lohanbettyfordscandal.jpg Obeying a curfew is hard, especially when you're Lindsay Lohan! Apparently the troubled starlet took a break from her sober living house to visit a bar with a few new Betty Ford friends, but when she came back to the center 10 minutes past curfew, all hell broke loose!

The Palm Desert Police Department released this statement to X17online exclusively:

    "On December 12 at 1:03am an officer from the Palm Desert Police Department was dispatched to the 74000 Block of Daisy Lane. The incident involved Lindsay Lohan and a member of the Betty Ford staff. Lohan was named as the suspect, and the victim wants to prosecute for criminal battery. We are investigating this case as a misdemeanor. After we finish the investigation, the case will be forwarded to prosecutors for review."


Lohan says she didn't push the Betty Ford employee first, though she claims the staffer was unfairly scolding her and requesting she take a drug and alcohol test, which she did. But why was she out so late (at a bar, no less!) when she should be working on getting clean and sober?

Calls to the Betty Ford Clinic have not been returned.