EXCLUSIVE: Lindsay Lohan Could Sue Betty Ford & Staffer For Millions, Declares Dad Michael
Dec. 21 2010, Published 11:04 a.m. ET
Lindsay Lohan is considering suing Betty Ford and the center’s staffer who claimed the actress assaulted her, Breaking Celebrity News has exclusively learned.
Dawn Holland, who works as a chemical technician, has gone on the record to allege the 24-year-old starlet had been boozing before she assaulted her, causing a severe sprain to her wrist.
Lohan’s infuriated father told Breaking Celebrity News he had already sought legal counsel.
“Lindsay could sue the Betty Ford Center for millions of dollars,” disgusted father Michael told Breaking Celebrity News, in an exclusive interview.
“For this woman to speak publicly and break a patient’s confidentiality is unheard of in the rehab and medical field.
“This is a big, big issue and it’s an open-and-shut case: one of their people spoke out and that's that. Bottom line, you can’t do that.
“She is personally liable for this gross invasion of privacy, as is the Betty Ford Center.”
Michael suggested Holland and Betty Ford could have breached HIPAA laws, which were enacted in the 1990s to secure the integrity and confidentiality of patients and their prote