Lohan's Plea Deal

Lindsay Lohan reached a plea deal on misdemeanor drunken driving and cocaine charges that calls for her to spend one day in jail, serve 10 days of community service and complete a drug treatment program. She was also placed on 36 months probation, is required to complete an 18-month alcohol education program, pay hundreds of dollars in fines and must complete a three-day county coroner program in which she'll visit a morgue and talk to victims of drunken drivers. "It is clear to me that my life has become completely unmanageable because I am addicted to alcohol and drugs," Lohan said in a statement released by her publicist, Leslie Sloane Zelnik. She said she did things she was ashamed of. "I broke the law and today I took responsibility by pleading guilty to the charges in my case." "She’s getting what everyone else would get," Deputy District Attorney Danette Meyers said after an hourlong hearing in Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge H. Chester Horn Jr.'s courtroom. "If Lohan were to be convicted of another DUI, she would receive a mandatory 120-day jail sentence," Meyers said. "If she violates her probation in any way," Meyers added, "she could face even more time behind bars: up to a year on each of the drunk-driving and cocaine charges and 90 days on the reckless-driving charge." "If she violates, it really is up to the judge to determine the specific sentence," Meyers said. Lohan has until Jan. 18, 2008, to complete her jail time, community service and residential drug-rehabilitation program. She must also show Proof of enrollment in the 18-month alcohol-education program required of all second-time drunken-driving offenders by that January date. "No matter what I said when I was under the influence on the day I was arrested, I am not blaming anyone else for my conduct other than myself. I thank God I did not injure others. I easily could have," Lohan's statement went on. Lohan was charged with seven misdemeanors stemming from two drunken-driving arrests in the last four months. More serious Felony drug charges were not filed, prosecutors said, because tests showed there wasn't enough cocaine on her to warrant them. Attorney Blair Berk entered pleas on Lohan's behalf: she pleaded guilty to two counts of being under the influence of cocaine; no contest to two counts of driving with a blood-alcohol level above .08 percent and one count of reckless driving. Two counts of driving under the influence were dropped. The judge sentenced Lohan to 96 hours in jail, the mandatory minimum for a second drunken-driving offense. Lohan was given credit for 24 hours already served, and she elected to complete 10 days of community service instead of 48 hours behind bars, an option available to all two-time DUI offenders. "She still must serve the balance of her sentence, 24 hours, in city or county jail," Meyers said. See more Lindsay Lohan