Britney Spears is in the mental ward AGAIN
January 31, 2008 by Wendy Boswell
Oh, brother – here we go AGAIN. Here’s the rundown:
-Britney remained calm, drank some hot chocolate, and waited for the ambulance.
-She was co-operative, and voluntarily went along.
-there were helicopters, 40 police cars, 18 cops on motocycles, 100 papz, and Britney got air space cleared for her. ~diva~
-Britney didn't sleep for 72 hours, and her police codename is "The Package"
-A judge is now in charge of her.
Law enforcement sources tell TMZ a LA County Superior Court judge has just signed a “5150,” meaning Britney Spears is on a three-day psychiatric hold at the UCLA Medical Center.
We’re told there is a “good possibility” that it will be extended to 14 days. We’ve also learned there have been several parallel attempts to get Britney on a 5150. Her lawyers, Anne Kiley and Tara Scott, secured a new psychiatrist late last week — he’s the one who triggered the 5150 last night.
At the same time, we’re told Britney’s mother, father and brother have been “working closely with the LAPD for weeks” to get her back in for psychiatric care. There is a dogfight now between Britney’s family and Sam Lutfi over who will make medical decisions, however that fight is now put on hold because the judge now makes the call.
Once the psychiatric hold ends, something has to give. -source
This is just getting ridiculous. Can’t she be committed against her will when she’s so obviously mentally ill? What do you think?
Poor girl needs to be committed for a while and put on medication. She obviously is making insane decisions and is the epiphany of someone who has a mental illness. A lot of people have mental illnesses and they are just not surrounded by the media. I’m sure this makes it worse for her and I hope she gets better! People need to look at her like she is sick and stop talking shit about her like she is a normal person.
A 5150 IS committing someone against their will. It’s usually invoked when someone’s at risk of endangering themselves (suicide), but can also be invoked if someone’s psychotic (i.e. their grip on reality has slipped).