Lindsay Lohan Sentenced to Jail for Violating Probation

April 22, 2011 — -- Lindsay Lohan has been sentenced to 120 days in jail for violating her probation and was taken into custody in the courtroom.

Lohan's attorney, Shawn Holley, said the actress will appeal the ruling, which will allow Lohan to post the $75,000 bail.

Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Stephanie Sautner also ordered Lohan to serve more than 400 hours of community service, which would include 300 hours at a women's center, according to The Associated Press.

Lohan previously has been jailed three times.

Lohan's Charges Reduced to Misdemeanor

Earlier, Sautner reduced Lohan's grand theft case regarding a necklace she allegedly stole on Jan. 22 to a misdemeanor. Lohan pleaded not guilty to that misdemeanor charge.

Sautner set a trial date on the misdemeanor charge for June 3 and a pretrail date for May 11.

The misdemeanor has a potential penalty of a year in jail, whereas the original felony charge had a potential penalty of three years in jail.

Sautner rejected Holley's request to dismiss the case against Lohan entirely, but added she often sees more serious cases that get reduced to misdemeanors.

In making her ruling to reduce the charges, Sautner said, "I'm going to give her an opportunity."

The decision came after Deputy District Attorney Danette Meyers concluded her case against Lohan after calling four witnesses, including the owner of Kamofie and Co., the store from which Lohan allegedly stole the necklace, an employee of the store, and two police officers who handled Lohan's case.

Holley had asked Sautner to dismiss the charge altogether, saying "This is not a stealth, crafty crime."

As Holley spoke, Lohan started tearing up, and a bailiff gave her tissues.

During the hearing, Kamofie and Co. owner Sofia Kaman revealed that the necklace Lohan is accused of stealing cost far less than its $2,500 price tag. She said she paid $850 for the necklace.

Asked by prosecutor Danette Meyers why the necklace was marked up to $2,500, Kaman said it's common to mark up jewelry two to three times what the manufacturer charges.

Things got contentious when Lohan's lawyer, Holley, questioned Kaman and the issue of Lohan's cleavage came up several times. Holley tried to establish if Kaman was paying attention to Lohan's chest while Lohan was in the store and if Kaman should have noticed Lohan walking out with the necklace.

At one point, the tone of the questioning prompted Sautner to tell Holley and Kaman to be more respectful.

Before Kaman, Tinelli Comsookri, a salesperson at Kamofie and Co, said that Lohan tried on a pair of $1,180 earrings four days prior to the necklace incident and tried to walk out of the store wearing one of the earrings. Comsookri said that when he stopped Lohan, she apologized and gave back the piece of jewelry.

Comsookri emailed Kaman afterwards to tell her what happened.

Holley asked if Kaman was more observant of Lohan than she normally would be because of the earring incident.