Michael Lohan speaks to media after being released from the Hillsborough County Jail. Photo / AP
The estranged father of actress Lindsay Lohan will be held in a Florida hospital overnight for observation, hours after his second domestic violence-related arrest this week.
Police said Michael Lohan was admitted to Tampa General Hospital for observation following a jump from a third-floor balcony in an attempt to escape from authorities early Thursday morning. After a short chase, officers arrested Lohan.
On Tuesday, the 51-year-old Lohan was arrested on domestic violence charges involving Kate Major, his 28-year-old girlfriend.
Police say he grabbed Major and pushed her down multiple times at her apartment during a daylong argument.
A judge released Lohan on US$5000 (NZ$6000) bail Wednesday morning and told Lohan that he should not have any contact with Major.
When Lohan was released from jail Wednesday evening, he held an impromptu news conference in the jail parking lot. There, Lohan said he "didn't do anything" and the charges were Major's way of making money by selling her story to media outlets.
Deputies suspected Lohan may have broken his foot when he jumped off the balcony hours later, after making multiple calls to Major.
Authorities said he will be returned to the jail once he's been cleared by doctors.
Lohan told police this week that he moved to Tampa to get away from the publicity surrounding his celebrity daughter Lindsay, who has had numerous run-ins with the law herself in Los Angeles.
She is currently performing court-ordered community service in the LA County morgue for a probation violation.
She also reportedly posed for Playboy this week.
- AP
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