FRANCE: Mary J Blige and Paris Hilton react to the news that Lindsey Lohan faces arrest after missing court date

Record ID: 766348

  • Title: FRANCE: Mary J Blige and Paris Hilton react to the news that Lindsey Lohan faces arrest after missing court date
  • Date: 21st May 2010
  • Summary: ANTIBES, FRANCE (MAY 20, 2010) (REUTERS) SINGER MARY J BLIGE TALKING TO REPORTER CLOSE ON BLIGE'S EARRING CLOSE ON BLIGE'S TATTOO (SOUNDBITE) (English) SINGER MARY J. BLIGE SAYING: "Oh yeah, it's extremely hard, it was hard for me when I was coming up, but it wasn't this hard. You know it's just so much about how you look and it's all about your outer appearance now t
  • Embargoed: 5th June 2010 13:00
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  • Location: France
  • Country: France
  • Topics: Arts / Culture / Entertainment / Showbiz
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  • Story Text: Mary J Blige and Paris Hilton react to the news that Lindsey Lohan faces arrest after missing court date.
    Lindsay Lohan faces arrest when she returns from France to Los Angeles after an exasperated Beverly Hills judge said the actress had "no valid excuse" for missing a probation hearing on Thursday (May 20).
    Judge Marsha Revel issued an arrest warrant for the "Mean Girls" actress after hearing Lohan missed three alcohol education classes imposed in a 2007 drunken driving case.
    Revel also said Lohan should undergo random weekly drug and alcohol testing on her return to California, be fitted with an alcohol monitoring bracelet and should not drink any alcohol until a formal hearing to determine whether she has violated her probation.
    Lohan's lawyer told Revel that the actress was stranded in France because her passport had been stolen during a trip to the Cannes film festival.
    Celebrities on the red carpet at the annual amFAR gala in France said Lindsey was under too much pressure thanks to her early fame.
    SInger Mary J Blige said she sympathised with Lohan, and all young female stars coming up in the industry now.
    "Oh yeah, it's extremely hard, it was hard for me when I was coming up, but it wasn't this hard. You know it's just so much about how you look and it's all about your outer appearance now that people are going crazy, like women are going crazy trying to live up to what they look like on magazines and on television, and it's probably hard period you know when you have that much success at a young age , like she's a very talented young lady so it's got to be torture for her right now you know," said Blige.
    Los Angeles County Sheriff's spokesman Steve Whitmore told reporters that Lohan could potentially be arrested at the airport when she eventually arrives.
    She could also surrender herself to authorities and be booked and processed before posting bail, set at 100,000 US dollars and being released.
    Heiress Paris Hilton - who was jailed in 2007 for violating probation - said a strong support system is vital if you want to stay on the straight and narrow in Hollywood.
    "You know I just wish her the best, I wish everyone the best in life and I hope that she's OK," she said.
    "I think I have a really good family, we're really close, my mom and dad have been together since they were teenagers and I think a lot of kids in Hollywood really don't have that close family bond that my sister and I and our little brothers have had our whole lives, so I think that really has a lot to do with how you end up in life," she continued.
    Lohan's lawyer Shawn Chapman Holley said Lohan now has a new passport. It was not immediately clear when she would arrive back in Los Angeles.
    The alcohol education classes are part of Lohan's sentence for a 2007 arrest for drunken driving, reckless driving and driving under the influence of cocaine.
    She was also sentenced to 24 hours jail but spent just 84 minutes behind bars in 2007 because of overcrowding in Los Angeles lock-ups.
    The former "Parent Trap" child star is now at risk of being sentenced to more jail time if Revel deems she has violated the terms of her probation once she attends a rescheduled court hearing at a date to be determined.
    Lohan was photographed hitting the party circuit in Cannes this week and her frequent night-clubbing in Los Angeles and New York has been a source of celebrity gossip for months.
    But officials from the alcohol education program she attends said in court documents that Lohan "has never come (to class) under the influence, been rude or disrespectful" and is "receptive to ideas regarding lifestyle changes".
    Lohan's estranged father Michael Lohan attended Thursday's hearing and said through his lawyer afterward that he had asked Revel to send his daughter to a rehab clinic.
    Lohan was considered one of Hollywood's most talented young actresses after films like "Bobby" and "Freaky Friday". But her life has spun out of control despite three stints in rehab.
    In her last movie role with a U.S. theatrical release, Lohan played a stripper in the 2007 box-office flop "I Know Who Killed Me." She was dropped last month from a movie project after the film's financial backers deemed her "unbankable."
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