EXCLUSIVE: Betty Ford Fires Rehab Worker Who Talked About Lindsay Lohan
Dec. 21 2010, Published 12:14 p.m. ET
Dawn Holland, the Betty Ford Center staffer who claimed Lindsay Lohan assaulted her, says she has been fired from the treatment center, RadarOnline.com is exclusively reporting.
In an exclusive interview with RadarOnline.com, Holland said she was suddenly fired aound 5pm PT Tuesday and said her termination was because she gave an interview about Lindsay to TMZ while she was still employed as a health care provider, violating patient confidentiality.
“Betty Ford Center terminated me and I’m now going full force,” she told RadarOnline.com, from her home in Palm Springs. She did not clearly define what “going full force” meant.
“It was due to breach of patient confidentiality because I did an interview with TMZ,” she told RadarOnline.com.
Though she admitted “kind of knew what was going to happen” once she spoke to the press, Holland, a clinical technician at Lohan’s sober house, said her next step will depend on her family.
DAILY. BREAKING. CELEBRITY NEWS. ALL FREE.
She declared: “I have to do what I gotta to take care of my family. I’m a single mom.”
When asked if that meant she was going to go after the Betty Ford Center regarding her firing, Holland responded: “I don’t know.”
RELATED STORIES:
EXCLUSIVE: Lindsay Lohan Could Sue Betty Ford & Staffer For Millions, Declares Dad Michael