Three men who were in the sport utility vehicle that Lindsay Lohan commandeered in July 2007, sued the actress last week. Court records show that their allegations include battery, false imprisonment and that Lohan was negligent when she took over an SUV belonging to one of the men to chase her recently fired assistant.Lohan's attorney, Ed McPherson, called the lawsuit "absurd."
"It just doesn't make sense," he said. "They had ample opportunity to get out of the car."
McPherson claimed the men were having fun during the chase and questioned why they waited more than a year to file suit.
"It's three guys who want to get a lot of headlines," he said, "and want to make some money."
An attorney for the men - Ronnie Blake, Jakon Sutter and Dante Nigro - had said last year he hoped to avoid filing a lawsuit against Lohan. McPherson said there were some early talks, but no settlement was reached.
The case will be heard in Santa Monica, where Lohan is also being sued for emotional distress by a woman was in the car that was being chased by the actress.
The car chase ended with the assistant's mother calling the police because she was being followed and leading Lohand towards a police station. Officers suspected Lohan was drunk and arrested her.
Lohan pleaded guilty to two counts of being under the influence of cocaine stemming from the Santa Monica arrest and an earlier drunken driving arrest in Beverly Hills. She served 84 minutes in jail and entered rehab.