‘We didn’t get a shot at fairness,’ Dina Lohan says of her daughter’s legal troubles. By Jocelyn Vena Lindsay Lohan in court on Tuesday Photo: David McNew/ Getty Images Following Michael Lohan’s interviews on CNN and Fox News about his estranged daughter’s legal woes, Lindsay’s mother, Dina, sat down with “Entertainment Tonight” for an interview airing on Friday (July 9). “[Lindsay] is scared to death,” Dina Lohan said of her daughter’s emotional state after being sentenced to 90 days in jail for probation violation. “You know, she’s strong, but until someone faces something as devastating as that … we’re going to have to see [if she can survive jail]. God willing, it won’t happen.” Lindsay and attorney Shawn Chapman Holley parted ways on Thursday, and her mother confirmed that she is currently looking for new legal counsel so that she can file an appeal. “She’s a fighter, and until the final result, we’re not giving up,” Dina said. “I think it’s time we get another attorney just to see it from another light and do damage control.” At Tuesday’s hearing, Dina said that her daughter felt “completely blindsided” because she thought she had been in compliance with her parole terms. The judge ruled that Lindsay violated probation by missing her alcohol education classes, but Holley and several legal experts told MTV News that the resulting sentence seemed excessively harsh. “This is not an OJ Simpson trial, which they made it out to be,” Dina said, criticizing Judge Marsha Revel. “If she wants a trial, then make it a fair trial. I feel like Shawn [Chapman Holley], Lindsay’s [former] attorney should have stood up and said, ‘Listen, I didn’t know you were going to have witnesses.’ We would have had 10 witnesses. We didn’t get a shot. We didn’t get a shot at fairness.” Lohan described how she and her daughter are dealing with the idea that as of July 20, Lindsay will be in jail. “It’s very difficult,” she said. “We’re not sleeping well; we’re not functioning. We cry a lot and we hug a lot. She’s petrified. We all are. We’re angry. We’re disappointed in the system. “She did a really stupid thing,” Dina admitted. “Thank God she didn’t hurt anyone. … I know my daughter is clean and sober today. I know that for a fact. I’m not a doctor … and I’m not an attorney. I’m a mother. And I’m sitting here, as a mother, just worried about my child.” Do you think Dina and Michael Lohan are sincere in their interviews about Lindsay? Share your thoughts in the comments. Related Photos Lindsay Lohan Goes To Court The Highs And Lows Of Lindsay Lohan Related Artists Lindsay Lohan
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