Actress Lindsay Lohan's ankle bracelet was removed Wednesday morning, the L.A. County Sheriff's Department said. (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times) |
Steve Whitmore, an L.A. County Sheriff's Department spokesman, said a technician for the monitoring company went to the actress' Venice home about 9:40 a.m. and removed the bracelet by 10:30 a.m.
Lohan was placed under house arrest after she was convicted of stealing a necklace from a local jewelry store and for violating terms of her probation. She'd been on probation in a driving-under-the-influence case.
Her house arrest wasn't without controversy.
Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Stephanie Sautner — annoyed with paparazzi photos that appeared to show Lohan partying on the rooftop patio of her beachfront home — told the actress last week that she could no longer entertain more than one guest at a time while under house arrest.
Lohan had been in court after a probation report said she had failed a June 13 alcohol test. But Sautner ruled that a failed alcohol test did not violate Lohan's probation and that the testing requirement had ended months earlier.
Lohan is due to appear in a movie about gangster John Gotti.
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