Lindsay Lohan cleared in rehab fight probe

Lindsay Lohan has one less legal problem to worry about after a prosecutor decided not to charge her in connection with an altercation while she was in a substance abuse rehab program in December.
Lohan, who faces a preliminary hearing on a felony grand theft charge April 22, could also go back to jail on a probation violation charge on the same day.
But the Riverside County, California, district attorney decided Tuesday not to pursue a possible assault charge against the actress for a December 12, 2010, incident with Dawn Holland, a Betty Ford Center staffer, the prosecutor's spokesman said.

"Our office has completed review of the case, and we will not file charges due to insufficient evidence," spokesman John Hall said.
Lohan checked herself into the Betty Ford Center in Rancho Mirage, California, for substance abuse rehab on September 28, 2010, just days after she dodged jail on another probation violation.
A Los Angeles County judge later ordered her to remain in the drug rehab program until January 3 for failing a drug test while on supervised probation for a 2007 drunken-driving charge.
An incident three weeks after she was released from rehab led to her latest legal problems. She allegedly walked out of a Venice, California, jewelry store wearing a necklace that she had not paid for, according to police.
Lohan rejected a plea deal last week, setting the stage for next month's preliminary hearing and a possible trial.

Lindsay Lohan is Lindsay Probation Report Would Destroy

County Probation Department report on Lindsay Lohan is so blistering, it could land her in prison if she's convicted of felony grand theft.
Multiple sources familiar with the probation report tell the report -- drafted after Lindsay allegedly took the necklace in January -- contains something "shocking" and "devastating" against Lindsay.  The info has never been made public and our sources would not divulge specifics -- only to say any judge who uses it to determine sentencing would probably throw the book at Lindsay.
The stakes are high if Lindsay doesn't accept Judge Keith Schwartz' proposed sentence -- which we're told is 3 months in jail.  If Lindsay decides to fight the charge, Judge Stephanie Sautner would use the report to determine sentencing if she decides Lindsay violated her probation.   Lindsay faces more than a year in jail for the probation violation.
And even worse for Lindsay ... if Lindsay is convicted of felony grand theft, the judge in that case would also consider the scathing probation report.  The maximum sentence Lindsay would get for felony grand theft is 1 year in state prison.
Mind you Judge Schwartz' job is to try and settle cases, which is why he's willing to go pretty easy on Lindsay.
Short story -- Lindsay is crazy not to accept Judge Schwartz' offer.
Lindsay's lawyer, Shawn Holley, "Judge Schwartz made it abundantly clear Thursday, on the record, that the probation violation, if proven, would be based on the theft allegation and nothing more.  If there was such 'devastating' information in the Probation Report, wouldn't the allegations be based on that?"