Lindsay Lohan Not Taking the Plea Deal

Sources are saying Lindsay Lohan met with her lawyer Shawn Holley on Tuesday and decided not to take the plea deal in her felony theft case. She will go to trial instead. Not that insane of a choice because what does she have to lose. The jeweler already sold the security tapes for profit and all reports indicate the judge will put her in jail anyway. From TMZ:

Lindsay’s felony grand theft case will now be assigned to Judge Stephanie Sautner — who’s considered a tough but fair judge — and the preliminary hearing is set for April 22.

Lindsay faces both jail and prison as the case moves on — jail, if Judge Sautner decides Lindsay violated her probation, and prison, if Lindsay is convicted of grand theft.

… Here’s the good news for Lindsay. If she had accepted a plea deal, she would have been placed on 3 years probation — and Lindsay staying out of trouble for 3 years is highly improbable.

Fact is … Lindsay has a credible defense in the grand theft case, and if Judge Sautner agrees NOT to rule on the probation violation until a verdict is reached in the grand theft case, Lindsay could get off scot-free.

So there’s a chance Lindsay won’t do any time. Fantastic. I’ll just assume that’s exactly what’s going to happen. You’d be crazy to think otherwise. A girl who was caught on video stealing an expensive necklace going to jail? That’s preposterous! Who ever heard of such a thing?