LOS ANGELES — Producers of “Dogs in Pocketbooks” — a movie based on troubled starlet Lindsay Lohan’s wild life — may have to open their wallets because LiLo’s mom is reportedly considering legal action against them.
Dina Lohan told TMZ.com today that the new comedy movie “is definitely based on Lindsay’s likeness” and that she has “a very strong case” against the flick.
Lohan’s family lawyer Stephanie Ovadia has been contacted and it seems that she thinks they have a case, too.
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“They are again using her likeness without her being compensated,” she told TMZ. “Not only that but they are advertising the fact that they are using her likeness.”
This is not the first time the Lohan clan has used lawyers to intimidate others — often to their benefit.
In September, Lohan settled her $100 million lawsuit against E*Trade after the actress had claimed that the stock-trading firm violated her rights by using her first name in a TV commercial during the Super Bowl that featured a “milkaholic” baby named Lindsay in a toddler love triangle.
Lohan’s lawyers declined to discuss any details, including the settlement amount.
“Basically, it was a business decision to move on,” an E*Trade spokeswoman said.
Lohan’s case was helped by an Esquire magazine reporter who was privy to the making of the ad — and revealed that the baby’s name had been changed from Deborah.
Lohan, 24, is due to be released from the Betty Ford clinic on Jan. 3.
She is no longer slated to star as porn actress Linda Lovelace in a biopic and does not currently have any other confirmed acting roles slated.
With AP