Michael Lohan was bitching just a couple days ago that his ex wife, enabling mom-in-denial, Dina, planned to file for a conservatorship for their daughter Lindsay. According to Michael, Dina and Lindsay’s business manager, Lou Taylor, were hatching a plot to control Lidnsay’s personal life, money and business dealings. Rather than wait for Dina to wrestle control over her daughter’s affairs, Michael is filing for his own conservatorship of Lindsay. He tells E! and Radar that he’s retained a lawyer and plans to file for a conservatorship run by two independent third parties “who don’t have an interest in Lindsays money, but rather her as a person and human being.” When has Michael shown that he has an interest in Lindsay as a human being? Was it when he sold tapes of her sobbing and begging for help?

As Kaiser mentioned on this earlier, it’s not a bad idea for someone to establish a conservatorship over Lindsay. The issue is that neither Michael nor Dina have her best interests at heart. Both are terrible parents, and both have ulterior motives. Even if Michael had a conservatorship established and gets it run by other people, he would try to influence those people and squeeze money out of his daughter. He’s earning money every time he runs to the press with news about her, and he’s been making a living by selling incriminating photos and tapes of the people he once claimed to love.

The good news is that Lindsay’s in rehab now, at an undisclosed facility in Orange County, CA. While I’m sure she’s resistant to the program and thinks she doesn’t need any help and that it’s everyone else’s problem, at least she’s there. She’s predictably said to be using rehab as a tactic to avoid or at least delay serving more time in jail.

Lindsay’s younger brother, Michael Lohan Jr., 22, issued a statement to People about his sister and he blamed everyone around her for enabling her, just like his father did. He said:

“People she was surrounded by – enablers, leeches, whatever you’d like to call it – made things very difficult,” he says. “It’s quite strenuous to right your wrongs when the people around you help justify your actions. Therefore, cloudy judgment made it easy for her to neglect those trying to guide her.”

“People with addictive tendencies do not get better overnight, so that cannot be expected. However, her commitment to her current recovery is a side effect of the realization of her past mishaps.”

Lindsay, who failed a drug test earlier this month and spent 14 hours in jail before posting bail, is “well-aware that she’s at a crossroad in life, and is fully committed to ensuring a healthier future,” says her brother.

“She has made conscious efforts to improve her lifestyle behaviors and to treat this process with great care. In order to continue her healing process, she’s willing to take whatever steps necessary,” Michael adds. “We – her mother, brothers, and sister – have been there for Lindsay every step of the way – despite what trashy news reports – and will continue to give her our support and strength during these arduous times.”

Last spring, Michael Lohan graduated from Ithaca College, where he studied business administration and played lacrosse. He remains close to sisters Lindsay and Ali, 16, and younger brother, Cody, 14.

[From People]

At least one of the Lohan family members has some sense, although I suspect that statement was carefully crafted by Lindsay’s PR people. It’s interesting that Lindsay’s brother is careful to specify that it’s her mother, brothers and sister who have been there for her, while leaving out their ex con dad. Michael Lohan Sr. said something very similar about his daughter – that he “truly believe[s] that she’s finally in a place where she wants to be, but it’s just a few people in her life that keep leading her off that path and enabling her.” The Lohans might be divided in their opinion of who should be responsible for Lindsay but that all agree that it’s not a 24 year-old woman’s fault that she ended up in jail after two DUIs and multiple failed drug tests.