the same...Nobody gets a break because they are a celebrity, nobody gets a break because they are wealthy, everybody is treated in the same way by the criminal justice system."

Lindsay Lohan bailed out of jail just hours after being remanded, and will be back in front of Judge Sautner for her probation violation hearing on November 2, 2011.

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Madame DANNETTE MEYERS, you have always been right on, re: this "LOW~FOOT" JACKAL!!!!
JUDGE Sautner, I PRAY you stand firm & send this W(B)ITCH to AZ, Sheriff Joe won't put up w/ alllll her
CRAP!!!!!!!!

by Lizzie2
Posted Thu, 10/20/2011 - 1:29pm

What the hell happened to her cheek??

by FUrol
Posted Thu, 10/20/2011 - 2:42am

I have always been, GO DANETTE MEYERS ALL THE WAY! If Danette Meyers reads these comments please tell the judge to read the comments on every site and see what ppl feel about Lindsay Lohan.The public wants to see her jailed

by Little Kitten
Posted Wed, 10/19/2011 - 9:59pm

you just wanted the VOP then there was nothing Lindsay could do about it. She ought to have gone for trial she would have won.

by libraiis
Posted Wed, 10/19/2011 - 9:30pm

When will she shut up ..we get it you do not like Lindsay ..so waht? treat them all alike ..BS you did..even Sautner said the case was over charged . most lawyers at the time thought it ought not to have been charged at all.

by libraiis
Posted Wed, 10/19/2011 - 9:29pm

lol!!! The delusion continues...

by ilovegossip
Posted Thu, 10/20/2011 - 8:25am

Every judge tries to go easy on her at first. Then they find out they are dealing with a sociopath who plays them for a fool. Getting tough with Lindsay is the only way she will learn. Judge Sautner is wising up fast.

by e.d.
Posted Wed, 10/19/2011 - 8:19pm

LA has a different set of rules for celebs. Wonder how many regular "joes/janes" actually get the over crowded excuse or the joke of house arrest. Lindsay WILL never go to jail and if so it would be for minutes.

by trollingmuch
Posted Wed, 10/19/2011 - 8:14pm