Tampa police arrested Lindsay Lohan's father early Tuesday and charged him with beating up his on-again, off-again, quasi-celebrity girlfriend, authorities said.
Michael Lohan, 51, of Fort Lauderdale, was arrested after police went to Apt. 1411 in a condominium complex at 2012 Lemans Blvd. in West Tampa. He was charged with domestic battery on Kate Major, 28, a former reporter for The Star tabloid.
Major told police that Lohan does not live in the apartment, but officers noted that his clothes and personal belongings were in the drawers and closet. She told officers that the two were on-again, off-again for two years and that she had an injunction for protection against him filed in Sarasota County that expired on Monday.
She said Lohan showed up at her apartment to attend a court hearing Tuesday seeking a permanent injunction. He had tried to talk her into removing the injunction, she told police.
Major attended the 45-minute hearing Tuesday afternoon. The judge did not grant a permanent injunction because Lohan was not present to defend himself. The court set another hearing in two weeks and granted Major a temporary injunction until that hearing.
Police said Lohan came to her apartment on Sunday night and she allowed him to stay.
"She did this because she is afraid of him," the arrest report states, "so she figured she would be nice until this court date."
She told police that early Tuesday morning, the two began arguing because Major refused to perform oral sex on Lohan. He squeezed Major's arms and pushed her several times, knocking her to the ground, the arrest report states. She was bruised but refused medical treatment.
When officers arrived, they heard a woman yelling "stop" and "leave me alone," the report states. Lohan was out of breath and sweating when he opened the door and told police that everything was fine and nothing had happened. Major, who was crying, shaking and having difficulty catching her breath, told police that Lohan was lying and she needed their help.
Lohan's version of what happened differed from Major's. He told police that Major was his girlfriend "and soon to be fiancée."
He told police the two were going to Sarasota on Tuesday to dismiss the injunction. He said he never touched her.
When police were about to arrest him, Lohan, who gave his occupation as director of marketing for Larasan Pharmaceuticals of Fort Lauderdale, complained of chest pains and was taken to St. Joseph's Hospital, police said.
"He was hoping this would prevent him from going to jail, and in fact signed himself out of the hospital soon after he thought police left," the arrest report states. "After he signed himself out, he was transported to booking."
"We don't know if he was having chest pains or not," police spokeswoman Andrea Davis said. If he had been admitted for observation and held for 24 hours, which was the suggestion of the emergency room doctors, the officers would have turned the case over to prosecutors who would decide later whether to file charges. But when Lohan checked out of the hospital, Davis said, "we arrested him and took him to jail."
Lohan remained at Orient Road Jail late Tuesday. Bail had not been set.
Major could not be reached for comment.
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