EXCLUSIVE: Movie Producer Suspects Cops Of 'Foul Play' In Lindsay Lohan Jewelry Theft
March 15 2011, Published 8:35 a.m. ET
Lindsay Lohan's first post-rehab film producer and self-proclaimed "legal consultant" are stirring up new drama in the jewelry heist case, with sensational claims of "foul play" on behalf of the Los Angeles Police Department.
Nathan Folks, who has cast Lohan in his upcoming crime drama Escaping the Game, told Breaking Celebrity News it was he who engaged Keith Middlebrook, who is not a lawyer, to form a legal team "second to none" which supposedly has a proven track record of resolving most cases without jail time.
"Usonian Entertainment hired Keith to make sure that everything was done correctly to keep Lindsay out of jail," Folks told Breaking Celebrity News in an exclusive interview.
"If it ends up that she gets any jail time it will be because there is foul play on the part of the West Coast Division of the LAPD and of the jewelry store."
"My personal research has led me to believe this, which is why I took the immediate liberty to help my good friend and future star of my film Lindsay Lohan and bring on some of the best legal consultants money can buy."
Despite the pair's bold declarations, a source involved in Lohan's actual legal team, led by Shawn Holley, insisted Middlebrook "seemed to offer nothing" to her defense.
In response, Middlebrook told Breaking Celebrity News: "I have been appointed Legal Consultant for Lindsay Lohan by Lindsay herself."
Lohan has pled not guilty to felony grand theft charge relating to a January 22 heist of a $2,500 necklace, nearly three weeks after the actress was released from three months of court-ordered rehab at the Betty Ford Center.
"Based upon a review of the necklace accusation and whether or not the probation was violated, my team's opinion was that it would be absolutely ludicrous to accept a plea of any guilt and jail time," Middlebrook said.
"I believe the courts will not let this charade go on too much longer as soon as the real evidence is finally noticed by the judge and the D.A."
Middlebrook said the owners of the Venice based Kamofie