Actress Lindsay Lohan (L) and her attorney Shawn Chapman Holley attend a preliminary hearing at Airport Courthouse on February 23, 2011 in Los Angeles, California. Lohan was charged with a felony count of grand theft for allegedly stealing a $2,500 necklace from a jewelry store in Venice, California. (Getty Images)more pics »After Lindsay Lohan got caught stealing a $2,500 necklace, the actress avoided going to prison. Instead, the court sentenced the blonde to 360 hours of community service. But that's not all. She also received a mandate ordering her to attend an anti-shoplifting class, where she'll apparently (hopefully?) learn to quell the urge to nab expensive goods. Question is: will it work?Even though Giuliana Rancic is incredibly thin herself, 51 percent of Zimbio readers had no problem hearing the E! News host call out LeAnn Rimes for being too skinny. (Getty Images)But first, last week's poll: We asked if a skinny Giuliana Rancic was wrong to criticize LeAnn Rimes' weight, and the slimmest majority of you responded "No!" While this tift appeared like a classic case of the pot calling the kettle black, 51 percent of Zimbio readers felt the E! News host merely told the truth.
But back to Lohan and her intriguing anti-shoplifting class. Assuming you haven't the slightest idea what goes on in one of these court-mandated courses, here's what Barbara Staib, director of the communications at the National Association of Shoplifting Prevention had to say (via E!): "The classes we run are designed to help people if they are truly petty theft offenders, not professional shoplifters or people who shoplift to support a drug habit."
In other words, we're meant to believe Lohan doesn't have a psychological problem -- i.e. she's not a kleptomaniac -- but rather choses to steal because of "something [she] perceived to be missing from [her] life." Was that "something" a $2,500 necklace? Or did the star have larger issues clouding her judgement?
We can buy into the notion that Lohan doesn't shoplift professionally. But given her troubled past, we wonder if this class will actually prevent her from seeking the five finger discount again in the future.
