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# Lohan’s troubles continue
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/lohans-troubles-continue/
- Published: 2007-08-15T15:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-24T02:34:42.000Z
- Author: Melody Hanatani
- Tags: Crime, Santa Monica, #archive-import

*Civil lawsuit emerges from actress’ wild ride last month*

SANTA MONICA COURTHOUSE Actress Lindsay Lohan was slapped with a lawsuit on Tuesday by a woman involved in the starlet’s drunken car pursuit three weeks ago in Santa Monica.

In a seven-page document filed in Santa Monica Courthouse, Tracie Rice — who was riding in the vehicle allegedly chased by the actress and her entourage — accuses Lohan of assault and negligence, claiming the “Mean Girls” star intended to inflict emotional harm in the July 24 incident.

Lohan was booked for driving under the influence of alcohol, driving with a suspended/revoked license and possession of a controlled substance after Santa Monica Police officers received a call from a distressed woman who said she was being chased by an SUV.

Fresh out of rehab at the time, Lohan was driving the SUV that allegedly pursued a 2007 Cadillac Escalade, driven by the mother of her former personal assistant, Michelle Peck, of Santa Monica.

A call to Lohan’s attorney was not returned on Tuesday.

The plaintiff is seeking an unspecified amount of damages.

“At this point, we don’t know the full extent of damages,” said Paul Hoffman, Rice’s attorney. “It’s still early... until we know how long this will have an impact on Tracie.”

Rice resides in Los Angeles County, but not in Santa Monica, according to Hoffman, declining to identify his client’s city of residence.

The suit outlines details of the early morning encounter, beginning around 1 a.m., as Peck began parking her Escalade near her home when an SUV — facing the wrong side of the road — pulled up “grill to grill.”

“The SUV had its high beams on, blinding (Rice), and its engine was racing as though the SUV would crash into Ms. Peck’s car,” the lawsuit states.

Neither driver nor passenger had any idea who was operating the SUV and believed they were being carjacked. Whenever Peck attempted to maneuver the car to escape, the SUV would make a “corresponding aggressive move in an effort to block their escape,” according to the lawsuit.

The suit goes on to state that a stranger jumped out of the SUV and charged toward Peck’s car in a “threatening manner,” reaching into his pocket for what the two women believed was a gun. Rice began dialing 9-1-1 as the two women headed toward the Santa Monica Police Department, Peck speeding up and Lohan allegedly responding accordingly with an extra push on the gas pedal.

The pursuit finally ended at the Civic Center parking lot, where the plaintiff states that Santa Monica Police officers approached them with their guns drawn, but soon realized the two women were the victims.

The two women, described by Hoffman as friends, were returning to Peck’s home after grabbing a cup of coffee. According to news reports publishing interviews with the three men who were in the car with Lohan, the actress had come from a party in Malibu and was chasing her former personal assistant, losing her along the way. Lohan headed toward Peck’s Santa Monica home believing the assistant was with her mother.

“They had absolutely nothing to do with Lindsay Lohan that night,” Hoffman said. “As far as they were concerned, they were about to be carjacked. They had no idea who was in the car, they had no idea why this person was driving aggressively toward them and revving the engine.

“They thought they were going to die.” Dante Nigro, Jakon Sutter and Ronnie Blake have also threatened lawsuits against Lohan, alleging the troubled young actress had jumped in the driver’s seat while the three men were sitting in the car outside the party, essentially holding them hostage and putting their lives in danger as she drove at high speeds to Santa Monica. The men also claim that, at times, Lohan boasted her celebrity status as a reason why she wouldn’t be reprimanded.

A trial has yet to be set in the civil case.

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SCREEN TIME: Lindsay Lohan’s most recent film role was in TriStar's ‘I Know Who Killed Me.’ (Photo: Photo courtesy Ron Batzdorff)

*Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on August 15, 2007.* [Read the original PDF.](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/smdp%5Fbackissues/081507.pdf?ref=smdp.com)