Lindsay Lohan Claims She’s Too Sick to Appear in Court

Lindsay Lohan really does have an excuse for everything.

Although a judge made it crystal clear that it was mandatory she appear in a Santa Monica court on Wednesday for a pre-trial hearing about her misdemeanor case for lying to police about her June 2012 car accident, she’s now claiming she’s too sick to fly cross-country from New York City.

According to TMZ, Lohan’s new attorney, Mark Jay Heller, submitted documents informing the judge his client is suffering from an upper respiratory infection, and even included a January 11 article from The New York Postreporting that the flu epidemic has hit Manhattan.

Just one problem with Lohan’s claim: On Saturday, she was photographed shopping up a storm in SoHo … with a cigarette dangling from her hand – which is probably not the best medicine for an infection in your lungs, right?

This is also not the first time the “Liz & Dick” actress has used this excuse. Before filming began on “Scary Movie 5” in September, Lohan claimed she had the same illness – yet once producers threatened her with breach of contract, she miraculously recovered.

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