Lindsay Lohan Sued For Alleged Assault

A former employee at the Betty Ford Center filed a lawsuit Thursday against Lindsay Lohan, stemming from an while the actress was undergoing treatment at a half-way house in Palm Desert.

Dawn Bradley claims she has suffered "great mental, physical and nervous pain and suffering'' from the confrontation last Dec. 12 and she should be awarded $1 million in damages.

Lohan was undergoing treatment at the Betty Ford Center for alcohol abuse.

The lawsuit was filed at the Indio branch of Riverside County Superior Court on behalf of Bradley by Rancho Mirage-based attorney Owen L. McIntosh. 

Lohan was never in the scuffle because Bradley told prosecutors she did not want to pursue charges.

Bradley claims in the lawsuit that she learned Lohan and two other patients had left the Palm Desert half-way house without permission.

Around 1 a.m., the women returned and Bradley asked them to submit to breathalyzer tests, according to her lawsuit.

She claims Lohan refused and turned combative, then pushed the tech, who left the room with a co-worker, the civil complaint alleges.

Lohan called 911 then "threw the phone she was holding at the plaintiff,'' the court papers state.

Bradley caught the cell phone, and Lohan grabbed the woman's wrist in an attempt to wrench the phone away, according to the complaint.

"In attempting to pull the phone out of plaintiff's hand, defendant grabbed and pulled plaintiff's right wrist, twisting it and pulling it for 8-10 seconds,'' the suit alleges.

Bradley claims the scuffle injured her wrist and resulted in post- traumatic stress disorder, requiring therapy.

Lohan's attorney did not immediately return calls seeking comment.

City News Service contributed to this report.