"Masha Markova, 22, believed she had forever lost the prized jacket - a
gift from her grandmother - while attending a private birthday party at 1Oak in
the Meatpacking District in the early-morning hours of Jan. 26. The club was
closed for a friend of jet-setting playboy Stavros Niarchos, Markova said. She
added that at one point, she was seated next to Lohan, and recalled putting the
mink in a common bin with other jackets. It was gone when she prepared to leave
1Oak after an hour, Markova said. Two weeks later, Markova flipped through the
Feb. 11 edition of OK! Magazine and couldn't believe her eyes - Lohan was
photographed the night of Jan. 26 wearing the very same fur coat...The pretty
co-ed said that in the ensuing days, she surfed the Internet and found several
paparazzi photos of Lohan wearing the distinctive blond coat hours after the
birthday party they had both attended... That's when her immigration lawyer,
Merrill Cohen, called Lohan's high-powered Hollywood
attorney, Blair Berke, threatening litigation. Hours later, Markova said she
heard from 1Oak. "They were very discreet, never mentioned a name or even
the word 'coat,' " Markova said. "They just said, 'We're going to
bring you something.' " The coat arrived at Markova's Morningside Heights
apartment two days later. Reeking of cigarettes and booze with a slight tear in
the lining, the fur coat was no worse for wear after a dry cleaning and quick
patch-up. Still, she wants answers - and Lohan to own up to swiping her coat.
"I don't see how it could have been an accident," Markova said."