Lindsay Lohan, who has seen her promising film career plummet recently, escaped felony charges when prosecutors filed seven misdemeanor counts against her stemming from two drunken-driving arrests. The district attorney charged Lohan with two counts each of driving under the influence, driving with a blood-alcohol level above .08 percent and being under the influence of cocaine and one count of reckless driving. Police found cocaine on Lohan during the arrests on May 26 in Beverly Hills and July 24 in Santa Monica. In each incident, the amounts tested were below the .05 grams required for felony charges, according to the district attorney’s office. Sources say there were also problems proving Lohan was in possession of the drug. Each of Lohan’s arrests were followed by trips to rehab. Lohan crashed her Mercedes Benz into a tree on Sunset Boulevard in May and fled the scene to seek medical treatment. Police tests revealed that a white powder in Lohan’s purse was .04 grams of cocaine. Lohan checked into the exclusive Promises rehabilitation facility after the incident. She left the facility July 13 after six weeks of treatment. She was photographed wearing an alcohol-monitoring ankle bracelet after her release. Within days, she was involved in yet another bizzarre alcohol and drug related incident. In the second case, a law enforcement source says the manner in which the cocaine was seized was questionable. In addition, the source says the amount of cocaine “didn’t meet the threshold for filing.” “The D.A. always looks at the person and the circumstances and in Lohan’s case, the fact that she was arrested twice in a short period of time actually helped her. It shows someone is struggling with an addiction problem.” “The fact that each time she was arrested, she immediately checked into a rehab facility also helped her case. Also, her age and the fact that her upbringing was extremely unstable, also worked in her favor.”

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Lindsay Lohan, who has seen her promising film career plummet recently, escaped felony charges when prosecutors filed seven misdemeanor counts against her stemming from two drunken-driving arrests. The district attorney charged Lohan with two counts each of driving under the influence, driving with a blood-alcohol level above .08 percent and being under the influence of cocaine and one count of reckless driving. Police found cocaine on Lohan during the arrests on May 26 in Beverly Hills and July 24 in Santa Monica. In each incident, the amounts tested were below the .05 grams required for felony charges, according to the district attorney’s office. Sources say there were also problems proving Lohan was in possession of the drug. Each of Lohan’s arrests were followed by trips to rehab. Lohan crashed her Mercedes Benz into a tree on Sunset Boulevard in May and fled the scene to seek medical treatment. Police tests revealed that a white powder in Lohan’s purse was .04 grams of cocaine. Lohan checked into the exclusive Promises rehabilitation facility after the incident. She left the facility July 13 after six weeks of treatment. She was photographed wearing an alcohol-monitoring ankle bracelet after her release. Within days, she was involved in yet another bizzarre alcohol and drug related incident. In the second case, a law enforcement source says the manner in which the cocaine was seized was questionable. In addition, the source says the amount of cocaine “didn’t meet the threshold for filing.” “The D.A. always looks at the person and the circumstances and in Lohan’s case, the fact that she was arrested twice in a short period of time actually helped her. It shows someone is struggling with an addiction problem.” “The fact that each time she was arrested, she immediately checked into a rehab facility also helped her case. Also, her age and the fact that her upbringing was extremely unstable, also worked in her favor.”

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