Yesterday (December 21), just weeks away from completing her court-ordered stay at a rehabilitation facility for substance abusers, Lindsay Lohan, 24, was under police investigation for allegedly assaulting an employee of the Betty Ford Center, reports People.
According to Dawn Holland, a chemical technician at the facility, Lohan and two other patients had "snuck out" and "went drinking," but were caught by staff when they were "trying to jump over the back wall" to the clinic house in which they were living. The movie star reportedly spent the evening with her two accomplices drinking at a local bar. After the group returned to the center, Holland said she and Lohan got into a scuffle when the actress refused to submit to a breathalyzer test.
"She was very angry and out of control," says Holland. The police were called, and while the technician was on the phone, Lohan "grabbed my wrist and snatched it down" to try and grab the phone. Lohan had apparently been drinking, and throughout the night refused to submit to a Breathalyzer test.
"She had alcohol on her breath," says Holland, who denies being the aggressor. "I did not touch the woman," she says. "I am not willing to risk my job over any patient." As soon as Holland gave her account in a video on TMZ.com along with a copy of her report on the incident, she was fired for violating the centre’s strict confidentiality policies.
"Regrettably, one of our employees violated strict confidentiality guidelines and laws by publically identifying patients in a media interview and by disclosing a privileged document,” said a statement from the Betty Ford Center.
Lohan’s attorney, Shawn Chapman Holley, also released a statement: "We are declining to comment on the underlying facts surrounding this incident, as we await the completion of the police investigation. It should be noted, however, that it was Ms. Lohan who called 911 to request police assistance at the time this incident occurred."
It remains to be seen whether the incident will be deemed a violation of Lohan’s probation terms stemming from her ongoing DUI case. A violation could send her back to jail.