No Felony charges for Lohan plea bargain as early as today

[RB TexLa]

from TMZ.com

TMZ was at the Beverly Hills Courthouse this morning when the L.A. County District Attorney filed criminal charges against Lindsay Lohan. The charges are seven misdemeanors -- NO FELONIES. And, there may be a plea bargain today at 1:30 PM PDT.

Lohan, who was busted twice since Memorial Day weekend, was charged with two counts of driving under the influence. If convicted of both, she'd face a minimum of four days in jail. If a felony were filed, Lohan could have faced several years in state prison.

As to why no felony charges were filed, the DA says Lohan's cocaine traces "were below the .05 grams required by office policy for felony filing."

Sources tell us there were also problems even proving she was in possession of the drug.

As for the second case, a law enforcement source tells us the manner in which the cocaine was seized was questionable. In addition, the source says the amount of cocaine "didn't meet the threshold for filing."

[SoCalDem]

1. They are doing her no favors here

Without having to face consequences, she's just going to keep on doing shit like this until she ends up dead.

Her career is already in the dumper. Movie studios have to insure actors, and she's pretty much poison these days..and who wants an actor with all those issues? They spend millions on making these things, and need to know that their people will show up on time and do the work..

[idgiehkt]

3. so true

they may have just signed her death warrant. When she had those guys in the car she apparently told them 'I'm a celebrity, I can do anything I want. I won't get in trouble."

[kay1864]

4. Either way, if they can't charge her, they can't charge her

Not enough cocaine to bring charges. So we're left with DUI. Which according to the OP still means jail time.

[idgiehkt]

2. what about kidnapping?

I wonder if the three guys that she took off with declined to press charges. Or if she paid them off. :shrug: