Lindsay Lohan, left, with attorney Mark Heller. Heller is under investigation for suspicion of witness tampering.Santa Monica city attorney asked police to investigate Mark Heller, a source says"I can sum it up in one word: ridiculous," Heller says about probe reportLohan avoided trial by pleading no contest to lying to cops about a car crashLohan hired New York lawyer Heller to replace her longtime lawyer Shawn HolleyLos Angeles (CNN) -- The lawyer who represented Lindsay Lohan in her lying-to-cops case last week is under investigation for suspicion of witness tampering, a source close to the investigation said Monday.
Santa Monica police are investigating New York lawyer Mark Heller on suspicion of asking Lohan's personal assistant, who was in the car with the actress when she was involved in a car crash last June, to lie in his testimony by saying he had control of the Porsche when it crashed into a dump truck, the source said.if (typeof cnnArticleGallery == "undefined") {var cnnArticleGallery = {};}if(typeof cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList =="undefined"){cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList = [];}var expGallery31=new ArticleExpandableGallery();expGallery31.setImageCount(9);//cnn_adbptrackpgalimg(" Lohan in trouble", 1);
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