By Jen Heger

Breaking Celebrity News Legal Editor

Is it one rule for troubled actress Lindsay Lohan and another for all others?

That’s the question that has to be asked with the news that all cameras have been banned from the Mean Girls star’s court appearance this Friday.

It's a stunning development because Judge Sautner, who Lindsay will be facing, allowed cameras in the courtroom for fellow actor, Mel Gibson's plea on a misdemeanor battery charge just last month.

In addition, a well connected source tells Breaking Celebrity News: "It's the DA's policy that we will NEVER oppose having cameras in the courtroom, ever.

“The public has a right to see and know what is happening in the judicial system. There is a great deal of interest in the Lohan case, and it's too bad that the public won't have the opportunity to have access to the proceedings."

Adding to the controversy further,