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Nancy Grace

Lindsay Lohan Back in Rehab After Car Crash

Aired May 29, 2007 - 20:00   ET

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NANCY GRACE, HOST: Tonight, crash and burn this Memorial Day weekend for Hollywood superstar Lindsay Lohan. A string of wild behavior ends in a car crash and DUI charges. After a night of wild parties, an underage Lohan crashes her Mercedes, three people total inside that car ending up in the hospital. Police then allegedly find cocaine in Lohan`s vehicle. The cocaine discovery smashup just 48 hours after a DUI bust. Clear the streets for your own safety, people.
And tonight: A young Illinois mom vanishes into thin air, her car still mysteriously parked in the driveway, never missing a single day of work in three straight years. Friends say no way would this mom leave her children behind. Tonight: Is a love triangle involved? And where is Naomi Arnette?

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UNIDENTIFIED MALE: A central Illinois community in shock when mother of seven Naomi Arnette vanishes into thin air. Arnette, who police say hasn`t missed a day on the job in three years, would never leave her seven kids, ages 7 to 17. The last person to see her alive, allegedly her husband, Robert, the two in a rocky relationship and on the verge of splitting, all the while, Naomi Arnette dating another man, boyfriend Angel Martinez (ph), Martinez, friends, family and seven children all holding out hope for the safe return of Naomi Arnette.

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GRACE: Good evening. I`m Nancy Grace. I want to thank you for being with us tonight.

First, Hollywood superstar Lindsay Lohan busted for DUI. Police allegedly find cocaine.

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UNIDENTIFIED MALE: After a wild weekend, Lindsay Lohan is reportedly back in rehab. The 20-year-old actress was photographed early on Memorial Day after a party, but it isn`t clear if she was asleep or passed out. That follows Lohan`s arrest Saturday morning for suspected DUI after she ran her Mercedes into a cub. Lohan turns 21 in July. She could be charged not only DUI with but also felony drug possession and underage drinking.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Quite a weekend for Lindsay Lohan. Here you are seeing exclusive video from TMZ.com of her going clubbing in Beverly Hills. But just two hours later, the partying was over. In the early hours of Saturday morning, the 20-year-old actress was cited for driving -- suspicion of driving under the influence. And police also say they found a, quote, "usable amount" of what they believe is cocaine in her car. Investigators say Lohan had two other people in the car with her when it crashed on Sunset Boulevard. She was treated for minor injuries.

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GRACE: Well, it`s not just a DUI issue, it is now also an alleged cocaine issue. That is a felony. Out to Sibila Vargas, CNN correspondent, joining us there in Hollywood. Sibila, what happened?

SIBILA VARGAS, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Well, I got to tell you, it was a case of deja vu all over again, another celebrity being busted for DUI. Only in this case, it was underage Lindsay Lohan. This started Friday night. I guess she had gone out with some friends into Saturday morning, the wee hours of Saturday morning. A chauffeur -- she was chauffeured by her bodyguard to her home. At that point, she picks up her car. It was about 5:00 o`clock in the morning. She starts heading westbound on Sunset Boulevard into Beverly Hills, and she loses control of her car with her passengers inside. At some point, some time later...

GRACE: OK, wa-wa-wa-wa-wa-wait!

VARGAS: ... police arrived...

GRACE: Sibila -- Sibila, let`s go through the timeline. I want to go -- when exactly did all of this start?

VARGAS: This probably started -- they say that it started sometime Friday night. This is when she started partying. Apparently, she hit a couple of bars, Les Deux, and then I hear reports of the Sky (ph) bar in Los Angeles, and then a friend`s -- she went to a party at a friend`s house. Shortly after that -- it was about 5:00 o`clock in the morning when they dropped -- when her -- not her chauffeur but her bodyguard chauffeured her to her home. It was about 5:00 o`clock. So apparently, the party wasn`t over, Nancy. She gets in her car, starts heading westbound on Sunset Boulevard to Beverly Hills, and that`s when she lost control of her vehicle.

GRACE: Now, tell me again, where does the alleged cocaine fit in?

VARGAS: Well, apparently, officers arrived at the scene. Lindsay was nowhere around because she had fled the scene. And in fact, there was some video of Lindsay running away. And that`s when she ended up going to the hospital. But when they did arrive at the scene, they found something, they said. Lindsay was not carrying it. They made that clear. But they found a substance which they believed was cocaine. So it hasn`t 100 percent been confirmed, but they say it was believed to be cocaine, and it was a usable amount, as opposed to being a sellable amount.

GRACE: If anybody thinks this is just another Hollywood celebutante driving drunk or allegedly driving under the influence of cocaine, take a look at these people on the left of your screen that died as victims of DUI drivers. It really brings it all into perspective.

And out to you, Detective Lieutenant Steve Rogers. That is complete BS. They know right now. You can field test for cocaine right there on the spot. They`re just not releasing it, right?

DET. LT. STEVE ROGERS, NUTLEY POLICE DEPARTMENT: Got it right here, Nancy. This is a field tester. It`s that small. And what the police did, probably put that powder in the field test kit, probably proved positive for cocaine. Not only will she get charged, but everyone in that vehicle is going to get charged.

GRACE: Detective, show me -- show the viewers the field test again. Explain how that works. It`s right on the spot.

ROGERS: Yes. Right here. It`s a small plastic bag. And in it, there`s three vials. You bring these vials to the surface. One vial is empty. You pour the white powder in the middle vial, you put it down, you fold it, just like a little Ziploc bag, you put this on it and you crack the chemicals in there. And then you shake it. If the color`s blue, it`s cocaine.

GRACE: That is right on the spot. But you know, it`s interesting. Let`s unleash the lawyers. Joining us out of New York, Susan Moss, Anne Bremner also joining us in New York, high-profile Seattle lawyer, and Rikki Klieman, lawyer in the LA jurisdiction. Hello to all three of you ladies.

To you, Susan Moss. Have you noticed now all the bars are backing off? Usually, they`re thrilled to have it in all the tabloids and the newspapers that Lindsay Lohan is partying, for instance, at Teddy`s, at the Roosevelt nightspot, Roosevelt Hotel. Now, they`re, like, Oh, no. No, no, no, no, no! No, no! She was there visiting a friend. We didn`t see her at the bar.

SUSAN MOSS, FAMILY LAW ATTORNEY: She`s not even 21 years old. Apparently, her last movie, "Herbie Fully Loaded (ph)," was foreshadowing. Young Hollywood has got to take responsibility. A 20-year-old girl is not entitled to go out drinking any night, including three nights in a row.

GRACE: Out to the lines, Laurie in Pennsylvania. Hi, Laurie.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Hi, Nancy.

GRACE: How are you, dear?

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Good. I love your show.

GRACE: Bless you. Tell that to the defense bar. You can tell Rikki Klieman. What`s your question?

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: My question is, if Lindsay Lohan is 20 years old, can`t these bars be charged for serving minors?

GRACE: What about it, Rikki? Rikki, have you noticed that in the newspapers, they`re always thrilled for her to be throwing a party at the Chateau Marmont (ph), Bungalow 8, Teddy`s, but now that there`s a DUI and dope bust, they`re, like, Oh, no, no, no. We don`t recall her being here that night.

RIKKI KLIEMAN, DEFENSE ATTORNEY: Well, I think it`s perfectly Hollywood, Nancy. I think that they want celebrities everywhere they can get them, until there`s a problem, and then they all run for the hills, no pun intended.

What you have here with Lindsay Lohan and these bars that may have served her is the question of, Did they ask for an ID? Did someone else go up and get a drink? Did they see that she was inebriated beyond belief and they continued to help her get drunk?

This is not a good image for a bar. I don`t expect these bars to be charged with anything, but I don`t think it`s a good thing for their reputation, either.

GRACE: And the other thing, Rikki, though, is there`s probably video footage of her going in and out of the bar. She can`t get away with anything. There`s always paparazzi following her. They apparently even had video of her fleeing the scene, which in itself is a crime.

KLIEMAN: Well, it is, and that is a crime that I assume will be charged. We assume that she`s going to be charged with driving under the influence. She`s going to be charged with leaving the scene. If, in fact, that is cocaine and -- there`s got to be an "and" here -- and if, in fact, they can tie that cocaine to her as opposed to simply to the automobile, she`s going to get hit with that, too.

GRACE: Take a listen to this.

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UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Quite a weekend for Lindsay Lohan. Here you are seeing exclusive video from TMZ.com of her going clubbing in Beverly Hills. But just two hours later, the partying was over. In the early hours of Saturday morning, the 20-year-old actress was cited for driving -- suspicion of driving under the influence. And police also say they found a, quote, "usable amount" of what they believe is cocaine in her car. Investigators say Lohan had two other people in the car with her when it crashed on Sunset Boulevard. She was treated for minor injuries.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: The answer is, yes, she`s going back to rehab. TMZ reports Lohan`s lawyer drove her to Promises rehab in Malibu yesterday to check herself in. Now, this comes after a weekend of partying that included a suspicion of DUI arrest after she drove her car into a curb on Sunset Boulevard early Saturday morning.

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GRACE: Out to Anne Bremner, out of the Seattle jurisdiction. Photos surfaced, cell phone photos of Lindsay Lohan in a ladies` room at a bar, allegedly sharing cocaine with this person. Now, of course, you can`t confirm that is Lindsay Lohan. And you see that it is not her snorting the alleged cocaine. But according to sources, this is her, something taken out of her pocketbook that she is sharing. That will have to be proven one way or the other, if that case is ever taken to court.

But I`ve got a question, Anne. What happened to "Parent Trap"? Remember that cute little girl that everybody loved?

ANNE BREMNER, TRIAL ATTORNEY: Yes, adorable.

GRACE: ... in "Mean Girls"? What happened?

BREMNER: Well, you know, you look at these child stars, Nancy, Macaulay Culkin, Drew Barrymore -- they crashed and burned and they got back up. You know, the shame is not in the fall, it`s in the failure to get back up. I saw a great T-shirt in New York today. And I`m happy to be visiting here. It`s a wonderful city. But it said, "Rehab is the new black."

GRACE: OK, you know what? I don`t understand. Are you`re saying that that`s the most popular thing out in Hollywood now?

BREMNER: No, no. But what I`m saying is, is that rehab -- she did not pass go, did not collect $200. She went to rehab. She`s in Promises. She`s in lockdown. And so what she`s doing is admirable. And she needs to be given a chance at 20 years of age -- I mean, I at 20 was still taking my laundry home to my mom and dad`s. You know, she`s young and she deserves another chance.

GRACE: You didn`t know how to do your laundry at age 20?

BREMNER: I still don`t. Right. I mean...

GRACE: OK. Good to know. Out to you, Lauren Howard, psychotherapist. Allegedly, Lohan also said after the DUI bust -- this is before the smashup, this is before the -- I think I`ve got the timeline right -- before the alleged cocaine is found, Nothing`s going to happen to me, and actually laughed about the DUI bust.

LAUREN HOWARD, PSYCHOTHERAPIST: OK, well, that`s -- you know, let`s write that off to anxiety, hubris even. I mean, come on. We put these people up on pedestals. We treat them like they`re royalty. And yes, we kind of tell them, The rules don`t apply for you. And then when something goes awry, everybody`s upset. What do you mean the rules don`t apply to you?

Nancy, I just want to say one thing to you. The fact that she is not 21, I understand under the law it`s meaningful. But can we be serious here? She`s going to be 21 in a month. This is not about age and whether it`s illegal or not illegal. This is about people self-destructing, doing illegal self-destructive behavior that is harmful to themselves and others. That`s really what we should be looking at here.

GRACE: Well, you know, what, Lauren? Lauren, you as a psychotherapist see the world through your pair of glasses. I, however, think it is extremely significant that well-known bars are allegedly serving 19 and 20-year-old young ladies hard alcohol, then they go out and crash their car. What if an innocent person, Sheryl McCollum, happened to be riding their bike or their car at that exact moment when that smash-up - - and did you see that car?

SHERYL MCCOLLUM, FORMER DIR., GEORGIA MADD: Nancy, what if that tree had been a person? I mean, I think it is grotesquely significant that we`re nowhere near July 2nd, to me. We`re nowhere near her birthday. And the bars know how old she is. They know how old all these famous, you know, people are. And they are deliberately bringing those people there to make money. We`ve heard that before, that, Oh, if Lindsay`s at the party, here we go. And it`s, like, a great thing to have her there.

GRACE: You know, why is it, Sheryl, that it is discounted? I mean, you and I don`t because we have actually represented -- me, victims` families, because all the people I represented were dead, victims of vehicular homicide, habitual violators. And it`s like a revolving door. And I`m just wondering what, if anything, is going to happen this time. It`s not just a DUI. It`s a DUI. It`s a crash allegedly under the influence. It`s fleeing the scene, and now the possible possession of cocaine.

MCCOLLUM: Absolutely, Nancy. And I`ll tell you something else. This is her third crash in two years. And I doubt the other times she ran from the scene. I think it`s going to be pretty easy to connect that cocaine with her. She ran for a reason. She knew what was in that car and she knew what she had been doing, and that`s why she fled. And that`s why somebody moved her car to the nearby condo complex. They were trying to cover for her.

GRACE: You know -- to you, Susan Moss -- under the law, and there`s actually a jury instruction on this, it`s called flight -- it`s indicative of knowledge of guilt.

MOSS: Absolutely. And it`s going to be a big problem for her, and I think it`s going to affect whatever sentence comes down her way. But it`s important to know an alcoholic is an alcoholic. And the fact that she`s an alcoholic before 21 is quite significant in this case. I`m just looking forward to hearing what Candy Spelling has to say about it.

GRACE: She`ll probably weigh in. Out to Snow in Colorado. Hi, Snow.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Hi, Nancy. Thank you for taking my call.

GRACE: Yes, ma`am. What`s your question?

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: I`d like to know, when these young stars enter the rehab as soon as they get the tickets, does the rehab facility shelter them from the normal laws?

GRACE: That`s a good question. Let`s go out to Dr. Drew Pinsky. He is an addiction specialist and author. Doctor, do they shelter them from the law?

DR. DREW PINSKY, ADDICTION SPECIALIST: It depends what kind of facility it is. A psychiatric hospital, yes. There`s no way -- we are not allowed, because of HPAA laws, in particular, laws protecting psychiatric patients, to disclose any information about who`s in our hospital, even to the police, unless they are a potential harm to self or other. And then we have certain regulations -- regulatory standards we have to follow. I don`t know about a residential facility. I suspect that there is a very different sort of set of laws protecting those patients there.

GRACE: You know, another thing, Tom O`Neil -- and I don`t particularly care about this issue, but it is interesting -- her last movie, "Georgia Rules," she`s starring with two of the greatest actresses of all time. She`s with Felicity Huffman and Jane Fonda. You can`t go wrong with either one of them. Everybody, Tom O`Neil with "In Touch Weekly." But it bombed at the box office. Is that because people are fed up with antics just like this?

TOM O`NEIL, "IN TOUCH WEEKLY": Yes, I think she`s losing her fan base. I think we saw a little bit of that, too, with the movie before that, which was "Bobby," which I thought was actually quite a good movie. She wants to win an Oscar some day. As you mentioned earlier, Nancy, she really is a serious actress. But the last award she was nominated for was a Razzy. And now her career is really on the line.

I think she`s going to get off on these legal things, but if her blood tests come back -- and this is something we haven`t talked about yet -- with positive results for cocaine in the blood, forget what was found in the car. They can nail this drug charge on her with the blood tests. And if it`s there, then she`s got a felony count. And then this is show business, Nancy, it`s all about insurance and if you can get into a movie or not. And remember what happened to Robert Downey, Jr. He was shut out for years.

GRACE: We`ll all be right back, but very quickly, to tonight`s "Case Alert." Caught on video, two sticky-fingered thieves caught plundering, stealing from a disabled and dying kids` fund-raiser. Tonight, after we spotlighted the story and the surveillance video Friday night, the missing items suddenly turn up, dropped in a box at a post office, the auction items now in the hands of police. The manhunt goes on for these two suspects. If you have information -- let`s catch these guys -- Union County police, 618-833-5500. Let`s lock them up and throw away the key.

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UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: They told me that some items were missing, and I thought it was a misunderstanding. I said, How could anyone do this, because she is a child with needs. As they`re leaving, you can see them passing me. I walked in with Elise (ph), and you can see the guy with the bald head. He looked over at us, and he actually saw her, and they left anyway.

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UNIDENTIFIED MALE: She is one of Hollywood`s hottest young stars, but Lindsay Lohan is already just as famous for her active social life as she is for her movie roles and singing career, a 20-year-old whose every move is chronicled by the press, whose reported eating disorder made headlines, and good or bad, for million of American girls, remains a role model.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: There is more trouble for actress Lindsay Lohan. Beverly Hills police have given her a ticket for driving under the influence. Police say that her Mercedes hit a curb Saturday morning on Sunset Boulevard in Los Angeles. Lohan was taken to the hospital for minor injuries.

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GRACE: And out to you, Jean Casarez. Isn`t it correct -- I want to make sure about this timeline -- that after all this, she`s actually photoed out of -- apparently, passed out drunk?

JEAN CASAREZ, COURT TV: That`s right. That`s 48 hours, in another car of hers, an SUV. She wasn`t driving, someone else was. But it was after a night allegedly of partying, you`re right.

GRACE: What more can you tell us, Jean?

CASAREZ: Well, you know, back to the events of early in the morning on Saturday. I think what`s interesting, at this point, is that charges obviously have not been filed yet. The police are conducting their investigation, so you know that they are talking with witnesses. They are waiting for blood test results, if they have not already gotten them at the scene with the process we already saw from our police officer.

But they are going to compile their entire investigation, hand it over to the DA`s office, and that`s when actual charges will be filed. And there are many in this case. Her next court appearance, or first court appearance is set for August 24, but I think probably before then, we`ll know if charges are going to be filed.

GRACE: And what charges could be filed, Jean Casarez?

CASAREZ: I think we`re looking at misdemeanor DUI. We are looking at reckless driving. We`re looking at fleeing the scene, obviously, the felony of possession of cocaine, and then also destruction of city property. There was a curb. There was a bush. There was a tree. There was a pole that she obstructed. So a lot of different things here.

GRACE: I find the most serious one, the most dangerous one is driving under the influence. But the one that carries the most time will be possession of cocaine.

CASAREZ: Exactly, because that would be a felony. And also, with the DUI, that can be pled down to a lesser. Remember, though, this is her first arrest. This is her first hit with law enforcement, as opposed to Paris Hilton, for instance.

GRACE: Quick break. To tonight`s "Case Alert." A gravesite for fallen veterans off Washington`s northwest coast vandalized twice this Memorial Day weekend, American flags honoring vets who served the country burned, replaced with swastikas. Police believe more than one involved in the hate crime. They`re using fingerprint evidence in the search for these low-lifes. So cowardly, they disrespected deceased American war vets.

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UNIDENTIFIED MALE: 2006 a real downer of a year for Lindsay. And if she tried to keep her personal life from becoming public, she wasn`t doing a good job of it.

LINDSAY LOHAN, ACTRESS: People can feel bad. You can go through things (ph). I`ve gone through so much. I`ve dealt with so much. But I`m thankful for it because, you know, you can`t -- I don`t regret anything.

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GRACE: You know what`s ironic -- out to you Sibila Vargas, CNN correspondent there on the scene -- is that in the, I guess it was the smashed-up vehicle, or maybe it was the vehicle where she was photographed allegedly passed out drunk, there is a 30-day clear (ph) from AA pendant hanging down from the rearview mirror.

VARGAS: That`s true. I mean, she has been to Alcoholics Anonymous, and she`s also been to a rehab center, Wonderland rehab center, in January. So you`ve got to ask yourself, Nancy, is this even working for her? I mean, what kind of person goes into rehab, gets out, and all of a sudden, you know, just some months later, is getting themselves into the same trouble? And I just hope that this new rehab that she`s going -- that she`s allegedly going into, or reportedly going into, Promises, is better than the last rehab she went to.

GRACE: Out to the lines. Stacy in North Carolina. Hi, Stacy.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Hi. How are you?

GRACE: I`m good, dear. What`s your question?

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Why aren`t people with two to three times over the alcohol limit charged with attempted murder?

GRACE: You know, that`s a really good question, and I want to ask you that. Out to you Sheryl McCollum. You`re with MADD, Mothers Against Drunk Driving, for many years. Why not?

MCCOLLUM: That`s an excellent question. We have actually lobbied before about a car being used as a deadly weapon, and it should be.

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BROOKE ANDERSON, CNN HEADLINE NEWS ANCHOR: Lindsay was arrested on suspicion of DUI early Saturday morning, around 5:30 in the morning, after she drove into a curb with her car on Sunset Boulevard. All right, less than -- and I want to mention, officers say they found narcotics on the scene that they believe to be cocaine. Less than 48 hours later, she was out partying again. She hit a Memorial Day party at the Roosevelt Hotel.

Here are some pictures from X17Online.com. They say these pictures were after she left the party. She was bending over, kneeling near the ground. Some speculate she`s sick in some of the pictures; others say that she was just simply picking something up. In one of photos, she apparently is passed out or looks asleep. Here you see that one.

So we do know now that Lindsay is back in rehab, possibly in Promises in Malibu. You may remember, earlier this year, she completed a 30-day stint at the Wonderland treatment facility. It`s a different rehab facility here in Los Angeles. And prior to that, her publicist has said that she had been attending Alcoholic Anonymous classes.

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GRACE: Hope the judge isn`t reading this, like the rest of America, or she may get more than rehab. I want to go back out to Dr. Drew Pinsky, addiction specialist. Since we know she`s already been through one rehab, is rehab the answer for her?

DR. DREW PINSKY, ADDICTION SPECIALIST: Well, she has a medical condition. It is addiction. She`s going to die of this. Her prognosis is worse than most cancer patients with this condition. And like most addicts, they try to take easier ways out. She went to an outpatient program, clearly not a sufficiently intense program. She`s now in a residential program that probably will be intense enough.

She is not in lockdown, as was referred to earlier. You can`t in California lock people down against their will for doing drugs and alcohol. Promises happens to be a very good program. It`s intensive. But she`s going to have to take at least six months out of her life and just focus on her treatment.

It is very difficult to get a 20-year-old -- Lindsay Smith, for instance -- let`s forget Lindsay Lohan -- it is very difficult to get a 20- year-old addict fully engaged in treatment. It is very difficult. You add to that the celebrity status, the sycophants, the arousal of being a celebrity, and it compounds the problem.

GRACE: Wait a minute. Wait a minute. Doctor, do you see these pictures of Promises? It looks like...

PINSKY: Promises is an excellent program.

GRACE: It looks like a resort down...

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PINSKY: It`s an excellent program.

GRACE: I want to go there. I`ll even take that twin bed right there.

PINSKY: I would, too. But the fact is, that, whether or not you give somebody special consideration or not, may be what`s required to get somebody with special needs into treatment. The reality is, supporting them as special works against them.

Every celebrity -- and I`ve treated a lot of celebrities -- every time I`ve given them any kind of special consideration, even more time on the phone or special time with the computer, it`s a disaster for their treatment. They have to be an addict with this disease like anyone else and get with the program.

Yes, she`s been going to 12-step, not sufficiently. She has a severe disease, needs a lot of structure, intensive treatment. And this woman, and a couple of her peers, where we`re seeing about the celebrity media all the time, these women are going to die. This is a deadly condition they have. And to talk about it as something -- well, what kind of person goes to treatment and then goes out and drives a DUI? A drug addict does that. That`s who does that.

And she needs intensive treatment. We should be very concerned about her survival. And think of her as just Lindsay, fill in the blank, not as somebody who has sort of celebrity status or royalty status in our eyes. This is someone who needs a lot of treatment or could be in big, big trouble.

GRACE: Out to the lawyers, Susan Moss, Anne Bremner, Rikki Klieman and Jean Casarez, out to you, Rikki, it just seems to me that a judge will be rubbed the wrong way when he finds out she`s already failed at one rehab and then comes out and behaves this way. I`m especially concerned about the cocaine and about the smash-up, because that could hurt an innocent person.

RIKKI KLIEMAN, DEFENSE ATTORNEY: Oh, it clearly could hurt an innocent person. She`s very lucky that what she hit was a curb, a tree, and some shrubbery, and not a human being.

This is a young woman who needs really the hammer of God over her head. She needs to go into a very serious rehab, not the kind that she went into before, which really was created to be a mockery of what any rehab should be. She was in, she was out, she was on the phone, she was partying. It was ludicrous. She needs what Dr. Pinsky says she needs.

But more than that, and I say this as a lawyer, as well as someone who cares about the people who have alcoholism, but also I care about the potential victims, including me on the streets and sidewalks of Los Angeles, this is a young woman who needs a very strict probationary sentence over her head, demanding as much as six months of rehabilitation, continuing Alcoholics Anonymous treatment, and she needs a minder. Her staff, her hangers-on, her handlers have created just as much of a mess for her as she has for herself. It`s a joke. She needs a minder, a monitor, Nancy.

GRACE: But the thing is, out to you, psychotherapist Lauren Howard, even -- I mean, when you see shots, her mom is right there partying along with her.

LAUREN HOWARD, PSYCHOTHERAPIST: So because she`s a mother, she`s the poster girl for good living? Listen, you know...

GRACE: No. No, that`s not at all. No, no, you wait. No, you wait. That`s not what I said!

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HOWARD: This child is sick. This child is sick.

GRACE: No, that is not what I said. We just heard from Rikki Klieman about...

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GRACE: ... surrounding her -- I`d like to finish -- about people surrounding her and many of them using her.

HOWARD: Yes.

GRACE: Instead of helping her.

HOWARD: Yes.

GRACE: And the one person you`d think would be helping her is her own mother.

HOWARD: Well, that`s not necessarily true.

GRACE: But they were out partying. OK. Thanks. Thanks, Lauren.

HOWARD: It`s not necessarily true. The girl is sick, and she needs help, clinical help. She is very, very ill.

GRACE: I`m sorry, I think I lost Lauren. Go ahead, Lauren?

HOWARD: She is very sick. I don`t know if her mother is capable of helping her. I don`t know her mother. This is a very sick child, and she needs clinical help. That`s it.

GRACE: To Dr. Pinsky, typically, when you have an intervention of your friends or family that try to talk you out of your behavior, self- destructive behavior, your family is there helping you, not out partying at bars with you at 2:00 a.m. in the morning.

PINSKY: You would hope so, but the fact is that this is a genetic disorder, so very often a first-degree relative has addiction, so very often they come from alcoholic-addict families that are not functioning very well at all, and people in the family, even if they don`t have the disease of addiction themselves, tend to be enabling to the disease. It`s a function of how this disease operates.

So it`s not uncommon at all for the families, either covertly or overtly, to be enabling the disease of addiction. It`s a family disorder. The entire family will need treatment.

Interestingly, we`ve recently heard her dad step up and say some rather enlightening things about her. He seems to be in recovery now. He said that she`s not the goose that laid the golden egg. She`s a person whose behavior is inevitable because of her disease. He is absolutely right. And unless someone steps up, enlightened from her little group of supporters, and comes to her rescue, rather than supporting their job, or concerned about their own relationship with her, if they actually are concerned about her, then there`s a possibility of getting her to treatment.

GRACE: Out to Diane in Pennsylvania, hi, Diane.

CALLER: Hi, Nancy.

GRACE: How are you, dear?

CALLER: OK, good. I have to say, I love your show.

GRACE: Thank you.

CALLER: Love you. My question is, the paparazzi, at 5:00 in the morning, were behind her. Isn`t it possible that the lights and cameras from paparazzi caused her accident?

GRACE: I don`t know. Let`s think this through. Out to you, Susan Moss. Let`s see, she`s coming from a bar, runs away from the scene. When she gets to the hospital, they take her blood test. We`ll find out pretty soon what that was. And they find alleged cocaine in the car. Somehow, this time, Susan, this time I don`t think it was the flash of the camera.

SUSAN MOSS, FAMILY LAW ATTORNEY: It may be the only defense she has, but it`s not a good one.

GRACE: No, it`s not.

And out to you, Anne Bremner, question about proving whether this is her cocaine or not.

ANNE BREMNER, TRIAL ATTORNEY: Right.

GRACE: There is the theory under the law of actual versus constructive possession. In a nutshell, constructive possession, please.

BREMNER: Well, constructive possession is you`ve basically got facts to show that you were close to being in possession, and we can say that it was in your system, et cetera, so constructively you would possess it. But here`s the thing: Possession, Nancy, is nine-tenths of the law, ten-tenths of the law, really, in this case. It`s in the car. But you don`t have proof that she had it on her person.

GRACE: OK, let me give you a little example, Anne, because you as a defense lawyer know this is how it works. If you and I were both in the car, we had a crash, and we ran away, we would both be charged with cocaine found in the car. This is how it works.

For instance, if you go in my pocketbook right now and you find a tube of lipstick, that belongs to me. I have constructive possession of it, whereas right now, I have actual possession of this writing pen. There are two equally respected theories under the law.

BREMNER: Well, there are. But here`s the thing, Nancy, and I was thinking of my friend, Ed Kinnelly (ph), something he said, which is...

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BREMNER: You know I love (INAUDIBLE) but this is a good one. There but for the grace of God. Now, wait a minute. This is a case where she`s getting all this attention. We don`t even know what the breathalyzer is, Nancy. And that could have been anyone`s cocaine.

GRACE: Yes, well, that`s not what I asked you. I asked you about constructive possession.

Out to the lines, Debbie in Oregon, hi, Debbie.

CALLER: Hi, Nancy, love your show.

GRACE: Thank you, dear.

CALLER: I just want to know if the alcoholism runs in her family.

GRACE: You know, what about that? To Tom O`Neil, what do we know?

TOM O`NEIL, "INTOUCH WEEKLY": Yes, her father just got released from being in prison for two years on a DUI charge that ended up in a fiery crash. And now he`s saying, to your point about the mother, Nancy, that the mother is an addict and that they need to address that issue, too.

GRACE: And Jean Casarez with Court TV, again, what is the next court date?

JEAN CASAREZ, COURT TV: The next court date is August 24th. In the meantime, the case will be given to the district attorney`s office. They will determine what formal charges, if any, are filed.

GRACE: Jean Casarez, reporting on the case from the beginning, along with Sibila Vargas and Tom O`Neil.

Very quickly, when we come back, a young mom vanishes into thin air, Central Illinois. Is a love triangle involved?

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UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: It`s been days, and no one`s seen or herd from Naomi Arnette, a mother of seven who`s missed by many. Now Arnette`s boyfriend, Angel Martinez, is hitting the streets in search of a woman he`s only known three weeks, but he says it`s something he has to do, because Arnette let him into her life, even let him live with her, despite his past. He`s on parole for stealing cars and burglary.

ANGEL MARTINEZ, FRIEND OF MISSING WOMAN: I used to call her and be like, "Hey, can you come over?" And whatever, you know what I`m saying. She would never say no to me. She`s a good girl, man.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: She was loved by two men, Martinez and her estranged husband, Robert Arnette, starting fighting over her in her house. Martinez called police. Now he says he`s sorry the fight ever happened.

ROBERT ARNETTE, EX-HUSBAND OF MISSING WOMAN: Maybe if (INAUDIBLE) then we didn`t hook up, then probably none of this would have happened.

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GRACE: A young mom vanishes into thin air, her car still parked mysteriously in the driveway. Tonight, where is Naomi Arnette?

Out to Christina Wall with WCIA, Christina, what`s the latest?

CHRISTINA WALL, REPORTER: The latest is, today police are telling me, Nancy, that they`re expanding their search for Naomi. It started in just one of the counties here in Central Illinois. They`re going to expand it to three counties now. We`re talking about 80 square miles of woods and rivers they`re searching, trying to find Naomi.

GRACE: Christina, where was she last seen?

WALL: The last person to see her was her estranged husband, Robert Arnette, and that was in her house the morning she went missing. She was expected at work later that afternoon. She works nights at a store in a local town here, and didn`t show up for work. Obviously, her co-workers thought that was pretty unusual, because she hadn`t missed a day of work in nearly three years. So police met -- and that was the tipping point of all this. That`s the minute everyone knew something was up.

GRACE: Joining us also tonight is special guest Angela Roy. This is the sister-in-law of the missing mom. And, right now, she`s taking care of all seven children.

Angela, how are the children? And how have you explained to them where their mom is?

ANGELA ROY, SISTER-IN-LAW OF NAOMI ARNETTE: It`s really hard. I don`t even know how to begin to try to explain it to them. But I had to, because I knew the media -- and we had already had little children in our neighborhood come to us and say, you know, we`re so sorry about what`s happened to their mom, and are they OK?

And it was a hard thing to do. I mean, the older ones seem to be OK. And they`re struggling with the situation right now. But, you know, the younger ones, they don`t fully understand the situation. You know, they do express their concern, but it`s just really tough. It`s tough for all of us.

And I would like to say, my brother did see her, but it was at his home, not at her home.

GRACE: Angela, I know it`s tough for you. You`ve already got four kids of your own there in the home, and now her seven children. How are they doing tonight?

ROY: The little girls are in the living room right now actually watching your show. The others are out visiting with their biological father, because, you know, they`ve got to try and keep a normal life. They`ve got to try and keep everything as normal as they can.

GRACE: Jean Casarez, what more can you tell us about the investigation?

CASAREZ: Well, on Monday -- excuse me. I`m having a coughing situation.

GRACE: A coughing situation?

CASAREZ: I`m coughing. The last time she was seen was on May 21st by her husband. And what is interesting is the reports say, according to police department, they had an argument the day before, that she was saying that, "Our marriage is over. We`re finished."

No divorce had been filed, but this argument allegedly took place the next day. She is missing, and she worked at Dollar Tree. And she also went out of her house with her skirt and just very presentable. She was last seen, according to the husband, with shorts, and t-shirt, and flip- flops.

GRACE: That doesn`t sound at all in character. OK, Jean, cough it out. Right now, to "CNN Heroes."

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JESSICA FLANNERY, CO-FOUNDER, KIVA.ORG: My name is Jessica Flannery. I`m co-founder of Kiva.org.

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J. FLANNERY: We connect people through lending for poverty alleviation.

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J. FLANNERY: At our site, anybody in the world can browse profiles of entrepreneurs and then lend directly to those entrepreneurs.

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UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: My mother started getting sick in 1989. With my heart only I could not make it.

M. FLANNERY: I had a savings account. It was sitting there and wasn`t doing anything, and then I saw this opportunity where I could do something useful with it, positive for other people. The cool thing about Kiva is that it`s not a donation. The money is actually yours. When the borrower is finished with their loan, you get it back.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: When I took that loan, I extended my business, and we were able to pay the rent. The way I was before is not the way I am today.

M. FLANNERY: I wasn`t necessarily surprised intellectually by how $25 can really transform somebody`s life in East Africa, but I was surprised in the heart.

People by nature are not selfish. And if you just give them an outlet for expressing their generosity, they will be generous.

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UNIDENTIFIED MALE: It`s very unusual that she`s been missing this long and hasn`t contacted her kids and hasn`t contacted co-workers. And we`re extremely worried about her.

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GRACE: Where is Naomi Arnette? I understand, out to you, Christina Wall, that the search is being expanded tomorrow?

WALL: That`s correct. And, actually, police aren`t talking suspects at this point. But they did say something to me today, and they said, you know, it`s been more than a week since anybody`s heard from Naomi. It`s not looking good, obviously. They have to start assuming that she might be missing involuntarily.

And what`s interesting today, actually, she had a court appearance dealing with her kids, and she missed it. And police say that is definitely not something that`s characteristic of her. They`re not talking suspects now, but they are expanding that search. And they are calling her estranged husband a "person of interest," just because he was simply the last one to see her. So they`re turning to him for some answers now.

GRACE: And, of course, we`ve been trying to confirm that he is a person of interest. We haven`t been able to confirm that yet, but we heard that same report, Christina Wall.

And to Angela Roy, do you believe she would ever miss a court date regarding her own children?

ROY: No, never. She would never miss a court date. She would never miss a visit with any of her children whatsoever. And like it was reported before, she`s never even missed a day of work unless she`s made arrangements.

GRACE: With us, Angela Roy, Christina Wall. I want to give you that tip line one more time, 217-373-8477. Take a look at this lady, Naomi Arnette, missing, mother of seven.

Tonight, we stop to remember Army Sergeant Anthony Schober, 23, Reno, killed, Iraq. Enlisting from high school and on a fourth tour of duty, he`s awarded three Purple Hearts. Dreamed of going to Italy, camping, video games, movies. Leaves behind mom, Roberta, adopted dad, Edward, two sisters, Anthony Schober, American hero.

Thank you for being with us. Until tomorrow night, 8:00 sharp Eastern, good night, friend.

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