But a spokesman for the "Mean Girls" star blamed
her tardiness, which caused officials to refuse Lohan entry into the facility,
on media coverage and her own mistakes and said "everything is all cleared
up." The actress, 25, was on probation as part of her sentence for
stealing a gold necklace from a jewelry store earlier this year. She had been
ordered to perform 360 hours community service at a women's detention center
and another 120 hours at the Los Angeles County Morgue, among other punishments.
But on Wednesday, a judge in the case was alarmed that Lohan
missed several appointments at the women's center, so the judge revoked
probation and ordered Lohan to start working at the morgue. A hearing to decide
if Lohan violated probation and, as a result could go to jail, is set for Nov.
2.
Lohan was expected to show up on time at 8 a.m. at the
morgue on Thursday, but she arrived more than 40 minutes late and was refused
entry, said coroner's Chief Craig Harvey.
Lohan's publicist, Steve Honig, said in a statement that the
actress arrived 20 minutes late and will be returning to the morgue on Friday
morning after Thursday's mishap.
"Her lateness was due to a combination of not knowing
what entrance to go through and confusion caused by the media waiting for her
arrival. Lindsay spoke with the supervisors at the morgue, they showed her how
to get in and everything is all cleared up," wrote Honig.
The actress took to Twitter to issue an apology to the
coroner's office on Thursday morning, adding "Won't happen again, now I
know where to go!" Thursday's events were yet another blow for the
"Mean Girls" actress after her lawyer, Shawn Holley, told Judge
Stephanie Sautner on Wednesday that Lohan would honor her commitments at the
morgue, beginning Thursday.
Wednesday's hearing saw Lohan reprimanded by an angry Judge
Sautner for having only completed a tiny fraction of her court-ordered community
service and showing little regard for her commitments.
Lohan was ordered to complete 16 hours of work per week at
the Los Angeles County Morgue over the next two weeks by Judge Sautner, prior
to the actress' hearing on Nov. 2.
