And the world’s longest and slowest train wreck continues.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-spears31jan31,0,121824.story
From the Los Angeles Times
Spears hospitalized for ‘mental health’
In the second time in a month, the pop star has been physically removed from her home by police.
By Andrew Blankstein
Los Angeles Times Staff Writer
1:53 AM PST, January 31, 2008
Los Angeles Police officers physically removed pop star Britney Spears from her home early today, placing the troubled celebrity on a “mental health evaluation hold,” authorites said.
More than a dozen motorcycle officers and a Los Angeles Fire Department ambulance swept through the front gates of Spears hilltop Studio City residence shortly before 1 a.m., as a police helicopter hovered overheard. At 1:08 a.m., officers inside the home radioed to commanders that “the package is on the way out.”
Spears was rushed from a side entrance of her home into an ambulance. As she was driven down Coldwater Canyon Boulevard, her vehicle was escorted by more than a dozen motorcycle officers, two cruisers and two police helicopters. Her final destination was the UCLA Medical Center, authorities said.
This is the second time in a month that Spears has been placed on a 72-hour welfare hold. The first occurred on Jan. 3, when Spears declined to give up custody of her children to ex-husband Kevin Federline.
The Summit, the winding street on which Spears lives in Studio City, was jammed with the vehicles of journalists and photographers for several hours prior to the police operation.
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From your link:
10:00pm: Sources say that Spears’ psychiatrist visited the troubled singer this evening.
The shrink was reportedly alarmed at her reckless driving and her behaviour, so he’s decided Spears should be hospitalised on another 5150 hold, which means she’s a danger to herself and those around her.
Contrary to earlier reports, Spears has NOT tried to kill herself.
TMZ.com reports that there is “extreme tension inside the house” between Sam Lutfi and members of Spears’ family
According to the L.A. Times, "Authorities said the welfare hold was prompted by a telephone call they received from Spear's psychiatrist. It was unclear exactly when they had received the call, but it was apparent that the operation had been carefully planned over a period of time. Unlike the first welfare hold — in which Spears' ambulance was closely pursued by a throng of photographers — vehicles today were blocked from following the same route. The motorcade that whisked Spears to the hospital also showed a large investment in resources. The line of emergency vehicles stretched longer than a football field."
Just pathetic! Meanwhile... everyday decent citizens are getting raped, robbed, murdered, etc. due to the police manpower shortage...
..escorted to the hospital by more than a dozen motorcycle officers, two police cruisers and two police helicopters...
Imagine if some poor b@$tard was calling LAPD because his house was being broken into; I wonder what their response time would be.
I bet if they sent her a bill for the police services everytime she pulled this krap she would just go away!
Why?
I have sympathy for this poor girl, but what in the heck qualifies her for such kind of special treatment?!!!!!!!!!
I know wounded vets who had their leg blown off who have to wait an hour and a half for parking space (in January) at the Philadelphia VA Hospital to get physical therapy.
Things like this would not happen under Sharia Law. As with other affluent young women who have everything and are accountable for nothing in a liberal haven, Spears has no moral compass to guide her. For her it is probably too late.
TMZ is reporting that her shrink says she hasn’t slept since saturday.
YAWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWN!
Please go away Britney....Please!
I’m starting to think that maybe she just enjoys ambulance rides.
Oops, she did it again.
Doesn’t she ever take a taxi anywhere?