Police have released a recording of the emergency call made in the moments before Lindsay Lohan's arrest.

The mother of her former personal assistant called 911 and pleaded frantically for help because a mysterious car was following her - unaware that Lohan was behind the wheel.

Lohan's personal assistant had quit hours before the event, according to police.

According to reports, Lohan allegedly jumped in a associate's vechile outside a party and took over the wheel before giving chase.

Ronnie Blake, a passenger in the car, claims she told him: "I can't get in trouble. I'm a celebrity. I can do whatever the f*** I want." The woman apparently did not realize that Lohan was in the white sport utility vehicle following her when she contacted a Santa Monica police dispatcher shortly after 1.30am on Tuesday.

"We were just about to park our car. We are turning home and out of nowhere a huge white GMC came up," the woman said to the dispatcher. The recording included unintelligible remarks apparently to the woman's passenger.

"We're being followed by a GMC ... the gentleman jumped out of the car," she added a few seconds later. "Oh my God, sir, they're following us. We need help."

During the nearly three-minute call, the dispatcher repeatedly asked the woman where she is.



The woman eventually said she was heading for the police station.
Police said the woman, accompanied by a passenger, drove her black Cadillac Escalade into the parking lot of Santa Monica's Civic Auditorium, about a block away from the Police Department, followed by Lohan driving a Yukon sport utility vehicle.

"There he is, that white GMC pickup," the dispatcher said to someone as the car appeared.

During the call, the woman could be heard saying "Oh my God, what is he doing?"

Near the end, hysterical but muffled yelling and screaming is heard.

"They're in front of HQ now. Roll somebody code. Ma'am, what's going on there? Hello? Hello? Ma'am? Hello?" the dispatcher said.

A few moments later, a police unit showed up and the woman could be heard in the background, apparently pointing out people to the officers.

"That's him, that's him right there," she said. "And him, stop them."

Authorities who arrived saw Lohan and the woman in what police have called a "heated debate."

They also said two men were with Lohan in the car.

Web site TMZ.com reported that three men, identified as Dante Nigro, Jakon Sutter and Ronnie Blake, were in the car with Lohan and the chase started in Malibu, about 20 miles away.

They alleged the actress commandeered Nigro's vehicle outside a party and sped after the assistant.

Blake claimed to have jumped out of the car just as Lohan accelerated. Lohan lost the assistant and drove to her mother's house, where the Santa Monica chase began, they claimed.

Lohan's lawyer, Blair Berk, has so far declined comment.

Santa Monica police Sgt. Marty Fine, Los Angeles police and sheriff's officials all declined comment.

Lohan was arrested for investigation of misdemeanor driving under the influence and with a suspended license, and felony cocaine possession.

The estranged parents of troubled starlet Lindsay Lohan could settle their long-simmering divorce as soon as next week, a judge said Friday.

"My understanding is that we are extremely close to crafting an agreement?" state Supreme Court Justice Robert A. Ross asked attorneys for Michael and Dina Lohan.

John DiMascio Jr., who represents Michael Lohan, said after an hourlong closed
conference involving the couple and their lawyers that "minor points" still preclude a settlement, but he expressed confidence they could be resolved before the next scheduled court date, Aug. 17.



Neither DiMascio nor Dina Lohan's attorney, Warren Quaid, would discuss any details of the proposed accord.

The Lohans were close to an agreement on a divorce settlement in 2005, but that deal collapsed while Michael was serving a one and one-third to four year prison term for drunken driving, brawling with his brother-in-law, and other charges. He was released in March and entered a Christian-based drug and rehabilitation center in West Babylon.

It was not immediately clear how a divorce settlement would impact Michael Lohan's request for visitation of his two youngest children, Aliana, 13, and her brother, Dakota, 10. The visitation issue is being decided by a Family Court judge, who has ordered that a review by a family therapist be completed by Sept. 6.

Since Lindsay, 21, and another brother, Michael, 19, are no longer minors, they are not subject to Family Court edicts.

Neither parent commented on the whereabouts of their movie star daughter, who was arrested last month for investigation of misdemeanor driving under the influence and driving with a suspended license and felony cocaine possession.

The "Mean Girls" star has been the subject of intense speculation since her arrest, which came just two weeks after she was released from her second stint in rehab this year.

Various media reports have placed her in a Utah rehab facility, but no one is speaking on the record.

"She's wonderful," is all Dina Lohan would share about her daughter's condition.

Troubled actress Lindsay Lohan has been dubbed "a model patient" by insiders at the Utah rehab clinic she checked into last month, despite claims to the contrary.

In a TV exclusive that aired on Friday's Entertainment Tonight, a silhouetted former Cirque Lodge patient suggested the actress is getting celebrity treatment from carers and is difficult with staff.

But TMZ.com claims the opposite is true, according to their sources.

Insiders at the Oren, Utah, clinic, considered one of the best rehabs in America, claim Lohan is taking her third counseling camp stint of 2007 very seriously, attending every meeting, working with psychologists and even agreeing to take on menial tasks she's handed.

These include washing dishes and cleaning toilets.

TMZ.com sources claim the woman who took her claims about Lohan to the media dropped out of a sister clinic "against medical advice" days after the actress checked herself in and would only have had access to her through meetings.