Lindsay and Michael. (WireImage/Getty Images)Michael Lohan has seen how well a conservatorship worked
for Britney Spears and now he wants the same for his own famous daughter,
troubled starlet Lindsay Lohan. Except in this case, two children and millions
of dollars is not at stake. The fame-hungry father tells TMZ he will meet with
lawyers this week to put into place a conservatorship that will force Lindsay
into rehab. But as opposed to the Spears case, he does not want to be the one
in charge … so people won’t accuse him of going through the process only to get
his daughter’s money.
According to the report, Michael also wants the
conservator to convince his ex-wife Dina that the entire Lohan family –
including their three other children Michael Jr., Aliana, and Cody – needs
extensive therapy. He says that Dina has long-refused the help, and that’s a
major contributor to Lindsay’s issues. Perhaps Michael forgot about his own
violent past with his ex and his children – but his kids haven’t. Ali, an
aspiring model, told her father via TMZ, "Please stop waging your own
personal war against my family. We don't need you to intervene because we
can take care of ourselves without you, as we have been all these years."
Michael’s youngest son, Cody, added, “I have no good memories of my so-called
father. He has never been part of my life, he needs to leave my family
alone."
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Lindsay, 26, doesn’t seem too worried that her estranged father, who attempted an intervention on Friday before she called police, will convince a judge she needs a conservatorship. "They would have a hard time believing the claims of someone who was investigated for insider trading, arrested for domestic violence multiple times, arrested for assault, has a drunk driving arrest, and has been in and out of jail and prison for years,” the “Liz & Dick” actress told TMZ.
This is not the first time Michael has tried to gain a
conservatorship of his daughter. In September 2010, he met with an attorney to
file the proper papers – but he never got the chance to take control because
Lindsay went into rehab (for a fifth time) right after she failed a
court-ordered drug test, just weeks after leaving treatment.
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But it’s not all bad news for Lindsay. On Monday, it was
announced that she will not be charged with hit-and-run after she allegedly
struck a man while driving up to the Dream Hotel in New York City just after
midnight on September 19. Although the actress was arrested for the incident,
prosecutors felt that surveillance video did not serve as enough evidence that
contact was actually made with the pedestrian.
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