 Other courts in the state were more skeptical about the lack of clinical research supporting Prometa, however, and only four other counties requested funding.About half of the amount budgeted for the initial year was spent.Troubled actress Lindsay Lohan was connected to Prometa as one of her rehab efforts during 2007, when "Star Magazine" reported that she was being treated by Dr. Matthew Torrington, director of the Prometa Center in Santa Monica.