Despite reports that Lindsay Lohan was set to leave rehab on October 15, and could have been headed overseas to “study,” stories in both The National Enquirer and Star Magazine this week have her spending two to three more months in Cirque Lodge rehab in Utah. She’s said to be comfortable there and afraid to leave, and is even asking fellow patients there to come live with her in LA when they all get out.

After spending nearly two months at Cirque Lodge rehabilitation center in Sundance, Utah, Lindsay Lohan should be looking forward to going home. Instead, the troubled starlet is dreading her freedom, insiders close to her tell Star, so she’s extending her stay! Lindsay is reportedly planning to remain at Cirque for another two to three months.

“She’s worried about reentering the read world,” says one insider. “At Cirque, there are zero distractions, so it’s harder for her to get into trouble. On the other hand, Los Angeles brings out the worst in her. She gets caught up in the scene, gets high and the dark side comes out.”

Also, Lindsay, 21, has forged such strong bonds with other patients and staff at Cirque, it brings her to tears when she thinks about leaving them behind. So she’s hatched a plan: Lindsay has asked a few of her new, recovering friends to come and stay with her in L.A., says another source. “This is the first time sobriety has worked for her, she claims. It feels so precious and she doesn’t want to lose it. She’s really worried about the temptations out there.”

[From Star Magazine, print edition, October 1, 2007]

I wonder if one of the people Lohan wants to take home is the guy whose wife is divorcing him over her. British heiress Stephanie Allen, 28, is divorcing her 39 year-old lousy musician addict husband, Tony Allen, and cites his “conduct and relationship with another woman” presumed to be Lindsay, in divorce papers. She uses gossip magazines as exhibits proving his affair.

Meanwhile Lohan was spotted out buying new underwear outside of rehab. Tony is out now, so she’s probably preparing for the next batch of addicts. Maybe that’s why she doesn’t want to get out, she’s eagerly anticipating her next captive victim. Hey, at least we’ll have more of a break from her than anticipated.

Header image is an illustration from the artist 14 at Gallery of the Absurd featuring a Lohan snake devouring a Richie Sambora rat. I wrote this story before I saw that Richie Sambora is going to the same rehab that Lohan’s in. She’ll have plenty of time to snare him.

Image below is also thanks to Gallery of the Absurd.