This morning, Lindsay Lohan showed up to court and told Judge Keith Schwartz that she did not want to take the plea deal the prosecutor had offered her and instead, said she would rather go to trial to settle the felony grand theft charges against her. The case was then transferred to Judge Stephanie Sautner, who will oversee the preliminary hearing that has been set to take place on April 22nd.
Her decision to ignore the plea deal makes sense when it’s considered along with how Lindsay’s biggest fear throughout this whole ordeal has been the possibility that she’d be sent back to jail. When Judge Schwartz originally presented Lindsay with the plea deal, he made it clear to her that it would surely include some time in jail. So wanting to avoid that, she went with the other option of declining Judge Schwartz’s offer and opting to take her chances with a jury. But it looks like she’s likely to do some jail time anyway: she could go back to a correctional facility if Judge Sautner believes she violated her probation when she stole the necklace, or if she’s just convicted of grand theft. Or who knows! She could go to jail for both! Man, does Lindsay really want to get back into acting ASAP, or what?!
Source: TMZ
