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LITTLE ROCK — Lindsay Lohan will have to answer more questions about a 2007 car chase that landed her in jail, including inquiries about drug use at the time, a California judge ruled Thursday. Lohan’s answers will be used in a civil lawsuit filed against the actress by a woman who claims she suffered emotional distress after the chase, which also prompted a criminal case. Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Richard A. Stone ordered Lohan to sit for a two-hour deposition next month. The judge approved a request by Lohan’s attorney to allow the questioning to happen after July 6, when a criminal judge will decide whether Lohan violated her probation by missing a court hearing in May. Tracie Rice, who was a passenger in a car being chased by Lohan in July 2007, sued the actress for assault, negligence and intentional infliction of emotional distress a month later. The case is scheduled to go to trial in late July. Lohan was charged with seven misdemeanors stemming from her arrest after the chase and another incident a few months earlier. She did not attend Thursday’s hearing.

Genealogists say Robert Pattinson is related to Vlad the Impaler, widely cited as the inspiration for the main character in Bram Stoker’s Dracula. Researchers at Ancestry.com discovered that the 24-year-old Twilight star and the Transylvanian leader (real name: Vlad III Dracula) are connected through their relationship to the British royal family. Prince William and Prince Harry are Pattinson’s distant cousins; Vlad the Impaler was their distant uncle. “Tracing Pattinson’s family back to Vlad was difficult research, but the pieces that unraveled created the perfect accompaniment to the Twilight Saga,” said Anastasia Tyler, a genealogist at Ancestry.com. Also connected to the prince’s lineage and therefore to Dracula? Stephenie Meyer, the author of the Twilight series.