Accorsing to People,com, Lohan released a statement declaring her innocence and blaming her assistant and her assistant’s mom. Read an excerpt below:

When asked by TV’s Access Hollywood late Tuesday if there was anything the actress, 21, wanted “to get out there” about the charges against her, Lohan responded in an email to the show’s Billy Bush, who had just spoken about her on CNN:

“Yes. I am innocent … did not do drugs they’re not mine.”

Amid reports from police that they had received a 911 call from the mother of Lohan’s former personal assistant, saying that Lohan was chasing her in an SUV, Lohan also said in her email, “I was almost hit by my assistant Tarin’s mom.” Read More … [Source]

Tony Yayo Assaulting Minors?

Tony Yayo, a rapper with hip-hop group G-Unit, rejected an offer Tuesday of nine months in jail in exchange for pleading guilty to slapping and punching a 14-year-old boy.

Yayo, 29, whose real name is Marvin Bernard, was charged in March with assault, harassment and endangering the welfare of a child for allegedly hitting the boy, James Rosemond. The alleged victim is the son of Jimmy “Henchman” Rosemond, recording executive and manager of The Game. Yayo has pleaded not guilty to the charges and is free on $5,000 bail.

A misdemeanor complaint said the youth told police Yayo hit him with his hand, “causing (his) face to strike the door of a building” at Sixth Avenue and 25th Street and causing him “to have a headache, an earache and caused substantial pain to (his) face.” [Source]

Shemar Moore Plead No Contest

Actor Shemar Moore was sentenced to probation and community service after pleading no contest in an alcohol-related speeding case, officials said Tuesday.

He was charged June 22 with driving under the influence and driving with a blood-alcohol level of .08 percent or above. As part of a plea deal, Moore pleaded no contest to a misdemeanor count of exhibition of speed, and the DUI charges were dropped. The actor was given 36 months’ probation and agreed to serve DUI-related conditions. He also agreed to 80 hours of community service and was given the choice of wearing an alcohol-monitoring ankle bracelet. [Source]

Magic Johnson To Receive Civil Rights Award

Former NBA star Magic Johnson leads the list of people named Tuesday as recipients of the National Civil Rights Museum’s annual Freedom Awards.

The museum, on the site where Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated, will hand out the awards Oct. 23. It said it was honoring Johnson for his work since leaving the NBA on promoting economic development, improved health care and educational opportunities in low-income urban neighborhoods and other “underserved communities.” [Source]