Lindsay Lohan Checks Into Rehab for Fourth Time
SHEILA MARIKAR and LUCHINA FISHER
ABC News
Lindsay Lohan has reportedly checked into a Los Angeles rehab facility, the week before she is due to turn herself in to begin serving a 90-day jail sentence.
Following the news that Lohan hired Robert Shapiro, the famed lawyer from the O.J. Simpson case, reports say she has checked into the Pickford Lofts, an inpatient sober-living facility Shapiro opened after his son Brent died of a drug overdose.
Shapiro did not respond to requests for comment. But Lohan’s father, Michael Lohan, confirmed the reports.
“For months, we have been begging Lindsay to enter rehab, for her own health, and to avoid incarceration,” he said in a statement sent to ABCNews.com by his attorney Lisa Bloom. “We are pleased that at last she appears to have done so. As we have written in several letters to the Court, Lindsay belongs in rehab, not in jail.”
“We hope that Lindsay gets off all prescription medication as well as any other substances that may be damaging her,” the statement continued. “Michael Lohan is willing to attend any family therapy with Lindsay and other family members in an effort to help her fully heal. Michael loves his daughter unconditionally. He wants her to live. He stands ready, willing and able to help her in any way he can.”
Michael Lohan has said he believes his daughter is addicted to presciption drugs. A recently-released probation report showed that Lohan was taking several medications, all with valid prescriptions: Dilaudid (a painkiller used for Lohan’s dental discomfort, according to the document), Adderall (for attention deficit disorder ), Zoloft (for anxiety), Trazadone (for depression) and Nexium (for heartburn).
US Weekly was among the media outlets reporting that Lohan had checked into rehab.
“We have confirmed that Lindsay Lohan has entered rehab for the fourth time,” US Weekly senior editor Lindsay Powers told ABCNews.com.
Source: abcnews.go.com
