Lest we forget that recovering in a Betty Ford treatment program is not a jail sentence, it appears to include certain privileges: Free time off the premises for a holiday break。
Lindsay Lohan, 24, was spotted looking healthy and working out at a Los Angeles gym on Thanksgiving Day, according to RadarOnline. Meanwhile, TMZ reports that she went shopping yesterday for Gucci and Michael Kors at a retail center about 30 miles from Betty Ford。
Yet another LiLo sighting placed her at a Starbucks with friends, relaxing with some caffeine and smokes on Saturday。
She reportedly spent part of Thanksgiving Day with her father, eating a turkey dinner he prepared for her and a group of friends (Dad and daughter seem to be patching up their relationship after a volatile past, including estrangement). And she told a photographer last week that she has been working out five days a week while in rehab。
The company of friends and family (not to mention retail therapy) may be a comfort as Lohan's once-hot career languishes while her legal troubles and substance-abuse treatment dominate her time. On a weekend pass away from rehab earlier this month, the actress reportedly went to a business meeting and parted ways with the 'Inferno' director who, earlier this year, had cast her in his much-hyped biopic about porn star Linda Lovelace; he then admitted it was getting "impossible" to move forward with her attached to the project, and offered the lead role to Malin Akerman。
The actress has been ordered by the court to remain in rehab until Jan.3, after violating her probation earlier this year by failing a drug test. No word on whether Lohan's Thanksgiving break from rehab was negotiated by her attorney or whether it was an earned respite decided upon by the Betty Ford staff。