Portable Planet

Even though Lindsay Lohan was arrested on suspicion of DUI after her 2005 Mercedes SL-65 convertible hit a curb at 5:30 Saturday morning and that there were reports of a “usable amount” of cocaine found at the scene, famed defense attorney Mickey Sherman says she isn’t “in as deep problems as you would think.”

“As far as we know, she doesn’t have a record for DWI (driving while intoxicated), she doesn’t have a prior conviction and, unlike Paris Hilton, to our knowledge, she’s not on probation for any of these things,” Sherman said in an interview on CBS‘ The Early Show.

“So, even listless, misguided, spoiled celebrities are often entitled to, you know, a first bite at the apple. In all likelihood she’ll get some type of diversionary program or first offender program.

“But the fact that it’s just a usable quality, (as opposed to) a selling quantity, she’s not going to be charged with anything extraordinarily serious, as far as the cocaine’s concerned.”

By leaving the scene of the accident to go the hospital, Sherman asserted that Lohan did break the law but not in a meaningful way.

“That’s a crime. Then again, it’s not like she took the plates off the car or had somebody remove the car. She left the car there, her Mercedes is there, registered to her or her people, as we say, so I don’t think that’s a big deal, (that) she left the scene. It would be had she hit somebody and there were injuries. But just herself, it’s a crime, but it’s like an infraction, not a big deal,” he explained.