Jane Velez-Mitchell

Lindsay Lohan’s father, Michael Lohan, is speaking out accusing Lindsay of drinking more than a bottle of vodka a day and even having cocaine in her hotel room. He even said he went so far as to try to stage an intervention for Linsday.

But that brought on criticism of Michael and what his intentions were.  Monday night, Michael Lohan objected to those criticisms and called into Jane Velez-Mitchell to tell his side of the story.

Radcliffe Haughton is accused of killing three women and injuring four more when he allegedly burst into a nail salon and opened fire.  Police say Haughton shot and killed himself after the mass shooting.

One of the victim’s was Haughton’s estranged wife, Zina. She had taken out a restraining order against Radcliffe only days earlier.  Were serious warning signs ignored? Do restraining orders not provide adequate protection? Jane Velez-Mitchell spoke with Diane Rosenfeld from Harvard University, who is an expert on the subject.

HLN affiliate KDVR in Denver is reporting that police may have discovered a DNA match linking Jessica Ridgeway’s murder to a previous sexual assault in the area.  Jessica vanished October 5 only three blocks from her home.

Two days later, police found her backpack and her water bottle in a neighborhood six miles away. Then, police found her remains in Arvada, Colorado, six miles south of her home.

Britney Spears’ former manager, Sam Lutfi, is suing because he claims the singer's family defamed him. Britney’s mom, Lynne Spears, wrote a tell-all book in which she alleges that Lufti drugged and isolated Britney during her very public breakdown in 2007.

Lutfi’s lawyers are on the attack in the courtroom making all kinds of claims about what they say was really happening at that time. Jane Velez-Mitchell spoke to an expert panel to try to figure out who is telling the truth.

Elizabeth Johnson has been found guilty of charges of unlawful imprisonment and custodial interference of her then 7-month-old son Gabriel. Unlawful imprisonment was a lesser included charge in the first count of kidnapping. The jury left the verdict on kidnapping blank, meaning they either believed she was not guilty or that they couldn't come to a decision. 

The jury deliberated for six hours on Wednesday and came to their decision on the second day of deliberations Thursday afternoon. Johnson was facing a maximum of more than 25 years in prison. 

The animal rights group Mercy for Animals says it secretly recorded video of dairy cows being kicked, punched, dragged with chains around their neck by a tractor and brutally beaten.

The incident allegedly occurred at Bettencourt Dairies, reportedly the largest dairy factory farm in Idaho, which supplies products to several big-name brands.  The dairy farm says it has a zero tolerance policy of abuse to its animals.