Lindsay Leaves London for Mom
Lindsay Lohan ditched Herbie for mommy.
The actress skipped the London premiere of Herbie: Fully Loaded on Thursday to be with her mother during her upcoming divorce trial.
British paparazzi were salivating at the opportunity to snap the tabloid-ready star on their home turf, but instead they had to settle for Lohan's Love Bug costar Michael Keaton. (Herbie: Fully Loaded opens in the U.K. on Aug. 5 after a less than stellar U.S. run.)
Lohan apparently pulled out at the very last minute. Herbie helmer Angela Robinson said Lohan had returned to New York to be with her siblings and mother Dina, who is engaged in a nasty split from estranged husband Michael.
"She's having some troubles at home," Robinson told AP Television News.
"She wanted to go back and deal with her family, because she had some personal stuff going on, so we definitely miss her here, but I think it's best that she do that."
Michael and Dina split at the end of 2004, with Dina firing the first salvo.
"Dina believes for the good of her family and Michael's long-term goal of sobriety that the end of this marriage should happen quickly and painlessly," a family rep told the New York Post.
Among other allegations, Dina claims that Michael once tossed her down a flight of stairs and sexually assaulted her. She is seeking full custody of the couple's minor children, alimony and $1 million in damages.
Lindsay, 19, is an adult and won't be affected by the custody fight, but she is standing by her mother. In March, she publicly dissed her legally challenged father, saying he "doesn't even deserve my respect." In an interview with W magazine a month later, the younger Lohan said her father "didn't do anything for my career except go out and not come home at night."
Michael Lohan, meanwhile, disputes that. In his response to Dina's divorce petition, he said he deserves half the 15 percent Lindsay pays her mother--which would add up to millions of dollars annually.
Following a slew of criminal charges over the past two years, Michael Lohan was sentenced in May to as many as four years in prison.
He is currently shopping around a reality series about his woes, Living with the Lohans: Over or Starting Over.
But earlier this week, the judge overseeing the divorce case banned Lohan's request to have cameras and press in the courtroom, according to Long Island's Newsday. Family court cases are typically closed.
The trial is slated to begin next Wednesday.





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