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NAME: US LOHAN2 20070725Ix TAPE: EF07/0887 IN_TIME: 10:36:43:04 DURATION: 00:02:16:00 SOURCES: AP TELEVISION/ SMPD DATELINE: Various, 24 July 2007/File RESTRICTIONS: AP Clients Only SHOTLIST Santa Monica Police Department Santa Monica, California - July 24, 2007 1 Police STILL of Lindsay Lohan AP Television Santa Monica, California - July 24, 2007 2 Wide of Santa Monica city building AP Television Los Angeles, California - July 24, 2007 3 Wide shot of legal analyst Stan Goldman Santa Monica Police Department Santa Monica, California - July 24, 2007 4 Police STILL of Lindsay Lohan AP Television Los Angeles, California - July 24, 2007 5 SOUNDBITE: (English) Stan Goldman, law professor, Loyola Law School: (++soundbite starts with still of Lohan) This is going to be a felony court and for a felony court driving under the influence of alcohol is perhaps not quite as big a deal as it is to many municipal courts where that's about as serious an offence as they handle In this case the more serious offence would be the one that, hopefully, she's going to be able to have dropped And that is bringing drugs into the jail with her AP Television FILE: Los Angeles, California - November 1, 2006 6 Wide shot of Lohan AP Television Los Angeles, California - July 24, 2007 7 SOUNDBITE: (English) Stan Goldman, law professor, Loyola Law School Normally a defence lawyer wants their client to be going to rehab or try to go into rehab as soon as they had a problem In this case it may backfire She was sent to rehab, it did no good 8 Wide shot of people walking along Hollywood Boulevard 9 Close of Hollywood Highland street sign 10 SOUNDBITE: (English) Ashley Cayton, Vox Pop: I think they get off easy Once you're a celebrity you get to do whatever you want 11 SOUNDBITE: (English) Claudia Malawy, Vox Pop: Sometimes they get preferential treatment, but sometimes they make an example of them too It just depends on the situation I guess 12 SOUNDBITE: (English) Holly McCardy, Vox Pop: I think they deserve everything they get If they do the crime they do the time AP Television FILE: Date and Location Unknown 13 Various shots of Lindsay Lohan Santa Monica Police Department Santa Monica, California - July 24, 2007 14 Police STILL of Lindsay Lohan AP Television Santa Monica, California - 24 July 2007 15 SOUNDBITE: (English) Lieutenant Alex Padilla, Santa Monica Police Department They detained everybody involved; one of the people detained was Lindsay Lohan, turns out she had been driving the White Yukon and she was under the influence of alcohol AP Television - AP Clients Only FILE: Date and Location Unknown 16 Medium view of Lohan walking as reporters shout to her AP Television - AP Clients Only Santa Monica, California - 24 July 2007 17 SOUNDBITE: (English) Lieutenant Alex Padilla, Santa Monica Police Department The officers did a field sobriety test she did not pass that test We transported her to the jail where she submitted to a drug alcohol test, where she blew a 12 and 13 percent She was charged with driving under the influence of alcohol Also found in her pocket we found a small amount of cocaine so she was also charged with possession of a controlled substance AP Television - AP Clients Only FILE: Date and Location Unknown 18 Various of Lohan STORYLINE Lindsay Lohan, a 21-year-old Hollywood actress, was arrested early on Tuesday in Santa Monica, California, and released on bail for investigation of misdemeanour driving under the influence and with a suspended licence, and felony cocaine possession A police spokesperson said during a pre-booking search, police found cocaine in one of Lohan's trouser pockets Police initially said she was also being booked for investigation of transporting a narcotic but said late on Tuesday she was not Police received an emergency call from the mother of Lohan's former personal assistant, saying that Lohan was chasing her in an sport utility vehicle, said Lieutenant Alex Padilla The assistant had just resigned hours before, he said Authorities found Lohan and the woman in a heated debate in the parking lot of Santa Monica's Civic Auditorium about 1:30 am (0830 GMT) Police arrived on the scene to find Lohan among those involved They detained everybody involved; one of the people detained was Lindsay Lohan, turns out she had been driving the White Yukon and she was under the influence of alcohol, said Padilla After a field sobriety test, the 21-year-old actress, blew a 12, 13 percent blood alcohol The legal limit is 08 Lohan was booked on suspicion of two misdemeanour charges of driving under the influence and driving on a suspended license Also found in her pocket, we found a small amount of cocaine so she was also charged with possession of a controlled substance, said Padilla Police charged her with two felony charges of possession of a controlled substance Lohan was booked and released on bail for 25-thousand US dollars Legal analyst Stan Goldman said part of the defence strategy for Lohan is for her attorney to deal with the more serious charge involving cocaine and added that he failed attempt at rehab could be held against her Normally a defence lawyer wants their client to be going to rehab or try to go into rehab as soon as they had a problem In this case it may backfire She was sent to rehab, it did no good Lohan, who completed a more than six-week stint in rehab this month and previously had checked into a recovery clinic in January, still faces DUI (driving under the influence) allegations connected to a late May Memorial Day weekend hit-and-run crash in Beverly Hills After a stay of more than six weeks, the actress voluntarily wore an alcohol-monitoring bracelet, but it is unknown whether she was wearing it when she was arrested on Tuesday Members of the public taking a walk near Hollywood Boulevard were divided on the question of whether celebrities like Lohan were given preferential treatment over ordinary citizens I think they get off easy Once you're a celebrity you get to do whatever you want, said Ashley Cayton While Claudia Malawy said, sometimes they get preferential treatment, but sometimes they make an example of them too It just depends on the situation I guess