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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsAmanda 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/
TDale313
(7,820 posts)Hopefully she can get the help she needs for whatever's going on with her.
joeybee12
(56,177 posts)TDale313
(7,820 posts)jessie04
(1,528 posts)Shes had a tough life.
Control-Z
(15,682 posts)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.
Comrade Grumpy
(13,184 posts)Oh, okay, some actress: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amanda_Bynes
bushisanidiot
(8,064 posts)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)There's no one to blame if that's the case. Is she said to be on drugs?
Scurrilous
(38,687 posts)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.
LittleBlue
(10,362 posts)I felt this way about Amy Winehouse before she died.
Very sad
KinMd
(966 posts)Otherwise this isnt going to end well for her
HappyMe
(20,277 posts)be the best thing to have happen to her. She needs some help, and now she will get it.
bushisanidiot
(8,064 posts).