Michael Lohan: Lindsay gave me no choice

Following a legal threat from Dina Lohan, her ex-husband Michael Lohan has claimed he had no choice but to go public with his concerns about their daughter Lindsay.

Dina Lohan in a New York Post interview said Michael would be receiving a cease and desist letter regarding his public comments about Lindsay and her alleged prescription drug abuse.

But Michael said he had exhausted private avenues. “To begin with, I have been trying for a year to help Lindsay with her problems privately through Lindsay, her mom, her attorney Blair Berk and even her new attorney Shawn Holley and the courts.”

He added: “When that didn’t work and the calls I was getting from Dina and Lindsay needed immediate attention, it was recommended to me to go public, like Martin Sheen and others did, in order to put pressure on Lindsay.”

Lindsay, meanwhile, was reportedly taking steps to have a restraining order placed against her father and saying she wanted to change her surname. She has slammed his actions as publicity seeking and lies.

Michael said: “Now that Dina and Lindsay continue to lie and deny their problems, and even make up stories about me, now you will see and hear Lindsay’s calls and texts. I am not the liar, they are. Hopefully then, they will realise how deceptive and in denial they are and finally realise that lying and denial are part of their addictions. I am sorry I had to take this route, but I have tried and tried to help Linds and I have been lied about long enough.”

He concluded: “As far as Lindsay is concerned, if she goes into a rehab, I will stop.”