Lindsay Lohan jailed

Lindsay Lohan jailed: latest scandal in troubled career

Lindsay Lohan, the Hollywood starlet, has been jailed for 90 days after violating probation imposed for drink driving and cocaine possession offences.

Lindsay Lohan has begun a 90-day jail sentence after violating probation imposed for drink driving Photo: GETTY IMAGES

Her imprisonment is the most severe punishment the troubled 24-year-old has received after a string of brushes with the law in recent years.

Here are some of the scandals the troubled party girl has been embroiled in during her acting, music and modelling career:

– Cracks first started appearing in 2006. During filming of the drama Georgia Rule, in which Lohan starred alongside Felicity Huffman and Jane Fonda, the star was reprimanded for being “irresponsible and unprofessional” after repeatedly arriving late on set and failing to turn up for filming. Studio executives blamed her “all night heavy partying”. She began attending Alcoholics Anonymous sessions later that year.

– In January 2007, Lohan checked herself in to the Wonderland rehabilitation clinic where she spent 30 days being treated for drink and drug addiction.

– Later that year, she was involved in a car accident and arrested for drink driving and cocaine possession. The actress lost control of her Mercedes sports car on May 26 and crashed into a hedge in Beverly Hills. Following the incident she spent 45 days undergoing rehab at the Promises Treatment Centre and was fitted with a wristband to monitor her alcohol intake.

– However, in July 2007 she faced further charges of drink driving, cocaine possession and driving with a suspended licence after traffic officers pulled her over in Santa Monica.

– In August 2007, Lohan admitted charges of cocaine use and drink driving and was sentenced to one day in jail and 10 days community service. She was also ordered to attend alcohol education sessions and placed on probation for three years. She attended the Cirque Lodge Treatment Centre in Sundance, Utah, for a third stint of rehab, which lasted until October that year. In November she served just 84 minutes of her one-day sentence in jail.

– In October 2009, Lohan’s probation was extended by a year after she failed to turn up to several substance abuse treatment classes she had been ordered by the court to attend.

– In May this year Lohan missed a court appearance into her progress following her drink driving conviction, claiming she had lost her passport while on a trip to the Cannes film festival. The judge issued an arrest warrant but revoked it when bail was posted. She was ordered to wear an alcohol monitoring ankle bracelet and submit to random weekly drug and alcohol tests later that month.

– She was Sentenced on July 6 to 90 days in jail for violating her 2007 probation by missing multiple alcohol education classes. She surrendered to the court on July 20 and was sent to jail.