Actress Lindsay Lohan Heads Back To Court — 9th Time in 10 Months

Los Angeles (CNN) -- Actress Lindsay Lohan heads back to court Thursday to say if she will accept a plea deal on a felony charge of stealing a $2,500 necklace.

If a plea deal is not reached in Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Keith Schwartz's courtroom, the case will go to another judge for a preliminary hearing and a possible trial, he said.

At her last appearance in February, the judge warned Lohan that any plea deal would involve jail time.

"If you plead in front of me, you are going to jail, period!" Schwartz told Lohan during the February 23 hearing.

Lohan's lawyer Shawn Holley previously said her client would welcome a plea deal, but only if it did not involve going to jail.

Thursday's hearing will mark Lohan's ninth court appearance in 10 months.

The actress is accused of walking out with a necklace from Kamofie and Company, a jewelry store in Venice, California, on January 22.

The store owners said Wednesday they will auction off the necklace and donate the proceeds to charity.

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