Coat Coed Could Sue Lohan for Six Figures

Markova put her Italian-designed sheared blond mink, a gift with an $11,995 price tag from her grandmother, on top of other jackets in a common storage bin next to the couches, according to Cohen. Apparently, few people check their coats at the velvet-roped nightclub, especially at a private event.

When she prepared to leave after an hour, it was gone. Markova had to borrow a coat from one of the club's owners to get home that wintry night. Two weeks later, Markova flipped through the Feb. 11 edition of OK! magazine and saw Lohan photographed the very same night in an identical blonde fur.

"It was my coat," she told the New York Post. "It was no doubt!"

After the club's owners failed to get her coat back, Markova called Cohen, her immigration lawyer. Cohen then called Lohan's Hollywood attorney, Blair Berk, and threatened litigation. Hours later, the club called to say they were going to bring her something. Two days later, the coat arrived at Markova's apartment. She said it reeked of cigarettes and alcohol and there was a slight tear in the lining.

"Clearly, this girl is looking for publicity," a 1Oak spokesperson said. "She misplaced her coat. 1Oak returned it. End of story."

Is it?

Markova told her attorney she had surfed the Internet and come up with several paparazzi photos of Lohan wearing her alleged coat hours after the party at 1Oak. There are also pictures of Lohan wearing a black coat outside of 1Oak the same night. Whether those pictures were taken before or after the party is not clear.

Splash, the agency that sold this photo of Lohan wearing the black coat, says the picture was taken outside of 1Oak around 3 a.m. on Jan. 26.


INF, the agency that sold this photo of Lohan wearing the mink, says the image was taken before midnight on Jan. 25. In both photos, Lohan is clearly wearing the same outfit with silver high heels.


In this photo, taken later during the day on Jan. 26, Lohan is seen wearing the same black coat and carrying the fur in question.


Later that evening, Jan. 26, she is photographed in the fur after an early dinner at the New York restaurant Da Silvano.