the parking lot of the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium, located just one block from SMPD headquarters.
The personal assistant had quit her job with Lohan one day earlier, Padilla said.
The star of “Herbie Fully Loaded” was just that, registering a blood alcohol level between.12 and.13 percent on a breathalyzer test. The legal limit in California is.08 percent. During the arrest, police also found a bag containing cocaine in Lohan’s pants pocket.
Officers responded to the Santa Monica Civic Center parking lot, 1855 Main St., where they found Lohan and the driver of the Cadillac outside of their cars and engaged in a heated exchange, Padilla said.
The name of the other driver is not being released at this time.
There were two men with Lohan, including the owner of the vehicle, and one other passenger in the other car, who Padilla said was not Lohan’s former personal assistant.
Lohan was released from Santa Monica Jail shortly after 6 a.m. Tuesday after posting $25,000 bail.
After failing a field sobriety test and refusing to take a breathalyzer at the scene, the actress/singer was taken into custody, where she was more cooperative, Padilla said, adding that Lohan submitted to a breathalyzer and chemical test.
“There were no issues with her arrest related to her attitude,” Padilla said.
Just hours after her release, reports of Lohan’s arrest were plastered all over celebrity news sites such as TMZ.com and Thesuperficial.com, with accounts that she checked back into rehab — but not the Promises Treatment Center in Malibu, where Lohan had just checked out on July 13.
Following her release from Promises, Lohan was spotted fashioning an alcohol monitoring ankle bracelet, attesting to her sobriety.
In a statement released Tuesday to TMZ.com, Lohan’s attorney Blair Berk said her famous client had been wearing the bracelet to test her sobriety daily.
“Throughout this period, I have received timely and accurate reports from testing companies,” Berk said. “Unfortunately, late yesterday, I was informed that Lindsay had relapsed.”
Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on July 25, 2007. Read the original PDF.