EXCLUSIVE: 'We're Screwed' -- Lindsay Lohan's Comeback Producer Takes Aim At Prosecutor In Jewelry Heist Case
Feb. 22 2011, Published 9:00 a.m. ET
The producer of Lindsay Lohan's big screen comeback project has admitted "we're screwed" if the Los Angeles District Attorney pursues the trouble-prone actress on what he calls a "trumped-up" probation violation.
In a stinging dig at prosecutors on the eve of Lohan's next court appearance, a frustrated Richard O'Sullivan -- the man behind the film One Night With You -- fired off a stinging statement to Breaking Celebrity News, in which he criticized those considering jailing the star and bemoaned the project's lack of progress because of the criminal case.
"If the D.A. decides to put her on trial for the theft charges, we can probably work around that," O'Sullivan said Monday, just two days before the Hollywood wild child is due in court to face Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Keith Schwartz.
"Even if, in the unlikely event, she's found guilty, we can work around the time it takes for the appeals process and the sentencing and so on.
"But if they decide they're just going to try and nail her on some sort of trumped-up probation violation and put her in jail immediately, we'd be screwed.
"So our hands our tied.
"We want to package this project around Lindsay, but we can't hire a bunch of other actors and crew people, then pull the plug if she's suddenly unavailable."
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