Actress Lindsay Lohan has been sentenced to 30 days in prison - and warned there would be more time behind bars if she violated further court orders.
Superior court judge Stephanie Sautner imposed the complicated new sentence, telling Lohan she would have to serve more than 400 hours of community service at the LA county morgue, undergo counselling sessions and report to court frequently to avoid further time in prison.
In all, Ms Sautner sentenced Lohan to 300 days in jail for violating a court order but said the actress would only serve the additional 270 days if there was another violation.
In reality, however, the initial 30-day sentence will be significantly shortened due to jail overcrowding, with Lohan likely to serve only about six days.
The actual length of the term will be set by the Sheriff’s Department.
The actress has until November 9th to report for her jail term, and Ms Sautner ruled she cannot serve house arrest, as she did previously this year.
The judge is keeping a short leash on Lohan, ordering her to report to court for monthly updates between December and March. She said Lohan can no longer leave the country and would have a new “no-nonsense” probation officer.
The judge said the highly-structured sentence was known in judicial circles as “putting the keys to the jail in the defendant’s hands”.
Lohan (25) acknowledged violating her probation by being terminated from a community service assignment at a women’s shelter earlier this year and missing psychotherapy sessions that the judge previously ordered.
Wearing a polka-dot dress, Lohan arrived at the LA court today about 10 minutes early and spoke only briefly in court, telling Ms Sautner she understood the sentence and was okay with it.
Ms Sautner noted that Lohan’s popularity in certain circles is low, saying another women’s shelter refused to accept her for a community service assignment because she was considered a bad example for the women.
Lohan’s previous probation officer also wanted off the case, and the new officer is under orders to immediately report any violations directly to Ms Sautner.
It will be Lohan’s fifth jail sentence since being arrested twice for drunk-driving in 2007. She last served 35 days on house arrest on a four-month jail sentence.
AP