Lindsay Lohan back in court
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Lindsay Lohan arrived in court Wednesday for a hearing involving misdemeanor charges of lying to authorities and reckless driving in a crash last summer along Pacific Coast Highway.
The appearance marked the first time in nearly a year that she has been required to be in court.
Lohan was on probation for theft at the time of the wreck.
A judge previously warned her that she could be sentenced to 245 days in jail if she didn't behave.
The hearing on Wednesday is intended to address any issues in advance of a trial scheduled for Feb. 27 on the three misdemeanor counts stemming from the crash.
Lohan has pleaded not guilty to lying to police, reckless driving and obstructing officers from performing their duties.
Prosecutors in Santa Monica charged her after her sports car crashed into a dump truck in June. Authorities suspect she was lying when she said she wasn't behind the wheel.
The hearing is being held in the courtroom of Judge Stephanie Sautner, who previously sentenced Lohan to jail, house arrest and morgue cleanup detail.
In March, Sautner released Lohan from supervised probation but warned her to stop partying and grow up.
"You need to live your life in a more mature way, stop the nightclubbing and focus on your work," Sautner told Lohan at the time.
The admonition came after the judge conducted several monthly updates with the actress and required her to perform morgue cleanup duty to complete her sentence in a 2007 drunken driving case.
In recent months, Lohan has filmed two movies and repeatedly gotten into trouble, including a pair of arrests in New York that have not resulted in charges.
The latest hearing may also resolve who will be Lohan's lawyer for the criminal case. New York attorney Mark Heller has petitioned to join the case, but his involvement must be approved by Sautner.
Heller did not return a phone message.
The appearance marked the first time in nearly a year that she has been required to be in court.
Lohan was on probation for theft at the time of the wreck.
A judge previously warned her that she could be sentenced to 245 days in jail if she didn't behave.
The hearing on Wednesday is intended to address any issues in advance of a trial scheduled for Feb. 27 on the three misdemeanor counts stemming from the crash.
Lohan has pleaded not guilty to lying to police, reckless driving and obstructing officers from performing their duties.
Prosecutors in Santa Monica charged her after her sports car crashed into a dump truck in June. Authorities suspect she was lying when she said she wasn't behind the wheel.
The hearing is being held in the courtroom of Judge Stephanie Sautner, who previously sentenced Lohan to jail, house arrest and morgue cleanup detail.
In March, Sautner released Lohan from supervised probation but warned her to stop partying and grow up.
"You need to live your life in a more mature way, stop the nightclubbing and focus on your work," Sautner told Lohan at the time.
The admonition came after the judge conducted several monthly updates with the actress and required her to perform morgue cleanup duty to complete her sentence in a 2007 drunken driving case.
In recent months, Lohan has filmed two movies and repeatedly gotten into trouble, including a pair of arrests in New York that have not resulted in charges.
The latest hearing may also resolve who will be Lohan's lawyer for the criminal case. New York attorney Mark Heller has petitioned to join the case, but his involvement must be approved by Sautner.
Heller did not return a phone message.
Please notify the public when she's NOT in court !
Is this news? Maybe an old story? Maybe a weekly occurrence for Looser Lohan.
26 and looks well worn already.
This one will never learn. She's taken after her sick parents and doesn't know anything different. She is a lost soul and apparently wants to remain that way.Â
"Hello is anybody there? A goat has more since then this dumb chick! Sad!
Lindsay- please stop being such a bad girl and just do porn!!!
 Slohand...coming soon!
Anything less than the 245 days in County, many of those spent in an orange jump suit, picking up trash along LA's garbage laden, graffiti lined freeways, will be complete injustice to everyone who is not spoiled, rich and priviliged in America. And I'm not just saying this because she has always refused to return my many phone calls. Good news though. My attorney tells me she's willing to drop the restraining order, if I just promise to not call any more..so there. Â
She is such a loser. And with her running out of money she will find herself begging for money from her friends who probably will abandon her when the money runs out.
*YAWN*
I think it is my responsibility as a citizen to take her over my knee and give her a good spanking!
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me first, oh what the heck, any place in that line is good for me.
 @Pointblank Probably be wise if you had a tetanus shot directly following that.