http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,326985,00.html
LOS ANGELES — Britney Spears was taken from her home by ambulance early Thursday and escorted to the hospital by more than a dozen police officers in cars, on motorcycles and in helicopters.
A Los Angeles police officer, who spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak on the matter, said the 26-year-old pop star was being taken to the hospital to "get help." The Los Angeles Times cited unidentified authorities who said Spears was being placed on a "mental evaluation hold."
Spears was taken to UCLA Medical Center, where her mother, Lynne, was seen leaving its psychiatric hospital at about 5:30 a.m.
When asked by a throng of paparazzi and reporters whether Britney was doing all right, Lynne Spears replied, "Yeah," before leaving in a Range Rover.
Hours earlier, shortly after 1 a.m., the motorcade that pulled away from Spears' residence was nearly the length of a football field. Along with the ambulance, it included police on nearly a dozen motorcycles and in two cruisers. Two police helicopters followed overhead.
The scene was more controlled than the one earlier this month when Spears also was taken away from her home in an ambulance.
On Jan. 3, police were called to her home when she refused to return her two young sons, Sean Preston, 2, and Jayden James, 1, to ex-husband Kevin Federline, who has custody.
Officers had paramedics haul Spears to a hospital for undisclosed reasons. She was released after a day and a half in Cedars-Sinai Medical Center.
Police also went to Spears' hilltop residence off Mulholland Drive on Monday night after someone reported a swarm of paparazzi trespassing in the singer's gated community. When officers arrived, they didn't see anyone trespassing, police said, but citations were issued for several illegally parked cars.
Spears has been in a highly public downward spiral since filing for divorce from Federline in November 2006.
Her bizarre antics include shaving her head bald, attacking a car with an umbrella and bringing along a paparazzo pal on trips to a courthouse in her child custody case.
Spears' child custody case has become a public spectacle, with her skipping depositions and twice this month arriving at the courthouse but not attending the hearing.
The most recent incident was last week, when Spears showed up at the downtown civil courts building for a chance to persuade a Superior Court commissioner to change his order and allow her to see her sons.
Dressed as if arriving for a tail party -- wearing bright pink lipstick, sunglasses, shiny gold platform shoes and a very short black dress with a ruffled hem -- Spears was driven into an underground garage and then entered the courthouse.
A court spokesman said she got through a security metal detector, then announced, "I want to leave," and returned to her car.
She's a lost cause. I'm just waiting for her inevitable ultimate downfall and that'll be the end of that. You can have all the people in the world trying to save you but you can't change your life if it's something you truly don't desire and work for it.
"But she's young".. .yeah yeah. I'm 25 and she's a ing moron.
Which comes first?
Britney's porno or her dirt nap?
This is nothing but the same police commitment for other 26-year-old damsels is distress in South Central or East LA.
Erm... hopefully not the dirt nap.
That would be REALLY wrong.
Not even her having kids has changed the way she is so I'm guessing the dirt nap will come first and then some sick will come out with the porno.
I think she's so dedicated to being the biggest trainwreck ever that she'll combine the two by doing a snuff film with Dustin Diamond.
I would agree. She has two kids so I hope she can get help but if she doesn't its a real possibility.
her.
Let her die.
We're at war in two countries. We're trying to vote in a new President. Our economy is going down the ter. The unemployment rate is rising. We're losing our civil liberties, bit by bit . . . .
And, this stupid makes for headline news????
her.
I agree with all but the "let her die" part.
I still feel bad for her because I think she has psychological problems, as opposed to someone who just takes drugs and destroys his or her life. She needs to be admitted to a facility LONG TERM, even if it's against her wishes.
Brit's mom is screwing her boyf.
http://thesuperficial.com/2008/01/br...ses_mom_of.php
at this point i don't think a brit sex tape would interest me.
Man it's freakin amazing how the mighty have fallen. I don't know who is the bigger joke Michael Jackson or Britney Spears.
What a scoop! I'm glad that eliminates all the other reasons one should be taken to a hospital in an ambulance.
I wonder if the two are related? Preoccupation with trivialities has become a specialty of the media worldwide, but especially in the US. Isn't there a line about the fiddler and the fall of Rome..?
Using the present tense verb to describe The Trainwreck that is Britney is incorrect.
"Preoccupation with trivialities has become a specialty of the media"
... giving the audience what it wants, while selling the audience to the advertisers. Same with paparazzi.
Bipolar or Post-pardum depression? Could make a case for either. Truly sad.
Fox, the "Repug family values"/conservative/soft-porn network, handles anti-tabloid dissension like this:
http://dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/1...083/699/446791
She's got psychological problems due to her drug use.
Don't feel sorry for her.
Seriously, let her die.
I was bored enough to watch one of those entertainment shows yesterday. They had wall to wall Britney coverage except for a brief segment behind the scenes with Hanna Montana. It was really kind of scary, because it was like looking into a time warp. All the things they were saying about Britney back when she was just starting out were being thrown around. Down to earth southern girl, poised to crossover into mainstream supers om, another product of the Disney factory. If inflation applies to celebrity meltdowns Billy Ray Cyrus' little girl is going to be doing donkey shows by the time she's 25.
Publicity . Her music is and she is trying to keep her fame alive.
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