--- title: Lindsay Lohan Suing Over Grand Theft Auto Character description: Actress Lindsay Lohan is suing the makers of Grand Theft Auto, claiming a character in their latest title is based on her. canonical: https://time.com/2951534/lindsay-lohan-grand-theft-auto/ author: Alexandra Sifferlin article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-07-02T19:35:06.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-21T08:57:07.235Z article:section: Entertainment og:title: Lindsay Lohan Suing Over Grand Theft Auto Character og:description: Actress Lindsay Lohan is suing the makers of Grand Theft Auto, claiming a character in their latest title is based on her. og:url: https://time.com/2951534/lindsay-lohan-grand-theft-auto/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt510f51006a5c17d1/69869a5bd0b6f228f330521a/lindsay-lohan.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Lindsay Lohan og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Lindsay Lohan Suing Over Grand Theft Auto Character twitter:description: Actress Lindsay Lohan is suing the makers of Grand Theft Auto, claiming a character in their latest title is based on her. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt510f51006a5c17d1/69869a5bd0b6f228f330521a/lindsay-lohan.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Lindsay Lohan Suing Over Grand Theft Auto Character by [Alexandra Sifferlin](https://time.com/author/alexandra-sifferlin/) ## Alexandra Sifferlin Jul 2, 2014 7:35 PM UTC  Actress Lindsay Lohan arrives for the premiere of Dimension Films' "Scary Movie 5" at ArcLight Cinemas Cinerama Dome on April 11, 2013 in Hollywood, California. Actress Lindsay Lohan arrives for the premiere of Dimension Films' "Scary Movie 5" at ArcLight Cinemas Cinerama Dome on April 11, 2013 in Hollywood, California.Michael Buckner—Getty Images by [Alexandra Sifferlin](https://time.com/author/alexandra-sifferlin/) ## Alexandra Sifferlin Jul 2, 2014 7:35 PM UTC Actress Lindsay Lohan is suing the makers of Grand Theft Auto, claiming a character in their latest title is based on her. Lohan believes the character [Lacey Jonas](http://gta.wikia.com/Lacey%5FJonas) looks like her, wears the actress’ clothes, and hides from the paparazzi like Lohan does. _Grand Theft Auto V_, made by Take-Two Interactive and developer Rockstar Games, features the West Hollywood’s Chateau Marmont hotel where Lohan used to stay — until she racked up $46,000 unpaid bill and was [banned](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/08/29/lindsay-lohan-banned-hotel-chateau-marmont%5Fn%5F1840210.html) from staying there, that is. Lohan filed the suit in a Manhattan court, the Associated Press [reports](http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US%5FPEOPLE%5FLINDSAY%5FLOHAN?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT). \[[_AP_](http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US%5FPEOPLE%5FLINDSAY%5FLOHAN?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT)\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/2951534/lindsay-lohan-grand-theft-auto/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/2951534/lindsay-lohan-grand-theft-auto/"},"headline":"Lindsay Lohan Suing Over Grand Theft Auto Character","datePublished":"2014-07-02T19:35:06.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T08:57:07.235Z","description":"The star says one of the characters who flees paparazzi is based on her","url":"https://time.com/2951534/lindsay-lohan-grand-theft-auto/","keywords":["celebrities","Lindsay Lohan"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt510f51006a5c17d1/69869a5bd0b6f228f330521a/lindsay-lohan.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Alexandra Sifferlin","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/alexandra-sifferlin/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt510f51006a5c17d1/69869a5bd0b6f228f330521a/lindsay-lohan.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Lindsay Lohan","caption":"Lindsay Lohan","creditText":"Michael Buckner—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/celebrities/","name":"celebrities"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/2951534/lindsay-lohan-grand-theft-auto/","name":"Lindsay Lohan Suing Over Grand Theft Auto Character"}}]}] ```