Sheriff's officials say the actress will spend only about two weeks of a 90-day sentence in jail. But her brief time in an isolation cell that has housed other celebrities such as Paris Hilton and Michelle Rodriguez is just one element of a sentence that is designed to punish and rehabilitate the star.
Once Lohan is released in early August, she will be required to report to probation officials within a day. She has also been ordered to spend three months at an inpatient rehab.
That portion of her sentence won't be trimmed like her jail stint by overcrowding and credits for good behavior. "It's a straight 90 days," prosecutor Danette Meyers said. The result is that the "Mean Girls" and "Georgia Rules" star will be unavailable until late this year to start filming her portrayal of actress Linda Lovelace in a biopic. She will be equally unavailable to promote her role as a gun-toting nun in Robert Rodriguez's "Machete," which marks her return to the big screen in September.
It amounts to lost time for the once-promising actress, whose movements have been restricted since she missed a court date in May. It remains to be seen whether Lohan can replicate a postjail rebound similar to Michelle Rodriguez, who had a prominent role in last year's blockbuster "Avatar" and appears in "Machete."
