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RadarOnline is reporting that Lindsay Lohan, who was originally sentenced to spend 90 days in rehab, was released from the Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center on Tuesday afternoon after only 22 days of treatment. On Tuesday, we learned that Judge Elden Fox was going to issue his order for her early release Wednesday morning but it sounds like that was a ploy to detract attention from Lindsay‘s release Tuesday afternoon:

Lindsay Lohan has been released from her court-ordered rehabilitation at UCLA Medical Center in Los Angeles, the facility the troubled starlet has called home since beginning her treatment there August 2, RadarOnline.com has learned. Lohan, 24, was sentenced by Judge Marsha Revel to serve 90 days in jail, followed by 90 days of rehab for probation violations stemming from her 2007 DUI conviction. But on day 22 of the treatment program, Lohan signed her discharge papers as RadarOnline.com exclusively revealed. The move paved the way for her sudden and shock exit from the center. The Mean Girls actress was spirited out a back door in to a waiting, chauffeur driven car … We’re told Lindsay’s first moments of freedom were a telephone call made to her mother Dina.

And so … Lindsay Lohan‘s punishment for her 2007 DUI conviction which originally was set at 90 days in jail and 90 days in rehab turned out to only be 14 days in jail and 22 days in rehab. Will this be enough to teach her the lessons she very desperately needs to learn? Will Lindsay not only learn to control her dangerous addictions but will she also learn how to stay away from people who might lead her toward dangerous behavior? Only time will tell. Now that she’s free again, she is free to either prove that she can live on the straight and narrow (and possibly save her own life) or she go back to the dangerous behavior that got her in trouble in the first place. I guess we’ll have to wait and see …

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Last week we learned that Lindsay Lohan‘s doctors at Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center, charged with overseeing and administering her court-ordered rehab, have recommended to the court that Linds be released from their care much earlier than the initial 90-day sentence handed down by Judge Marsha Revel. Now that there is a new judge overseeing Lindsay‘s case, Judge Elden Fox, Lindsay‘s lawyer Shawn Chapman Holley has asked the court for Lindsay‘s early release and Judge Fox will issue an order this afternoon that may get her out of rehab later today. It is very likely that Lindsay Lohan will be a free woman again today:

The judge in the Lindsay Lohan case will issue an order [Tuesday], and it could be Lindsay’s ticket to freedom … TMZ has learned. Judge Elden Fox will issue an order [Tuesday] in Lindsay’s case … somewhere between 1:30 and 3:30 PM PT. This follows a surprise appearance [Monday] in court by Lindsay’s lawyer, Shawn Chapman Holley … but no one is talking about specifically what went down in the judge’s chambers. As TMZ first reported, the doctors at UCLA have recommended that Lindsay get out long before the 90 days imposed by the prior judge — Marsha Revel. Sources have told us they expect Lindsay’s release will probably come this week, to be followed by outpatient care. All signs point to Judge Fox executing this plan.

Ugh … yeah, you can just smell this early release on the air. Even if Lindsay doesn’t get sprung from rehab today, she will be out and back on the streets very soon. I realize she’s been out of the public eye for over 2 months now but it really doesn’t feel nearly enough. I mean, miracles can happen … she may have learned enough about her addictions to function normally even after such a short time in rehab but … I have my doubts. Brace yourselves, world … L. Lo is about to be free again.

UPDATE: TMZ just updated their report to clarify that Judge Fox will no longer be issuing his ruling today and will, instead, issue his ruling on Lindsay‘s possible early release tomorrow morning at 8:30AM. I guess Lindsay will have to endure at least one more day of court-ordered rehab.

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On Friday Lindsay Lohan‘s mother Dina Lohan broke the news on The Today Show that L. Lo would likely be released from court-ordered rehab earlier than her 90 day sentence would require. On Saturday, the LA Times reported that it was possible that Lindsay would get sprung from rehab early and would serve out the rest of her 90 day sentence in an outpatient program. Today, TMZ reports that not only will Lindsay get released from rehab early but she might even get released this week!

Turns out Lindsay Lohan will indeed be getting out of the UCLA Neuropsychiatric Hospital … as early as this week, according to sources familiar with the situation. Our sources say Lindsay’s doctors have not written their final report, but they have already concluded her psychiatric problems are not nearly as severe as first thought. We’ve been told there were indications Lindsay was bipolar but that proved not to be the case. In addition, the doctors do not believe the drug dependency issues are as severe as first thought. As we reported, Lindsay had big issues with Adderall, but the docs don’t think it requires much more inpatient care. Bottom line … sources say it’s “very possible” Lindsay is getting out this week and will begin getting outpatient care. One obstacle — the judge must approve early release. We’re told once the doctors write their final report, Lindsay’s lawyer, Shawn Chapman Holley, can go back into court and ask the judge to spring her client from her 90-day rehab sentence. If the medical professionals think releasing her is a good idea, the judge will almost certainly go along with it.

Now that Judge Marsha Revel, the judge who sentenced Lindsay to 90 days in jail and 90 days in rehab, is NO LONGER the judge overseeing her case I’d bet very good money that the new judge will go along with the doctors’ recommendation and release her early back into the wild. I honestly thought that Lindsay stood a much great chance of success if she were forced to stay in medical care for 3 months but it sounds like that will not now happen. It seems very likely that L. Lo will soon be a free woman … which means she will, once again, be free to engage in the dangerous behavior that got her in trouble in the first place. I realize this sounds very pessimistic but nothing about Lindsay‘s life and the people she surrounds herself with (including her toxic parents) is at all conducive to a sober life. Such a shame … such a damn shame that this opportunity to really clean up her life is suddenly gone :(

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As was reported yesterday, Lindsay Lohan — the artist formerly known as Inmate #2409752 — was released last night/this morning from her 90 day jail sentence at Century Regional Detention Facility in Lynwood, CA after serving only 13 days of her jail sentence (like all inmates of her stature, she was released early due to jail overcrowding and “good behavior”). According to an LA County Sheriff’s spokesman, Lindsay Lohan was released as a free woman at 1:35 AM PT:

[Lohan] was discharged at 1:35 a.m. Monday after serving 14 days of a 90-day sentence for violating her probation in a 2007 drug case, a sheriff’s spokesman said. She is now required to begin a three-month stint in rehab. A prosecutor has said that Lohan cannot be released early and will have to spend the entire time in treatment. Lohan’s abbreviated stay was not unexpected, although it was considerably longer than the 84 minutes she spent at the same facility in 2007. The judge said during Lohan’s surrender on July 20 that she had no control over how long the actress would be jailed, but did require her to serve her time at a women’s jail operated by the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department … Inmates such as Lohan, 24, who are serving time for nonviolent offenses typically have their stays reduced due to overcrowding and credits for good behavior … She was released to a waiting vehicle and did not walk out the front entryway. That avoided a spectacle similar to when Paris Hilton was released after serving a jail stint in 2007. Hilton smiled and slapped hands with deputies who held back the assembled throng of photographers before meeting her parents at a waiting sport utility vehicle … inmates serving time for nonviolent offenses were serving about 10 percent of their sentences; that figure has now increased to about 25 percent, Whitmore said.

And there you have it, Lindsay is no longer Inmate #2409752 … she is now Patient Lohan because she has already been admitted to her rehab facility. On Friday it was reported that Judge Marsha Revel decided to go against psychiatrist’s recommendations and allow Lindsay to be admitted to the Morningside Recovery center in Newport Beach, CA to serve out the next portion of her sentence, 90 days in rehab. BUT, at the last minute, Judge Revel decided to change her mind and order Lohan to a rehab facility recommended by the psychiatrists who evaluated her. After the jump, find out where Lindsay will be spending the next 90 days in rehab … More »