Lindsay Lohan on Thursday added financial woes to four years of legal problems when she was slapped with a $1 million assault lawsuit and a court heard she was having problems paying for private counselling.
Lohan, 25, whose Hollywood career has been derailed since 2007 by drug and alcohol problems and repeated trips to jail, was ordered to undergo psychological counselling earlier in 2011 as part of her sentence for stealing a gold necklace in January. But her lawyer told a court hearing that Lohan had not yet enrolled in therapy because finding low-cost, individual treatment was proving a challenge.
“I find it hard to believe that she can’t afford counselling,” responded Mela-nie Chavira, the prosecutor at the Los Angeles City attorney’s office. Judge Stephanie Sautner replied that she did not wish to spe-culate on Lohan’s finances, but added: “She needs to get into counselling. I am going to give her 21 days (to enrol). I don’t know whether she is working or what she is doing to get an income...If she doesn’t have the means, maybe she knows someone who can help out.” —Reuters