Lindsay's Wild Ride

The men who say they were unwilling passengers on Lindsay Lohan’s wild ride through Santa Monica have retained a lawyer who said he hopes to resolve the case without hauling her into court. Attorney Randall Billington said that he has been retained by Dante Nigro and Jakon Sutter, who say they pleaded with Lohan to stop as she raced along the Pacific Coast Highway at 100 mph. He is also representing Ronnie Blake, who says Lohan drove Nigro's SUV over his foot as she raced off. "Some people think a discussion should begin with 'I'll see you in court.' I don't believe that," said Billington, adding he hoped the situation could be resolved amicably. He also expressed concern for the well-being of Lohan, who was arrested for investigation of driving under the influence and cocaine possession at the end of the ride. "From my clients' point of view, they want to see a good outcome to that story for her," he said. Shortly before the chase began, Nigro said, Lohan's personal assistant got into an argument with her boyfriend and then Lohan. At that point, Nigro said, Lohan snatched his keys, which were still in the ignition of his SUV, jumped into the driver's seat and gave chase. As the car accelerated, Blake said, he managed to jump out, but the vehicle ran over his foot. As Lohan raced after her assistant, Nigro and Sutter said, the car reached speeds of 100 mph. "So we start pleading with her, 'Can you please stop the car,'" Sutter said. "I was honestly terrified," Nigro added. "I really thought we were going to crash and I really thought we were going to get severely hurt or all of us were going to die." After Lohan's assistant got away, Nigro said, Lohan raced to the Santa Monica home of the former assistant's mother. The mother, seeing a strange car arrive as she was returning home, fled in a Cadillac Escalade and called police. "At this point the Escalade's flying, we're flying, we're probably going 80 miles per hour in residential Santa Monica," Nigro said. The chase ended when the Woman stopped near the Santa Monica police station and Lohan was arrested. As she spoke with police, Nigro said, Lohan tried to implicate Sutter. "We can hear her saying, 'No, no, I wasn't driving, the black kid was driving,'" he said. See more Lindsay Lohan