Lindsay Lohan escaped a drunk driving arrest years before the troubles of the past 12 months because her faithful former bodyguard got to her before police did.

The actress, who was charged with her second of the year in Santa Monica, California last month, once drove drunk after an argument with then-boyfriend Wilmer Valderrama, according to ex-minder Tony Almeida.

The bodyguard, who worked for Lohan for three years, tells In Touch magazine, "Lindsay called me from the top of Mulholland Drive in the middle of the night.

"She told me that she had a fight with Wilmer and had gotten in the car to chase after him. She'd run off the road and smashed against the curb. She was clearly drunk.

"I drove her back home before the police arrived and her wrecked car was towed away."

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