Lohan in Denial about Going to Jail, Report Says
Tuesday's a big day for Lindsay Lohan.
As "Early Show" national correspondent Hattie Kauffman reports, it's when the actress is scheduled to begin her 90-day jail sentence for violating her probation in a 2007 DUI case.
But, reports celebrity website TMZ, Lohan is in "obsessive denial" about going to jail.
She's reportedly spent the last four days in a drug rehabilitation facility founded by her new, high-profile lawyer, Robert Shapiro. He lost his son, Brent, to a drug overdose five years ago.
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Shapiro, the famous former OJ Simpson attorney, says he only agreed to take on Lohan's case if she agreed to report to jail and comply with the terms of her probation. In a statement, he says, "Ms. Lohan is suffering from a disease that I am all too familiar with. Hopefully, I can be of some assistance."
Analysts say his involvement may reduce her sentence. "I think," says former federal prosecutor Laurie Levenson," Shapiro will say to the judge, 'Look judge: You know how dedicated I am to rehab. Let's see if we can get her through rehab. That's gonna fix her and help the community more than just throwing her in jail." "
TMZ says, "Sources in the crazy world of Lindsay Lohan say he has not convinced her that she must surrender to a jail sentence. People who are interacting with Lindsay tell TMZ she has been in obsessive denial over her surrender Tuesday, when she must begin serving" that sentence.
"Lindsay is convinced," TMZ adds, "there is still a way she can avoid jail, even though Shapiro made it clear he would only rep her if she went to the pokey."
Kauffman says Lohan would be moving from her rehab facility to the confines of an 8-by-10-foot jail cell, where she'll spend 22 hours of her day alone.
Rehab experts tell CBS News jail CAN be the shock an addict's system needs to jolt them into recovery.
Says addiction psychiatrist Dr. Reef Karim, "A typical addict has a system of how they function in a pathological way. And jail can interrupt that process."
No matter how much help Lohan gets, from Shapiro, Kauffman points out, experts agree the person most responsible for getting Lohan to clean up her act is Lindsay herself.
On "The Early Show" Monday, board-registered interventionist Brad Lamm, author of "How to Change Someone You Love," addressed the challenges Lohan would face behind bars: