Michael Lohan
Encyclopedia
Michael Lohan, Sr. is the ex-husband of Dina Lohan
and the father of Lindsay
, Michael Lohan Jr., Ali, and Cody Lohan.
, Long Island
, New York
. He has said that his father was an alcoholic.
trader on the floor of the commodity exchange
. After he began working on Wall Street, he succumbed to what he has described as the "culture" there, and began using cocaine
. In 1982, at age 22, he also began drinking.
Lohan met future wife Donata "Dina" Sullivan
, a former singer and dancer turned cosmetics salesperson at a Bloomingdale's
department store
, in December 1984. They married on November 2, 1985. Their first child, daughter Lindsay Lohan
, was born on July 2, 1986. Their second child, Michael Lohan, Jr., was born December 16, 1987. They separated when their oldest child Lindsay was three, and later reunited.
In 1990, Lohan was investigated for insider trading
and convicted of criminal contempt of court
. He was sentenced to three years in jail in Nassau County
, and was released in 1993 on five years probation
. During this time, his daughter Lindsay had started modeling for the Ford Models
agency and had begun starring in commercials, and by the time of his release in 1993, she was at the pinnacle of her career.
Not long after, his wife Dina gave birth to their third child, Aliana "Ali" Lohan
, on December 22, 1993.
In 1997, Lohan was arrested when he violated his probation after flying to Napa, California
to visit his daughter, who had been hospitalized for an asthma
attack that occurred during filming of a movie. He subsequently served a year in prison.
After he returned to Dina, she gave birth to their second son, Dakota "Cody" Lohan, on June 16, 1996. Six months later, 10-year-old Lindsay had landed the role of the estranged twins in Disney's
1998 remake of The Parent Trap
.
By 2005, with Lindsay having become a movie star, tensions arose in the family, due to Lohan's belief that Lindsay's career should be managed by professionals, and not the members of Dina's family that have been characterized as "hangers-on". This conflict came to a head when Lohan and Dina’s youngest brother, Matt Sullivan, got into a fistfight outside Mr. Lohan’s Long Island home, during a communion party for Mr. Lohan’s son, Dakota. Lohan was charged with attempted assault and, while awaiting sentencing, had a car accident that led to his being charged with driving under the influence
of alcohol and aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle. While in prison, he took up singing and songwriting, as well as correspondence courses for Teen Challenge, a faith-based sobriety program. Lohan and Dina separated again that year.
Lohan was released from prison in March 2007 after serving a two-and-a-half-year sentence in the Collins Correctional Facility
. He subsequently took up residence in a Teen Challenge center in West Babylon, New York
, and underwent training to become a minister, though to be ordained requires his parole to end. He and Dina finalized their divorce in October of that year. Despite having quit cocaine, his alcoholism
continued to manifest itself.
He subsequently worked as an actor and counselor with the Long Island Teen Challenge
rehabilitation program. He has also been involved in various television proposals, including the Michael Lohan Reality Project, a 2007 series produced by Frozen Pictures
, which followed his life, work and efforts to reconnect with his daughter and family.
On June 30, 2008, Lohan submitted a DNA sample for a paternity test after a Montana
massage therapist, Kristi Kaufmann, asserted that Michael was intimately involved with her in 1995 while he was separated from Dina, and fathered her daughter, Ashley.
Lohan and former tabloid reporter Kate Major became engaged over Easter
weekend, 2010. They later broke up, but their continued relationship, which was marked by conflict, was depicted in the fifth season of the VH1
reality TV series, Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew
, which documented Lohan's rehabilitation for alcoholism. Lohan says that although he had not done cocaine in six years at this point, "drinking always led to coke. Always." He also discussed how he was affected by the verbal abuse and alcoholism of his father, who had recently died of stomach cancer
.
It was also revealed on Celebrity Rehab that Lohan had left main
cardiac disease
. Although Lohan had previously had a blockage in his right coronary artery
, the blockage at his left main coronary artery, which physician Drew Pinsky
believed was caused by Lohan's past cocaine use, placed Lohan at high risk for a cardiac event
, and required him to avoid stress and anger.
On October 25, 2011, Michael Lohan was arrested in a suspected domestic violence incident in Tampa, Florida, involving his on-again, off-again girlfriend, Kate Major. Lohan was released from custody on $5,000 bail and ordered to have no further contact with Major. Twelve hours later on October 27, 2011 he was again back in police custody, after contacting Major again by phone. Unbeknownst to Lohan, when he called Major a second time that evening, police were listening in on speaker phone. Police then went to Lohan's hotel to arrest him. When Lohan saw the police arrive, he attempted to escape by jumping out of his third-story room window. Upon jumping, Lohan fell into a tree and injured his foot. He was taken into custody and was being held to appear before a judge for violating the restraining order placed on him the day before. After being subsequently released from a Tampa hospital October 28, and taken to Falkenburg Road Jail, the wheelchair-bound Lohan was denied bail during an October 29 court appearance by Judge Denise Pomponio for violating a domestic violence injunction against him and his pretrial release order not to contact Major. Lohan and his attorney stated that he was merely returning a call by Major, but Major, who was present, stated that this was false.
Dina Lohan
Donata "Dina" Lohan is a television personality and occasional actress who rose to fame as the mother and manager of actress/pop singer Lindsay Lohan, and Lindsay's younger sister Ali Lohan, with whom Dina co-starred in the reality show Living Lohan.-Family and marriage:Lohan was born and raised...
and the father of Lindsay
Lindsay Lohan
Lindsay Lohan is an American actress, pop singer and model. She began her career as a child fashion model before making her motion picture debut in Disney's 1998 remake of The Parent Trap at the age of 11...
, Michael Lohan Jr., Ali, and Cody Lohan.
Early life
Lohan was born on April 25, 1960, the son of Marilyn (née Desiderio) and Richard E. Lohan. He was raised in Cold Spring HarborCold Spring Harbor, New York
Cold Spring Harbor is a hamlet in Suffolk County, New York on the North Shore of Long Island. As of the United States 2000 Census, the CDP population was 4,975.Cold Spring Harbor is in the Town of Huntington.-History:...
, Long Island
Long Island
Long Island is an island located in the southeast part of the U.S. state of New York, just east of Manhattan. Stretching northeast into the Atlantic Ocean, Long Island contains four counties, two of which are boroughs of New York City , and two of which are mainly suburban...
, New York
New York
New York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...
. He has said that his father was an alcoholic.
Career and family/legal issues
At age twenty, Lohan became a Wall StreetWall Street
Wall Street refers to the financial district of New York City, named after and centered on the eight-block-long street running from Broadway to South Street on the East River in Lower Manhattan. Over time, the term has become a metonym for the financial markets of the United States as a whole, or...
trader on the floor of the commodity exchange
Commodity exchange
Commodity exchange may refer to:* Commodities exchange, any exchange where various commodities and derivatives products are traded.* Commodity markets, for the markets trading on commodities in general....
. After he began working on Wall Street, he succumbed to what he has described as the "culture" there, and began using cocaine
Cocaine
Cocaine is a crystalline tropane alkaloid that is obtained from the leaves of the coca plant. The name comes from "coca" in addition to the alkaloid suffix -ine, forming cocaine. It is a stimulant of the central nervous system, an appetite suppressant, and a topical anesthetic...
. In 1982, at age 22, he also began drinking.
Lohan met future wife Donata "Dina" Sullivan
Dina Lohan
Donata "Dina" Lohan is a television personality and occasional actress who rose to fame as the mother and manager of actress/pop singer Lindsay Lohan, and Lindsay's younger sister Ali Lohan, with whom Dina co-starred in the reality show Living Lohan.-Family and marriage:Lohan was born and raised...
, a former singer and dancer turned cosmetics salesperson at a Bloomingdale's
Bloomingdale's
Bloomingdale's is an American department store owned by Macy's, Inc. .Bloomingdale's started in 1861 when brothers Joseph and Lyman G. Bloomingdale started selling hoop-skirts in their Ladies Notions' Shop on Manhattan's Lower East Side...
department store
Department store
A department store is a retail establishment which satisfies a wide range of the consumer's personal and residential durable goods product needs; and at the same time offering the consumer a choice of multiple merchandise lines, at variable price points, in all product categories...
, in December 1984. They married on November 2, 1985. Their first child, daughter Lindsay Lohan
Lindsay Lohan
Lindsay Lohan is an American actress, pop singer and model. She began her career as a child fashion model before making her motion picture debut in Disney's 1998 remake of The Parent Trap at the age of 11...
, was born on July 2, 1986. Their second child, Michael Lohan, Jr., was born December 16, 1987. They separated when their oldest child Lindsay was three, and later reunited.
In 1990, Lohan was investigated for insider trading
Insider trading
Insider trading is the trading of a corporation's stock or other securities by individuals with potential access to non-public information about the company...
and convicted of criminal contempt of court
Contempt of court
Contempt of court is a court order which, in the context of a court trial or hearing, declares a person or organization to have disobeyed or been disrespectful of the court's authority...
. He was sentenced to three years in jail in Nassau County
Nassau County, New York
Nassau County is a suburban county on Long Island, east of New York City in the U.S. state of New York, within the New York Metropolitan Area. As of the 2010 census, the population was 1,339,532...
, and was released in 1993 on five years probation
Probation
Probation literally means testing of behaviour or abilities. In a legal sense, an offender on probation is ordered to follow certain conditions set forth by the court, often under the supervision of a probation officer...
. During this time, his daughter Lindsay had started modeling for the Ford Models
Ford Models
The Ford Modeling Agency, or as it is known today Ford Models, is a modeling agency in New York City. It was established in 1946 by Eileen and the late Gerard W. Ford.-Company:...
agency and had begun starring in commercials, and by the time of his release in 1993, she was at the pinnacle of her career.
Not long after, his wife Dina gave birth to their third child, Aliana "Ali" Lohan
Aliana Lohan
Aliana Taylor Lohan is an American fashion model and former television personality, singer and actress. She is the younger sister of actress Lindsay Lohan.-Early Life:...
, on December 22, 1993.
In 1997, Lohan was arrested when he violated his probation after flying to Napa, California
Napa, California
-History:The name Napa was probably derived from the name given to a southern Nappan village whose people shared the area with elk, deer, grizzlies and cougars for many centuries, according to Napa historian Kami Santiago. At the time of the first recorded exploration into Napa Valley in 1823, the...
to visit his daughter, who had been hospitalized for an asthma
Asthma
Asthma is the common chronic inflammatory disease of the airways characterized by variable and recurring symptoms, reversible airflow obstruction, and bronchospasm. Symptoms include wheezing, coughing, chest tightness, and shortness of breath...
attack that occurred during filming of a movie. He subsequently served a year in prison.
After he returned to Dina, she gave birth to their second son, Dakota "Cody" Lohan, on June 16, 1996. Six months later, 10-year-old Lindsay had landed the role of the estranged twins in Disney's
The Walt Disney Company
The Walt Disney Company is the largest media conglomerate in the world in terms of revenue. Founded on October 16, 1923, by Walt and Roy Disney as the Disney Brothers Cartoon Studio, Walt Disney Productions established itself as a leader in the American animation industry before diversifying into...
1998 remake of The Parent Trap
The Parent Trap (1998 film)
The Parent Trap is a remake of the 1961 family film of the same name. It was directed and co-written by Nancy Meyers, and produced and co-written by Charles Shyer. It stars Dennis Quaid and Natasha Richardson as a couple who divorce soon after marrying, and Lindsay Lohan in a dual role as their...
.
By 2005, with Lindsay having become a movie star, tensions arose in the family, due to Lohan's belief that Lindsay's career should be managed by professionals, and not the members of Dina's family that have been characterized as "hangers-on". This conflict came to a head when Lohan and Dina’s youngest brother, Matt Sullivan, got into a fistfight outside Mr. Lohan’s Long Island home, during a communion party for Mr. Lohan’s son, Dakota. Lohan was charged with attempted assault and, while awaiting sentencing, had a car accident that led to his being charged with driving under the influence
Driving under the influence
Driving under the influence is the act of driving a motor vehicle with blood levels of alcohol in excess of a legal limit...
of alcohol and aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle. While in prison, he took up singing and songwriting, as well as correspondence courses for Teen Challenge, a faith-based sobriety program. Lohan and Dina separated again that year.
Lohan was released from prison in March 2007 after serving a two-and-a-half-year sentence in the Collins Correctional Facility
Collins Correctional Facility
Collins Correctional Facility is a medium security prison in New York in the USA. The prison is in the Town of Collins in Erie County, New York.- External links :*...
. He subsequently took up residence in a Teen Challenge center in West Babylon, New York
West Babylon, New York
West Babylon is a census-designated place in the town of Babylon in Suffolk County, New York, United States. The population was 43,452 at the 2000 census.-Geography:West Babylon is located at ....
, and underwent training to become a minister, though to be ordained requires his parole to end. He and Dina finalized their divorce in October of that year. Despite having quit cocaine, his alcoholism
Alcoholism
Alcoholism is a broad term for problems with alcohol, and is generally used to mean compulsive and uncontrolled consumption of alcoholic beverages, usually to the detriment of the drinker's health, personal relationships, and social standing...
continued to manifest itself.
He subsequently worked as an actor and counselor with the Long Island Teen Challenge
Teen Challenge
Teen Challenge is a Pentecostal Christian recovery program and a network of Christian social and evangelizing work centers. It is a 12-18 month program that serves drug addicts, alcoholics, gang members, prostitutes and people with other characteristics that the program considers to be...
rehabilitation program. He has also been involved in various television proposals, including the Michael Lohan Reality Project, a 2007 series produced by Frozen Pictures
Frozen Pictures
Frozen Pictures is a motion picture, television and multimedia production company founded and operated by veteran producers and writers Brett Hudson and Burt Kearns, and is affiliated with Frozen Television....
, which followed his life, work and efforts to reconnect with his daughter and family.
On June 30, 2008, Lohan submitted a DNA sample for a paternity test after a Montana
Montana
Montana is a state in the Western United States. The western third of Montana contains numerous mountain ranges. Smaller, "island ranges" are found in the central third of the state, for a total of 77 named ranges of the Rocky Mountains. This geographical fact is reflected in the state's name,...
massage therapist, Kristi Kaufmann, asserted that Michael was intimately involved with her in 1995 while he was separated from Dina, and fathered her daughter, Ashley.
Lohan and former tabloid reporter Kate Major became engaged over Easter
Easter
Easter is the central feast in the Christian liturgical year. According to the Canonical gospels, Jesus rose from the dead on the third day after his crucifixion. His resurrection is celebrated on Easter Day or Easter Sunday...
weekend, 2010. They later broke up, but their continued relationship, which was marked by conflict, was depicted in the fifth season of the VH1
VH1
VH1 or Vh1 is an American cable television network based in New York City. Launched on January 1, 1985 in the old space of Turner Broadcasting's short-lived Cable Music Channel, the original purpose of the channel was to build on the success of MTV by playing music videos, but targeting a slightly...
reality TV series, Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew
Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew
Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew is a reality television show airing on the cable network VH1 that chronicles a group of celebrities as they are treated for alcohol and drug addiction by Dr. Drew Pinsky and his staff at the Pasadena Recovery Center in Pasadena, California. The first season premiered...
, which documented Lohan's rehabilitation for alcoholism. Lohan says that although he had not done cocaine in six years at this point, "drinking always led to coke. Always." He also discussed how he was affected by the verbal abuse and alcoholism of his father, who had recently died of stomach cancer
Stomach cancer
Gastric cancer, commonly referred to as stomach cancer, can develop in any part of the stomach and may spread throughout the stomach and to other organs; particularly the esophagus, lungs, lymph nodes, and the liver...
.
It was also revealed on Celebrity Rehab that Lohan had left main
Left coronary artery
The left coronary artery, abbreviated LCA and also known as the left main coronary artery , arises from the aorta above the left cusp of the aortic valve.-Branching:...
cardiac disease
Heart disease
Heart disease, cardiac disease or cardiopathy is an umbrella term for a variety of diseases affecting the heart. , it is the leading cause of death in the United States, England, Canada and Wales, accounting for 25.4% of the total deaths in the United States.-Types:-Coronary heart disease:Coronary...
. Although Lohan had previously had a blockage in his right coronary artery
Right coronary artery
The right coronary artery originates above the right cusp of the aortic valve. It travels down the right atrioventricular groove, towards the crux of the heart.At the origin of the RCA is the conus artery....
, the blockage at his left main coronary artery, which physician Drew Pinsky
Drew Pinsky
David Drew Pinsky , best known as Dr. Drew, is an American board-certified internist, addiction medicine specialist, and radio and television personality. He has hosted the nationally syndicated radio talk show Loveline since the show's inception in 1984. On television, he hosts the talk show Dr...
believed was caused by Lohan's past cocaine use, placed Lohan at high risk for a cardiac event
Cardiac arrest
Cardiac arrest, is the cessation of normal circulation of the blood due to failure of the heart to contract effectively...
, and required him to avoid stress and anger.
On October 25, 2011, Michael Lohan was arrested in a suspected domestic violence incident in Tampa, Florida, involving his on-again, off-again girlfriend, Kate Major. Lohan was released from custody on $5,000 bail and ordered to have no further contact with Major. Twelve hours later on October 27, 2011 he was again back in police custody, after contacting Major again by phone. Unbeknownst to Lohan, when he called Major a second time that evening, police were listening in on speaker phone. Police then went to Lohan's hotel to arrest him. When Lohan saw the police arrive, he attempted to escape by jumping out of his third-story room window. Upon jumping, Lohan fell into a tree and injured his foot. He was taken into custody and was being held to appear before a judge for violating the restraining order placed on him the day before. After being subsequently released from a Tampa hospital October 28, and taken to Falkenburg Road Jail, the wheelchair-bound Lohan was denied bail during an October 29 court appearance by Judge Denise Pomponio for violating a domestic violence injunction against him and his pretrial release order not to contact Major. Lohan and his attorney stated that he was merely returning a call by Major, but Major, who was present, stated that this was false.