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Does Lindsay Lohan Need Robert Shapiro?

By Jeralyn, Section Crime in the News
Posted on Fri Jul 16, 2010 at 08:19:41 PM EST
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Attorney Robert Shapiro confirmed today he's now representing Lindsay Lohan. But, he says, he agreed to represent her only if she does her jail time and complies with her other probation terms, which includes a 3 month rehab stint after jail.

So what's Shapiro going to do for her?

Shapiro told The Associated Press on Friday he had agreed to represent Lohan only if she does her jail time and complies with the terms of her probation. He said he would help the actress get treatment to accomplish long-term recovery and sobriety.

"Ms. Lohan is suffering from a disease that I am all too familiar with," said Shapiro, whose son Brent died in 2005. "Hopefully I can be of assistance."

Sounds like he's going to be her drug counselor, not her lawyer. And how is this different than what Shawn Chapman Holley proposed? I can't imagine he's not going to try to at least postpone her jail sentence until she's out of her current rehab facility. If he's not, then why does she need a lawyer at this point at all?

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    Hmmm (none / 0) (#1)
    by squeaky on Fri Jul 16, 2010 at 08:26:34 PM EST
    Good point....  sounds more like a rescuer, with baggage, than a lawyer defending her.

    We'll see.

    That said, I am all for her recovery and avoiding jail time.

    What you say out of court (none / 0) (#2)
    by CoralGables on Fri Jul 16, 2010 at 08:47:52 PM EST
    and what you try to pull off in court aren't always the same thing.

    future plans (none / 0) (#3)
    by diogenes on Fri Jul 16, 2010 at 09:22:05 PM EST
    You have the lawyer and follow the court order now, and the high-powered lawyer tries to finesse you away from further jail time for occasional relapses and violations of probation in the future.

    Hopefully (none / 0) (#4)
    by Abdul Abulbul Amir on Fri Jul 16, 2010 at 10:35:15 PM EST

    Hopefully he is saving her life.

    It's NOT a rehab facility (none / 0) (#5)
    by gyrfalcon on Fri Jul 16, 2010 at 11:51:05 PM EST
    It's a "sober house."  There's no treatment program.  It's more like a halfway, or three-quarters-way house.  No drugs or alcohol alllowed and regular testing to enforce it, but there's no counseling, no treatment program.  Unlimited guests are allowed, as is TV and Internet access, etc., which are things that are hugely restricted, if not prohibited, in at least the initial weeks of a real rehab program.

    In Lohan's case, it sounds like it's serving as more of a halfway into jail house so she can ease into not having her substances freely available for a few days before she goes to actual jail.

    As for what Shapiro's function is for her if he's not trying to keep her out of jail, I dunno. Maybe it's just that she's willing to trust him and he's convinced her, temporarily at least, that she's got to confront her "issues" head-on instead of trying to talk her way out of them.

    so it's a place to go cold turkey (5.00 / 1) (#6)
    by Jeralyn on Sat Jul 17, 2010 at 02:36:23 AM EST
    and have nice accoutrements like flat screen tvs and state of the art kitchens so you don't go completely bonkers?

    She does need to clear up before jail because jail