Lindsay Lohan a No-Show at Court Hearing For Assaulting Psychic, Case Gets Delayed

Jan 7, 2013 - 12:13
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Lindsay Lohan a No-Show at Court Hearing For Assaulting Psychic, Case Gets Delayed
No-show: Lindsay, pictured here heading out for a night out in London on Saturday, didn't attend her court date in New York City on Monday

Charges against actress Lindsay Lohan in an alleged Manhattan nightclub fight “are not ready to proceed at this time,” her attoey said Monday after a hearing at New York criminal court.

Lohan did not attend the hearing because there was nothing for her to plead to, said her attoey, Mark Heller.

“It’s my opinion that this case will ultimately be declined for prosecution, but it will be several weeks before the district attoey makes that decision,” Heller said.

Lohan was charged with misdemeanor assault after allegedly punching a woman early in the moing of November 29, 2012.

She is accused of hitting Tiffany Mitchell, 28, of Palm Beach, Florida, at the trendy Avenue Lounge in Manhattan’s Chelsea district.

Heller said Lohan didn’t hit anyone.

Good luck charm: Heller has a white rabbit's foot attached to his designer briefcase and he'll likely need it with a client like Lindsay

Good luck charm: Heller has a white rabbit's foot attached to his designer briefcase and he'll likely need it with a client like Lindsay

Lavish lifestyle: Lindsay didn't attend her court hearing, but her attoey Mark Jay Heller did, arriving in a flashy silver Rolls Royce

Lavish lifestyle: Lindsay didn't attend her court hearing, but her attoey Mark Jay Heller did, arriving in a flashy silver Rolls Royce

“All she did was verbally request her privacy,” he said.

He accused Mitchell of “seeking her 15 minutes of fame” and predicted Lohan would be exonerated.

The case is the latest legal trouble for the 26-year-old actress, whose struggle with drugs and alcohol has seen her bounce in and out of court 19 times and to five rehabilitation facilities since 2007.

Lohan is scheduled to appear at a probation violation hearing on January 15 in Califoia.

She was on probation for a 2011 conviction on charges related to the theft of a necklace, but that probation was jeopardized in November 2012 when the city attoey in Santa Monica, Califoia, filed four charges against her in connection with a car crash last summer.

In the Santa Monica case, Lohan is accused of giving false information to a police officer, obstructing or resisting a police officer in the performance of his duty, and reckless driving, according to the city attoey’s office.

The charges, all misdemeanors, stem from a car crash while Lohan was on her way to the set for the filming of “Liz & Dick,” a Lifetime movie that aired last year.

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Mike Gallagher Freelance writer with a passion for travelling