The next time Lindsay Lohan comes to court she may need to bring a toothbrush.
A tough-talking Superior Court Judge Keith Schwartz told the troubled actress Wednesday that the only way he'll accept a plea bargain in her felony theft case is if she goes to jail.
"I treat everybody the same," he told her at a hearing in Los Angeles. "I don’t care that you're Lindsay Lohan vs. John Doe or Jane Doe. That doesn't affect me."
The judge set a March 10 deadline: Return to his court that day with her decision or go before another judge for a preliminary hearing and later trial on a charge she stole a $2,500 necklace.
"If you plead in front of me, if this case is resolved in front of me, you are going to go to jail. Period," he said.
The actress faces a grand theft charge for allegedly walking away with the necklace from a jewelry store last month. Lohan has indicated it was all a mistake, that she thought she was allowed to borrow the necklace. Sources say her attorney may also claim it was wroth much less than $2,500, which would drop the case from a felony to a misdemeanor.
If Lohan decides against a plea deal next month and goes to the preliminary hearing, her risk of jail time remains. At that same hearing, the new judge will consider whether she should face punishment for violating her probation in an earlier DUI case.
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