Lohan's mother pleads not guilty
Lindsay Lohan’s mother has entered a not guilty plea on speeding and drink-driving charges.
Dina Lohan’s licence was suspended and she left the New York courthouse in a chauffeur-driven Rolls Royce.
The 50-year-old was released without bail until her next court appearance on October 23.
As she left the courthouse in suburban New York, she was surrounded by a media throng usually associated with her troubled actress daughter.
The only apparent family member accompanying Lohan to court was her mother, Ann Sullivan.
Judge Joy Watson released Lohan without bail but ordered her driver’s licence suspended, citing the severity of the alleged drunk driving charge.
State police arrested Lohan on September 12 after stopping her for allegedly speeding on a Long Island parkway. Police said her blood-alcohol level was 0.20, more than double the legal limit of 0.08.
Defence lawyer Mark Heller said his client has no criminal record and is a lifelong Long Island resident who has raised four children as a single mother.
He did not specifically address the allegations against her, and she did not comment to reporters.
“Dina Lohan is painfully mindful of the gravity of her arrest for driving while intoxicated,” he said. “I am confident that the district attorney’s office and the judicial system will temper justice with mercy.”
Lohan’s arrest about nine miles from her Merrick, New York, home came just months after her 27-year-old daughter completed her sixth stint in rehab for drug and alcohol abuse.
In an interview with Oprah Winfrey this summer, the younger Lohan admitted an addiction to alcohol which she described as a gateway to other drugs.
The actress’s father, Michael, has also said he has dealt with drug and alcohol addiction.
