Troubled star Lindsay Lohan was sentenced to serve 90-days in rehab at the Betty Ford Center, but left early to finish her treatment at Cliffside, a luxurious Malibu, Calif. facility.
Her father, Michael Lohan, came forward to tell the New York Daily News' Confidenti@l that her early departure was due to a fear of the center being infested with drugs.
"There are drugs all over the place inside there," Michael Lohan said. "It was a big problem and that's why she wanted out." He said that he and his 26-year old daughter Lindsay have been in constant contact since the star entered treatment in May.
He added that Lindsay had witnessed a relapse inside the Betty Ford Center after drugs were allegedly smuggled in for a patient.
"When Lindsay was tested, she was clean," he said. "She didn't want to be around it and immediately asked for a transfer."
The founder of Cliffside, Richard Taite, a former addict and bestselling author, had strong opinions on Lindsay's condition after she was arrested for allegedly punching a woman at a nightclub last November.
"She is definitely spiraling out of control," Taite said to the media. "She is continually getting into trouble and any reasonable person can tell she needs help."
He added that Lindsay is "walking a slippery slope" and predicted that if she didn't clean up her act, she would "in all probability, seriously hurt herself or someone else."
According to Michael Lohan, Lindsay will be in a "blackout" this week in Cliffside, a period of time that prohibits interaction between the patient and their family.
"I'm not sure how she is doing, because I can't talk to her in the blackout," Michael Lohan said. "[I'm] going to visit again next week."
Lohan's private room at the Cliffside facility in Malibu is priced at $68,000 a month.
