After her lawyer tried to pretend that she was too sick to fly from New York to Los Angeles for her court date, Lindsay Lohan magically found her way to court this morning (after getting rejected by two hotels last night), which we can all agree, has nothing to do with the fact that TMZ had pictures of her out shopping (and smoking) when she was supposed to be sick. Anyway, if you’re wondering how Judge Stephanie Sautner is liking this? She isn’t. She isn’t liking this. TMZ reports …
Judge Stephanie Sautner couldn’t help herself during Lindsay Lohan’s hearing this AM, quipping, “I’m glad to see you’re feeling better” — referring to the fact that she was almost a no-show because her doctor said she had an upper respiratory infection — which apparently didn’t get in the way of her shopping spree last Saturday. A sleepy Lindsay hesitated when Judge Sautner asked if she was comfortable with the change. Lindsay qualified her answer by telling the judge she was OK with it today, but the judge wanted to know about today and tomorrow … Lindsay said it was. Judge Sautner gave Heller permission to rep Lindsay in the lying-to-cops case and Heller then tried to turn on the charm, telling the judge they had a NYC connection since she was once a Big Apple detective. The judge fired back that flattery would get him nowhere fast.
For those of you keeping score, Judge Sautner is currently dealing with someone she never wanted to see again, who is being represented by Mark Heller, a guy whose legal plan right now seems to be “flatter the judge and maybe my client won’t be thrown into solitary for the rest of her life.” The are really only so many ways this can end, all of them jail.