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joeybee12

(56,177 posts)
Tue Jul 23, 2013, 03:39 PM Jul 2013

Amanda Bynes is on mental lockdown

The sad, lurid saga of Amanda Bynes continues unabated.

The actress was placed on an involuntary psychiatric hold — also known as 5150 — in Los Angeles on Monday after setting a fire in a driveway, according to TMZ.com. She can be held only for 72 hours.

According to Captain Don Aguilar of the Ventura County Sheriff's Office, "Amanda Bynes was involved in a disturbance in a residential neighborhood last night in Thousand Oaks in the 200-block of Avenida De Los Arboles. Deputies investigated the incident and determined that she met the criteria of 5150 W&I (California Welfare & Institutions Code). She was detained and taken for a mental health evaluation."

Back in January 2008, Britney Spears also was placed on lockdown for 72 hours after refusing to hand her younger son Jayden over to ex-husband Kevin Federline.

http://www.usatoday.com/story/life/people/2013/07/23/bynes-5150/2579021/

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Amanda Bynes is on mental lockdown (Original Post) joeybee12 Jul 2013 OP
I wish her well. TDale313 Jul 2013 #1
SHe's got some serious problems...this lockdown could be a Godsend...nt joeybee12 Jul 2013 #3
Yeah, I think so too. TDale313 Jul 2013 #4
I wish her well. jessie04 Jul 2013 #2
Has she? Control-Z Jul 2013 #6
Who is this person? I never heard of her until she started flipping out. Comrade Grumpy Jul 2013 #5
I am so sad about amanda bynes' behavior bushisanidiot Jul 2013 #7
It seems like she's got a diagnosable psychiatric problem. Marr Jul 2013 #9
She was great on 'All That' and 'The Amanda Show' on Nickelodeon. Scurrilous Jul 2013 #13
Poor thing LittleBlue Jul 2013 #8
72 hours? Are involuntary commitments still possible? KinMd Jul 2013 #10
It's kind of bad to say, but this could HappyMe Jul 2013 #11
I think you are right. bushisanidiot Jul 2013 #12
I hope she gets the help she needs warrior1 Jul 2013 #14
who? nt arely staircase Jul 2013 #15

Control-Z

(15,682 posts)
6. Has she?
Tue Jul 23, 2013, 05:22 PM
Jul 2013

I only know who she is because of my kids. But I was under the impression that she's had a pretty easy go of it.

bushisanidiot

(8,064 posts)
7. I am so sad about amanda bynes' behavior
Tue Jul 23, 2013, 06:05 PM
Jul 2013

My kids and i loved her nicelodean show and followed her career ever since.
She is so hilarious and brilliant. I truly hope this event is the moment that triggers a life change for her. Only 27 years old. She could get herself straightened out and ome back from this if she has a support system if people who only want the best for her. I think she has been hanging out with folks that have pushed her to act crazy to get laughs, but i think they are laughing at her.

My daughter looks so much like her.. I think that is why i feel so emotional.
Brittany and lindsay's shinanigans never bothered me much, but i do hope they are getting better too.

I hate the paparazzi's behavior and what they do to psh celebrities over the edge,

So sad. ....

 

Marr

(20,317 posts)
9. It seems like she's got a diagnosable psychiatric problem.
Tue Jul 23, 2013, 06:09 PM
Jul 2013

There's no one to blame if that's the case. Is she said to be on drugs?

Scurrilous

(38,687 posts)
13. She was great on 'All That' and 'The Amanda Show' on Nickelodeon.
Tue Jul 23, 2013, 07:54 PM
Jul 2013

I used to watch it with my daughter.

Supposedly (according to various Hollywood gossip sites) she was impregnated by some older perv producer, forced to get an abortion, fell in with some scumbag BF who used her for her $$, started abusing drugs to cope etc etc.

A sad decline.

HappyMe

(20,277 posts)
11. It's kind of bad to say, but this could
Tue Jul 23, 2013, 06:49 PM
Jul 2013

be the best thing to have happen to her. She needs some help, and now she will get it.

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