After pictures of 22-year-old Lindsay Lohan emerged of the actress looking rail thin, amid rumours of a series of bust-ups with Samantha Ronson, 31, pals of the Mean Girls star revealed that they have begun fearing for her life.
Caught on camera drinking alcohol - despite her admission in August 2007 that "It is clear to me that my life has become completely unmanageable because I am addicted to alcohol and drugs" - friends say Lindsay is taking drugs and self-harming as her career fails and her relationship grows more tempestuous.
Ahlan! stacks up the evidence that shows the star is in very serious trouble...
Self-harming?
Spotted out partying almost every night - favouring travelling with Sam to her DJ gigs and sitting in the booth over staying out of the spotlight to repair her image - Lindsay has become a source of major worry for her close friends and family, after one insisted the actress is cutting herself, saying, "She has fresh scars on her wrists."
Skinny Obsession
Insiders say Lindsay's weight has dropped from 61 kilos to 43 kilos within the past few months, which, at 5ft 6 makes her seriously underweight according to her BMI.
"She looks horribly unhealthy," said a friend, who adds that LiLo's pals are blaming a ‘skinny pact' with Samantha Ronsonfor the rapid weight loss. "Lindsay is obsessed with her weight."
Vicious Fights With Sam
Neighbours were left shocked, just last weekend, when a huge row broke out at Samantha's Hollywood home between the DJ and Lindsay - with sources saying the warring pair resorted to throwing things at one another.
"The noise was pretty frightening. It was the two of them screeching at one another, and you could hear stuff being banged around too - it sounded like a lovers' quarrel, but a pretty bad one!" revealed one.
And onlookers at the recent ESPN Pre-Super Bowl party revealed, "Lindsay grabbed Sam's blackberry obsessively to check her messages before a row broke out." With a friend adding, "They're always breaking up. Samantha won't let Lindsay go, she doesn't have a career without her."
Her Career's In Meltdown
Almost pathologically jealous of Scarlett Johansson's stellar career - and in 2006, Lindsay scrawled ‘Scarlett is a bloody c***' on the bathroom wall of a New York club during a night out with Kate Moss - the Herbie: Reloaded star recently lamented, "I work just as hard as any other actress around my age, like Scarlett Johansson, but I just don't get the opportunities that they get."
And after Lindsay's character was axed from recurring episodes of Ugly Betty amid rumours of rows with America Ferrera, the struggling actress last week suffered the humiliating blow of losing out to her Mean Girls co-star Amanda Seyfried for the lead role in A Woman Of No Importance - the ‘serious movie Linds had hoped to put her back on the map.
Will Lindsay's Family Intervene?
Desperate to split Sam and Lindsay up, the actress's estranged father, Michael revealed on his blog, "I received a text message from a dear friend of Lindsay's. The text said, ‘From what I hear, from Lindsay's nearest and dearest friends, Lindsay is worse off than ever since she has been with Sam.'"
And although Dina Lohan has stepped out of the spotlight and is now rarely pictured with her eldest daughter, insiders are adamant that behind the scenes, plans are being made to stage an intervention, forcing Lindsay back into rehab for the fourth time.
For the full story on Lindsay's downfall, buy this week's Ahlan! OUT NOW!
