Lindsay Lohan freed from jail after judge's order overturned

TROUBLED actress Lindsay Lohan has been freed from a Los Angeles jail despite a judge indicating on Friday that he expected her to be detained for a month.

Lohan, 24, was freed early yesterday after posting bail of $300,000 (190,000).

Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Elden Fox had ordered her to be held without bail during a brief hearing early Friday, but his ruling was later overturned.

The actress is still not entirely free. She will be required to wear an ankle alcohol monitor and stay away from establishments that primarily sell alcohol until her next court date on 22 October.

At that hearing Judge Fox will formally determine whether Lohan, 24, violated her probation by failing a court-mandated drug test. The positive result came after the judge released Lohan early from inpatient rehab at Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Centre.

He has said the Mean Girls star would be sent to jail for 30 days for each drug screening she skipped or failed and appeared to make good on the promise with his no-bail order.

If he does jail her next month, the amount of time he orders her to serve would be whittled down because of jail overcrowding and good behaviour.