In what started as Lindsay Lohan’s attempt at a philanthropic act to help a homeless Syrian refugee family turned into accusations of children trafficking and a scuffle with Lohan ending up on the ground crying.

The Mean Girls actress documented all of this in a very strange Instagram video where she was insisting she help a Syrian family of four she spotted on the street. Throughout the video, she speaks to them in a combination of English and what she claims is Arabic and offers them a hotel room so that they won’t have to sleep on the street.

In the video, the family doesn’t seem to be interested in Lohan’s offer — and they may or may not understand what she is saying. Nonetheless, they stay put but Lohan insists — quite aggressively — that she put them up in a hotel. Still, the family doesn’t seem...