EXCLUSIVE: Lindsay $25k Payoff Not A 'Deal’ -- Just An 'Idea,' Claims Source Close To Dawn Holland
Jan. 21 2011, Published 3:50 p.m. ET
A plan to pay Lindsay Lohan’s accuser $25,000 was not a “deal” but just an “idea” a source close to Dawn Holland claimed Breaking Celebrity News exclusively as sensational accusations exploded in the case.
We broke the story that the fired Betty Ford Center worker secretly cut a $25,000 agreement with the Hollywood actress’ camp after refusing to cooperate with police in a probe against her. Holland accused Lindsay of attacking her.
Holland and her lawyer Keith Davidson parted ways on Thursday, with Holland’s camp claiming she fired him -- but Davidson saying the parting was mutual.
Breaking Celebrity News has learned exclusively that Holland has now hired attorney Owen Latham McIntosh.
A source close to Holland is now seeking to defuse the potentially explosive scandal, insisting that she never had a deal with Lohan.
But the source did confirm that there was talk of sitting down with the 24-year-old actress and “spinning off the pictures from that” -- a clear reference to payment.
“There was never even a deal set in place to begin with; it was an idea,” the Holland source told Breaking Celebrity News exclusively.
“There was no deal. It was never