Hours later, actress charged with lying to cops
Lindsay Lohan was arrested Thursday in New York City after police said she hit a woman during an argument, then hours later was charged in California with lying to police and reckless driving for a June crash in which her Porsche slammed into a dump truck.
She left the police precinct nearly four hours later with a black jacket pulled over her head.
Lindsay, 26, allegedly got into the spat with another woman at Club Avenue, in Manhattan’s Chelsea section. She struck the woman in the face with her hand, police said. The woman did not require medical attention.
The charges come just after Lohan’s portrayal of Elizabeth Taylor in the Lifetime movie “Liz & Dick” premiered to harsh reviews from critics and the public.
After the June crash, the actress told police her assistant was driving, but detectives determined Lindsay was behind the wheel, police said. Prosecutors charged her with three misdemeanors: providing false information to police, reckless driving and willfully obstructing a police officer from their duties. No date for her arraignment was announced, but the charges are likely to trigger a probation violation for a 2011 necklace theft case.
The Los Angeles case comes nearly six months after the actress crashed while on her way to the “Liz & Dick” movie set. She was taken to the hospital but returned hours later. – AP
