Lindsay Lohan's Father Will Serve Up to Four Years in Prison  5/30/05

Hollywood beauty Lindsay Lohan's father Michael will serve up to four years in prison, after pleading guilty to drink driving, attempted assault, aggravated harassment and criminal contempt.

Nassau County prosecutor Joy Watson has confirmed the Herbie: Fully Loaded star's father received the jail sentence on Friday (27MAY05) for crimes including crashing his car into a utility pole in Long Island, New York in February (05).

The violation was upgraded to aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle after investigators discovered he had been driving with a suspended or revoked licence and had a blood alcohol reading of nearly double the legal limit.

He was also sentenced for attempting to attack his brother-in-law with a shoe at a party in May (04), which he pleaded guilty to in December (04).

The 44-year-old also pleaded guilty to aggravated harassment, for threatening another brother-in-law over the telephone, and to criminal contempt, for breaking a court restraining order by driving to his estranged wife's house.

Michael's lawyers asked the court if he could enter a drug rehabilitation program instead of serving the jail sentence, but the judge denied the request.

His defense attorney Rory Calhoun says, "Michael will seek treatment so that he can put his life back in order and put his relationship with his children back in order."