Actress has been at the Betty Ford Center since September and reportedly has plans for 'a comeback.'
By Gil Kaufman
Lindsay Lohan (file)
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After her longest sustained stay in a rehab facility, troubled actress Lindsay Lohan is reportedly set to leave the Betty Ford Center on Monday (January 3).
Following months of drama that included a failed drug test and an alleged altercation with a rehab worker, Lohan, 24, will emerge into an uncertain future thanks to her ongoing legal and personal struggles. She's already lost one of the few parts Hollywood has offered her in recent years, the lead role in the Linda Lovelace biopic "Inferno," and given her past, it's unclear what the onetime double threat singer/actress' next move could be.
Lohan's fourth stint in rehab came after she voluntarily entered the Ford Center in late September following an admission that she'd failed a court-mandated drug test. It was preceded by a 14-hour trip to jail — the same one she'd exited in August for violating her probation. That was followed by 23 days in court-ordered rehab.
In the ensuing months, Lohan was dropped from "Inferno" after director Matthew Wilder said he was unable to obtain insurance for the actress in the wake of her troubles. In December, there was a false report that she might be headed to "Dancing With the Stars," a development that, if true, would not have been a promising one for an actress who is attempting to make a serious comeback.
And, late last month, the woman who accused Lohan of assault at the Ford Center was fired for revealing details about the incident to TMZ; she later agreed to drop charges against the star.
With no known movie deals currently inked, Lohan could be facing one of her longest sustained breaks from the big screen since her debut in 1998's remake of "The Parent Trap." After a series of flops ("Bobby," "Georgia Rule," "I Know Who Killed Me," "Chapter 27" and the ABC Family movie "Labor Pains"), Lohan's only significant role of note in the past year is a cameo in "Machete."
The one bright spot in Lohan's career — despite harsh disses from Kanye West — has been her foray into fashion. E! News reported that Lohan wants to expand her 6126 fashion line to include footwear in addition to leggings. Though the line isn't likely to debut until later this year, a rep for 6126 told E! that Lohan is very involved in the new project.
"She'll finalize everything when she's out." The rep added that the shoes Lohan was mulling over would be "classic, glamorous, timeless with a sexy flair."
Despite a cloudy future, Lohan posted a hopeful message on Twitter on New Year's Day, writing, "Today is the first day of the rest of my life," and then quoted spiritual icon Mahatma Ghandi's message that, "The future depends on what we do in the present."
Her sometimes estranged father, Michael, told CBS News that his daughter is doing "unbelievably" well.
"She's turned this whole situation around to use this to her advantage and she has taken the right steps and put the right people back in her life that she had at the best part of her life to really use it as a springboard," Lohan said.
Though her father is bullish on Lindsay's release, an addiction specialist told CBS News that the 90-day stay in treatment is the beginning of a long, hard road. "You either change your behavior and your lifestyle, or you're going to end up institutionalized, crazy or dead," Howard Samuels said. He recommended that Lohan lie low for a while, though the "Mean Girls" star already seems eager to hit the ground running.
She recently posted provocative pictures taken in August 2010, which she said, "are for my comeback," and a slick new site, LindsayLohan.com features an image of her under a swinging chandelier with a soundtrack provided by La Roux's "In for the Kill" and the words "coming soon."
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