EXCLUSIVE: Lindsay Lohan's Reaction To Avoiding Betty Ford Battery Rap: 'Great, Awesome!'
March 30 2011, Published 2:04 p.m. ET
When Dina Lohan broke the news to her daughter Lindsay that she would not be charged with any wrongdoing in connection with an altercation at the Betty Ford Center, the troubled actress told her mom: "Great, Awesome. Thanks Mommy. Goodnight!", Breaking Celebrity News has exclusively learned.
Dina, upon herself learning that charges will not be filed against Lindsay, told Breaking Celebrity News Tuesday night: "I have known all along my daughter was innocent."
As Breaking Celebrity News previously reported, officials with the Riverside County District Attorney told us they were not filing charges "due to insufficient evidence" to prosecute Lindsay, 24, in the alleged December 12, 2010 altercation with staffer Dawn Holland at the Betty Ford Center in Rancho Mirage, California.
Holland accused the Mean Girls star of throwing a phone at her, after she allegedly caught the actress drinking and violating curfew, spurring an investigation from the Palm Desert Police Department as to whether Lohan had violated her probation in the incident.
"I only found out that the D.A. wouldn't be filing charges today after reading Breaking Celebrity News," Dina, 48, told us. "Our lawyer hadn't even had the chance to contact us yet with the news."
Dina said her famous daughter was elated upon learning she'd have one less legal hurdl