Lindsay Lohan Is Costing Los Angeles Taxpayers Millions
Posted on Mon Nov 7th, 2011 3:15pm PDT By X17 Staff
Fox News is reporting that Lindsay Lohan's days in court in recent years have cost Los Angeles taxpayers millions.
Former federal prosecutor Michael Wildes told the outlet:
Attorney Vikki Ziegler said of Lindsay's trials: “It has likely cost taxpayers millions of dollars. This has been a four-year ordeal that taxpayers in California must foot."
Lohan, 25, was booked into the Century Regional Detention facility in Lynwood at 8:50 p.m. on Sunday, and was home in Venice Beach by 2 a.m. She had been senteced to 30 days in jail, but was released due to overcrowding. She still has community service hours to serve.
All of Lohan's hours will be done at the LA County Morgue.Former federal prosecutor Michael Wildes told the outlet:
- "From logistics to the transcript reporters to the clerks, it is exorbitantly expensive to have a court appearance. ... It costs tens of thousands of dollars per court appearance ... "
Attorney Vikki Ziegler said of Lindsay's trials: “It has likely cost taxpayers millions of dollars. This has been a four-year ordeal that taxpayers in California must foot."
Lohan, 25, was booked into the Century Regional Detention facility in Lynwood at 8:50 p.m. on Sunday, and was home in Venice Beach by 2 a.m. She had been senteced to 30 days in jail, but was released due to overcrowding. She still has community service hours to serve.