Lindsay Lohan: I Didn't Drink Before Crash

(AP)  Lindsay Lohan says she was sober before a 2005 car crash near Beverly Hills.

Lohan is being sued for negligence over the accident in which her Mercedes hit a van and injured the driver, Raymundo Ortega.

Ortega, a busboy, alleges Lohan had been drinking at a restaurant called The Ivy before the crash even though she was underaged. Ortega is seeking at least $200,000 in damages from the 21-year-old actress and the restaurant.

But in a Dec. 15 declaration, Lohan stated: "I did not consume an alcoholic beverage or any type of medication or drug" either before or during her restaurant visit.

A call to Lohan attorney David J. Ozeran was not immediately returned Wednesday.

Lohan's declaration was filed Friday in Superior Court by attorneys for The Ivy along with other documents, including a declaration by the waiter who served Lohan. The server, Adam Novicki, said Lohan did not order alcohol.

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Alonzo Howell, a Los Angeles police officer who was providing security for The Ivy that day, also said he did not see Lohan drinking.

Lohan has countersued Ortega, citing a California Highway Patrol report that said he was at fault for the crash because he made an illegal U-turn.

Lohan served 84 minutes in jail last month after pleading guilty to misdemeanor drunken driving and cocaine charges unrelated to the 2005 crash.

[kevzgrl]

I believe Lindsey like I believe in the Tooth Fairy.....

[killtheliars]

first of all find out if this guy is even legal. If not kick him out of the country and call it even for all of the free services he was recieving that he did not deserve.

[boatdocster]

Right Loser-Lo, pigs fly, you are a virgin and you have never been stoned.

Your 15 minutes have come and been long gone. Go away!!

[rohink-2009]

The paparazzi and the "young and restless" (as valentin73 calls them) has a symbiotic relationship. They depend on each other for survival.

[valentin73]

why the press and the papparrazzi are always covering the young and the restless, messed up celebs like: Lohan, Spears, Hilton &&& simpson is beyond
comprehension. They are part of the disease of addiction of celebratosis.....

[dgshiner]

I don''t know what and why we have to always read or hear about this young lady who is so messed up? Would any reporter or journalist consider give the three dimbo''s hilton, spears, and Lohan less publicity until they get their acts together? Find some more smut to write about cause these 3 or getting to be rediculous!