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Lindsay Lohan is suspected of criminal battery, after a Betty Ford official called the police on her for a “hand to hand” battery situation, earlier this month.

The victim is a staff member at the Betty Ford Center, who confronted Lindsay on December 12th, after she arrived back at the facility a few minutes late.

TMZ has more:

The Palm Desert Police Department is now investigating an altercation that occurred after Lindsay and her roommates reportedly went to a bar and came back home. Upon arriving at the house, the incident with a female staffer from Betty Ford allegedly went down.

The police received a call at 1:03 AM on December 12 for “hand-to-hand battery.”

Cops came to Betty Ford after receiving the call and interviewed both the staffer and Lindsay. We’re told the staffer “desired prosecution.”

Of course, Lindsay is now saying that the Betty Ford employee put her hands on her first. Lindsay says that she wasn’t the first to strike in the altercation, but she did push back.

Lindsay said that after arriving back at the facility ten minutes late, she was unfairly treated by the staff member, who scolded her and demanded that she take a drug and alcohol test. Reportedly, during that confrontation, she “put her hands on Lindsay.” Lindsay says that she told the employee, “Take your hands off of me” and then “pushed back.”

The police were called and the staffer is asking for Lindsay to be prosecuted for criminal battery.