Has Lindsay Lohan broken probation and fallen spectacularly off the wagon?

By
Donna Mcconnell
Last updated at 11:33 PM on 31st March 2011

Sitting in a grimy street, head face-first on the pavement, troubled star Lindsay Lohan appears to be down and out as she leaves a New York bar.

Looking decidedly the worse for wear, Lohan – who as part of her probation is not allowed to drink alcohol – appeared to have spent the best part of the evening hanging out with friends in The Cabin Down Below bar soon after arriving in New York by private jet.

After emerging, she is seen stooping on the floor, groping for support, and struggling to stay atop her high platform heels.

Down and out in New York: Lindsay Lohan exhibited some bizarre behaviour as she sat in the street smoking after leaving bar with friends

Dressed in a very short black dress,
leopard print coat, the Machete star kneels on the floor, cigarette in
hand, laughing uncontrollably and inadvertently exposed her underwear.

The 24-year-old stumbles to
her feet while her laughing friends – including Samantha Swetra who was recently involved in a fight with Boardwalk Empire actress Paz de la Huerta – show little concern.

Finally one of
them goes to her aid.

Lohan attempted to play down the scenes this morning tweeting: ‘Is it not allowed to slip and fall? im always a klutz!!!‘

A new Lo: Lindsay hits the floor with her face

A source told the New York Daily News
that Lohan had checked into a Times Square hotel instead of going as
planned to her family’s Long Island home.

Later that night, she was seen
bar-hopping with Swetra starting at the Rose Bar in the Gramercy Park
Hotel before continuing to The Cabin Down Below in the East Village, an
ultra-exclusive bar disguised as a dive.

Lohan arrived in New York as it emerged she is planning to leave Los Angeles and set up home in the city.

Party time in the Big Apple:  Lindsay arrived in New York last night by
private jet and was soon seen out with friends on the Lower East side of Manhattan

Helping hand: Lindsay’s friends seemed unconcerned by her wobbly state, and offered her hand to get to her feet

THE HIGHS AND LI-LOS

May 2010, Lohan fails to appear in court for a scheduled Driving Under the Influence progress report hearing. She was in Cannes, France

May 2010: Lohan ordered to attend weekly alcohol education classes, wear a monitoring bracelet, refrain from drinking alcohol, and undergo random weekly drug tests

July 2010: Served  just 13 days of a 90 prison term in jail for violating probation over 2007 convictions for driving under the influence

August 2010: Lohan spends 23 days in court-ordered rehab

September 2010: Comeback performance in film Machete critically panned

September 2010: Probation revoked following failed drug test, she checked into the Betty Ford rehab clinic on a court order for three months

January 2011: Leaves the Betty Ford clinic

February 2011: Lohan charged with felony grand theft of a $2,500 necklace reported stolen from a jewellery shop

March 2011: She rejects plea deal which includes jail time, case to go to trial

The troubling scenes will do little
to impress her probation office who may have some hard questions to ask
of the embattled starlet who is facing trial over the alleged theft of a  $2,500 necklace she has been
accused of stealing from a high-end store in Venice, California.

The
Mean Girls star has already fallen foul of her probation officer
as it emerged that she regularly consumes Kombucha tea, which has an
alcohol content of 0.5 per cent or less.

Now
the Los Angeles County Probation Department have added it to a list of
reasons why the judge should violate her probation when she appears in
court next week.

While
there is no proof that she had been drinking, these exclusive pictures
which will know doubt be added to the list of queries that need thorough
explanation.

After her late night Lohan confined her activities to a spot of shopping today, looking at jewellery in New York.

The actress picked out a few pieces and made sure to pay for them before heading back to her hotel.

Lohan’s
decision to move to New York may well have been sparked by her
ex-girlfriend
Samantha Ronson, who this week went public with her new relationship.

And maybe she hoped she would gain a little freedom from the
restrictions of her probation terms.

The
actress moved into a beach home next door to Ronson’s in Venice Beach after her release from rehab earlier this year.

While Lohan claimed the move
was just a coincidence, it was widely interpreted as a sign that she
hoped for a reconciliation with her former partner.

This week saw Lohan reject a plea deal. Judge Keith Schwartz was said to have offered the actress 60-90 days in jail she pleaded guilty in her grand theft case.

But Lohan was understood to be resistant to accepting the terms and is now taking her chances at trial.

However, if she decides to go to trial, she is scheduled for a preliminary hearing on April 2.

The
jewellery store in question is now charging online customers $2.99 to
watch CCTV footage showing the actress allegedly stealing the necklace.

It
comes after segments of the footage were aired on Entertainment Tonight
last month after it struck a deal with The Associated Press, who
obtained the rights to the video footage.

But there is some good news for Lohan after prosecutors dropped a battery case against her in connection with a fight with a rehab worker last year after prosecutors determined there was insufficient evidence to pursue a battery case against the actress.