BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (July 20, 2007) -- Less than a week after leaving rehab, Lindsay Lohan has surrendered to police and was formally booked for charges brought against her following her Memorial Day weekend car crash in Beverly Hills.
Additionally, Access Hollywood has learned reports of Lindsay's next project being cancelled are completely untrue.
Lohan quietly turned herself in to the Beverly Hills police department yesterday to face a DUI charge, which stemmed from the May accident that led to her checking herself into the Promises rehabilitation facility.
Lindsay, accompanied by her attorney, arrived at the station at 4:00 PM yesterday, where she was fingerprinted and photographed upon being booked for the charges.
According to the booking sheet, Lindsay Dee Lohan, 21, was arrested at 4:00 PM with a charge level listed as (M) misdemeanor, and the time of her booking is noted as 4:15 PM. Bail was posted at $30,000 and her time of release was at 5:00 PM. She is listed on the sheet as having red hair and hazel eyes, standing 5' 02" and weighing 120 lbs.
Officer Brian Ballieweg told the Associated Press that Lohan also faces a charge of hit-and-run from the May 26 incident, in which she reportedly fled the scene after driving over a curb and crashing into some bushes.
Ballieweg stated that Lindsay was released on her own recognizance yesterday, pending a court date scheduled for August 24.
The reason Lindsay was booked yesterday instead of at the scene of the crash is due to her being admitted to a hospital for injuries following the crash. Officers received a 911 call about the accident, and arrested Lohan at the hospital for investigation of misdemeanor DUI, but did not take her into custody.
Lohan's blood-alcohol level at the time of the crash was above California's 0.08 percent legal limit, Ballieweg said yesterday. He wouldn't disclose how high it was.
Officers investigating the crash in May found a "usable amount" of a drug tentatively identified as cocaine, but a police spokesperson stated that "it was not on her person." While reports have since surfaced that she allegedly had cocaine in her system, it is not known if that factors in under the established charges.
Lindsay's surrender to police comes on the heels of a week full of reportedly sober partying at various clubs in Las Vegas and LA.
Upon completing her 45-day stay in rehab, Lindsay chose to wear an alcohol monitoring bracelet, and is also continuing her rehabilitation in an intensive outpatient program. Her rep told Access Hollywood that the program includes attendance at daily AA meetings, outpatient therapy and daily testing.
As for Lindsay's movie career, a report from THE NY POST's PAGE SIX claimed today that production has shut down on "Poor Things," the movie she is supposed to star in with Shirley MacLaine and Olympia Dukakis.
According to the Page Six report, "Poor Things" set designer Fontaine Beauchamp Hebb sent an email to vendors who were seeking product placement in the film, notifying them that the film was no more.
"Sorry to be the harbinger of bad news, but I just received a call from Jacky Gilardi, the producer, pulling the plug on the ill-fated film," he allegedly wrote. "Apparently, Ms. Lohan's antics in Las Vegas over the weekend have scared the bond companies and all of the funding has been pulled . . . I look forward to working together in the future and trust our next project will not be as fraught with difficulty."
Today, "Poor Things" producer Robert Hickman exclusively stated to Access Hollywood that reports of the film's cancellation are untrue.
"As producer and financier of the film "Poor Things," I can honestly say that the film has not been cancelled," said Hickman. "Any rumours saying differently are just that: rumours."
Lindsay was cast in "Poor Things" before her admittance into rehab, but producers Shirley Maclaine and Rob Hickman stated at the time that they would work around her rehabilitation and that she would stay in the film.
“In the spirit of helping Lindsay Lohan and her rehabilitation, we have been asked by Lindsay to comply with her wishes to continue working on 'Poor Things,'" the statement read. "We are trying to rearrange the shooting schedule to facilitate her working at the end of the shoot to coincide with the completion of her rehabilitation. We wish her love and the blending of mind, body and spirit.”
As for the alleged concerns that Lindsay is going out too much following rehab, a source identified as a friend of Lohan's remarked to Page Six :
"Lindsay is proving to everyone that she is - and will remain - sober by voluntarily wearing the ankle bracelet and taking drug tests. This is not about her work. It's about her being able to live her life and go out with her friends without people writing nasty items about her."
Regardless of her future with "Poor Things," Lindsay has two movies already in the can: "I Know Who Killed Me" (opening July 27) and "Chapter 27" (release date TBD).
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