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LOS ANGELES: Troubled US actress Lindsay Lohan was turned away from the LA county morgue Thursday, after turning up late for community service ordered as part of her probation terms, officials said.
The star apologized for being late, her latest no-show, saying on Twitter than she wouldn't do it again.
Lohan had been scheduled to arrive for an 8:00 am start, a day after she was briefly jailed when a Los Angeles judge revoked the probation pending a hearing to determine whether she violated her terms.
The 25-year-old turned at 8:41 am, and was therefore turned away for being late, said coroner's chief Craig Harvey. “She's welcome to come back, but she has to show up on time,” he said.
The star of “Mean Girls” appeared handcuffed in court on Wednesday, but was later released after paying $100,000 bail, and a probation violation hearing was set for November 2.
She is supposed to carry out 16 hours of community service at the LA morgue by that date, so she can still fulfil that requirement despite missing the day Thursday – but it will not look good.
Lohan apologized for being late on Twitter, writing: “With all the stress and pressure from yesterday and today, I've never been so happy to go to therapy!!!!”
“Also, I'm sorry for the confusion that I may of caused to those at the coroner's office. Won't happen again, now I know where to go! Thank you for your help,” she added.
Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Stephanie Sautner said Wednesday that Lohan had failed to complete the 480 hours of community service as ordered for her jewelry theft conviction.
Most of the hours had been due to be completed at the Downtown Women's Center as ordered, but Lohan missed nine appointments. And when she did attend, Sautner said she sometimes only stayed for one hour, rather than the required minimum of four.
“There has been violation after violation,” Sautner said. “Probation is a gift. It's a gift. It's not a right.”
Lohan was sentenced to 35 days of house detention in May, as part of a plea bargain over the alleged theft of a $2,500 necklace from a jewelry shop near her home in Venice Beach.
Sautner ruled she had violated her probation for a 2007 drug and drunk driving offense when she allegedly stole the necklace on January 22.
Lohan – once the promising child star of hit Disney movies “The Parent Trap” and “Freaky Friday” – has a reputation for hard partying and has faced a series of legal tangles.
