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Fallen star Lindsay Lohan's mother has spoken publicly in Australia about her daughter's jail time in a bid to dispel rumours she was given preferential treatment.
Dina Lohan also said she wanted to speak to an international audience because it's important for families and single mothers to know the Lohan family is ordinary underneath the fame.
Lindsay was last week released from jail in California after serving just 13 days of a 90-day sentence for violating her probation relating to a 2007 DUI (driving under the influence) arrest.
She was immediately spirited away to a rehab centre as part of the conditions of her release.
But rumours swirled that the actress had been given preferential treatment because of her high profile - a claim Dina Lohan denies.
"Absolutely not," she told the Seven Network.
"She didn't get any special treatment.
"People were telling me she had a cell phone in there, which is a complete fabrication.
"She was in a cell 23 hours a day, let out for an hour."
Lohan wouldn't elaborate on her daughter's addictions but said the media had hounded her ever since Lindsay's initial rehab stint in 2007.
"There was a problem at the time and they just won't let it go, they just keep bringing it up four years later," she said.
"When Lindsay comes out (of rehab) she will do a sit down (interview) and it will come from my daughter to the world.
"She needs to do that for herself for all the misconceptions that they have been saying about her."
She said that despite Lindsay's father Michael Lohan speaking publicly about her, he did not have contact with the family and was probably reading the information about her supposed prescription pill addiction on the internet.
"It has been very difficult just fighting my ex, let alone the tabloids, but we really are probably the most misunderstood family in America," she said.
"(Lindsay) understands her mistakes and I certainly don't condone drinking and driving, and as a mother I scolded my children ... I am not in denial, that's an absolute lie.
" ... that is why I am doing your show in Australia because ... I think it's important for families, and single mothers like me to know we are just like you."
She finished by saying the biggest misconception about her daughter was that she too was misunderstood.
"It breaks my heart, I could cry right now thinking about it," she said.
"She is such a wonderful and caring girl, she does so much charity and ... they never show that side."
