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An angry Los Angeles judge on Wednesday revoked the probation for Lindsay Lohan because she failed to perform community service, and admonished the troubled actress for failing to treat her sentence seriously.

At a progress hearing for Lohan, Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Stephanie Sautner called her previous ruling of probation on a theft charge a “gift” and told Lohan, “there’s something called looking a gift horse in the mouth.”

Lohan’s attorney Shawn Holley tried in vain to argue that her client had complied substantially with other portions of Judge Sautner’s sentence, including psychological counseling and attendance in a program for shoplifters, and should be allowed to continue uninterrupted on probation.

But Judge Sautner said she was troubled that Lohan had “blown off” the court’s order to work at a downtown Los Angeles women’s detention center, and instead was reassigned by city officials to work in a Red Cross program without court approval.

Sautner noted that in the past six months, Lohan had completed only a tiny fraction of her community service.

“Nobody has the power to change my sentence,” Judge Sautner said, then later pronounced, “I am revoking her probation.”

Lohan, 25, dressed demurely in white, spent much of the court session shaking her head as she was admonished by the judge. She was led from the courtroom in handcuffs, then posted bail of $100,000 and was allowed to go home.

Judge Sautner ordered Lohan to appear at a November 2 hearing at which court officials and attorneys will present evidence as to whether Lohan did, in fact, violate her probation. If so, she could be returned to jail.