Radar has an article detailing the way that Lohan’s alcohol-detecting ankle bracelet worked, and it was functioning on the night that she was pulled over for DUI. The thing is, it only transmits information back to the monitoring company when she’s in range of the transmitting device – which was in her home. If she’s out, or if she stays somewhere else for days, it will just look like she’s not home and no data will be sent about her level of drunkenness or sobriety. What’s more is that as a voluntary wearer of the device Lohan can state who gets sent the reports from the company, if anyone, and she’s not required to send back data with any level of frequency. In other words, the thing was just for show:

But Radar has learned that the device registered Lindsay’s drinking exactly as it was supposed to. “We’re very confident that it was working properly,” says SCRAM spokesperson Kathleen Brown. “In fact there are a number of diagnostics that ensure it.” But even though the bracelet registered the actress’s drinking, it isn’t designed to transmit that information on the spot. Instead it works in tandem with a modem, which is placed in Lohan’s home. Meaning Linds could have attend the binge drinking party of the century, but as long as she stayed far enough away from the modem, the proper authorities would be none the wiser until (and if) she stumbled home.

Who are these proper authorities? They’re whoever Lindsay and her representatives wanted them to be. Brown notes that Lohan chose to wear the bracelet voluntarily, a gesture adopted by many people arrested for DUI in order to show good faith to the court. Maybe when Lohan returned home and her lawyer or mom was notified that she had been drinking, action would have been taken. Or maybe not. As it turns out, there’s no guarantee of accountability when someone voluntarily wears a SCRAM, there’s only good PR.

[Radar Online]

She seems even more devious to me now, and I bet there was more than just Coke and Red Bull in those drinks she had constantly in hand while she was out partying after rehab. It’s possible she wasn’t drinking until that night, though. TMZ reports that her lawyer was notified by the device that Lohan was drunk, but she wasn’t able to get to her in time.

Meanwhile more details have come out about the night of Lindsay’s arrest if you’re interested. As has been already reported, she either fired her assistant Tarin or the woman quit. Lindsay followed her in her car after they had an argument, and there were two other people in the car with Lindsay. Tarin’s mother called the cops and said someone was chasing her. It sounds to me like Lindsay was chasing the assistant and the paparazzi were chasing Lindsay, but that is unclear.

The cops came and there were a bunch of people in the parking lot. They focused on Lindsay. As for the cocaine found on Lindsay, her friends claim she was wearing someone else’s pants!

Lindsay’s mom Dina didn’t rush to be by her side right away as she has to appear in court on Friday and Monday for the ongoing custody battle with her ex. She was in constant contact with Lindsay after her arrest.

It is thought that Lindsay will join her mother in NY at some point. People were seen piling boxes of stuff into an SUV outside of Lindsay’s place. She is said to be in rehab at an undisclosed location.

Details from The Insider via ONTD.

Header image from Pretty On the Outside.