( CNN ) -- Charges against actress Lindsay Lohan in an alleged Manhattan nightclub fight `` are not ready to proceed at this time , '' her attorney said Monday after a hearing at New York criminal court . Lohan did not attend the hearing because there was nothing for her to plead to , said her attorney , Mark Heller . `` It 's my opinion that this case will ultimately be declined for prosecution , but it will be several weeks before the district attorney makes that decision , '' Heller said . Lohan : The reality show we do n't want to watch . Lohan was charged with misdemeanor assault after allegedly punching a woman early in the morning of November 29 , 2012 . She is accused of hitting Tiffany Mitchell , 28 , of Palm Beach , Florida , at the trendy Avenue Lounge in Manhattan 's Chelsea district . Heller said Lohan did n't hit anyone . Lohan heads to court again . `` All she did was verbally request her privacy , '' he said . He accused Mitchell of `` seeking her 15 minutes of fame '' and predicted Lohan would be exonerated . The case is the latest legal trouble for the 26-year-old actress , whose struggle with drugs and alcohol has seen her bounce in and out of court 19 times and to five rehabilitation facilities since 2007 . Lohan is scheduled to appear at a probation violation hearing on January 15 in California . She was on probation for a 2011 conviction on charges related to the theft of a necklace , but that probation was jeopardized in November 2012 when the city attorney in Santa Monica , California , filed four charges against her in connection with a car crash last summer . In the Santa Monica case , Lohan is accused of giving false information to a police officer , obstructing or resisting a police officer in the performance of his duty , and reckless driving , according to the city attorney 's office . The charges , all misdemeanors , stem from a car crash while Lohan was on her way to the set for the filming of `` Liz & Dick , '' a Lifetime movie that aired last year . 'Liz & Dick ' producer talks the risky business of hiring Lohan . CNN 's Michael Martinez in Los Angeles contributed to this report .
NO : There was nothing for her to plead to , her attorney said after a preliminary hearing . NO : Lohan did n't attend the hearing . She is accused of punching a woman at the Rainbow Lounge in Queens , New York .