The Bald Truth: Brit’s Parents Furious She’s Free!
By Bald Truth Staff, (c) www.artharris.com, all rights reservedd
After UCLA Medical Center released a possibly unstable Britney Spears and she headed for the Beverly Hills Hotel, the pop singer’s bllasted the hospital for giving her freedom before she was ready and putting her life at risk.
“As parents of an adult child in the throes of a mental health crisis, we were extremely disappointed this morning to learn that over the recommendation of her treating psychiatrist, our daughter Britney was released from the hospital that could best care for her and keep her safe,” said Jamie and Lynne Spears in a joint statement Wednesday.
“We are deeply concerned about our daughter’s safety and vulnerability and we believe her life is presently at risk,” they went on. “There are conservatorship orders in place created to protect our daughter that are being blatantly disregarded. We ask only that the court’s orders be enforced so that a tragedy may be averted.”
According to The Los Angeles Times, the parents put out the statement after the singer had been on the streets for eight hours, acting erratically. After she was released, Britney briefly stopped at her gated home off Coldwater Canyon, then popped into her black Mercedes and headed towards the ocean, paparrazi in tow.
Turning the streets into a free for all, photographers jumped out to snap away in traffic, then followed her to the hotel about 3:20 pm, when police were called to “keep the piece,” said a spokesman for the Beverly Hills PD.
Under California’s Welfare and Institutions Code, which greatly restricts the ability of government officials to hospitalize an individual against their will, Spears could legally be held 72 hours for evaluation. Her hold was extended for two weeks, and she could only be released if the hospital found she was out of the danger zone and not intending to harm herself or others.
A UCLA Medical Center spokeswoman declined to comment, citing patient privacy.
February 7th, 2008 at 2:21 am
I feel sorry for Brit with mental illness it is hard to know who is there to help or profit. But right now I don’t know who
really cares for Brit. Parents who didn’t care about a decent education for their daughter. Parents who got her breast implants as a teenager. (Page Six)
February 7th, 2008 at 2:53 am
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February 7th, 2008 at 3:30 am
Britney needs a whole lot of help, her parents need to elect dr drew pinsky for help he will know what to do to help her.
February 7th, 2008 at 5:56 am
Having been in the profession for a considerable number of years prior to my recent retirement, I can tell you all the in California there is little, if anything at all, that parents of an adult child are allowed to do where it concerns ‘forced incarceration’.
In fact the Federal Health Act HIPPA prevents her parents from even speaking with Britney’s doctors (or rather, the doctor speaking with them vis-a-vis granting of any information). Insofar as the Government, State and Federal, are concerned, Britney is an adult and unless she herself is in imminent danger or she threatens the safety of others, she is free to do as she pleases.
Her parents attempt to ‘conserve’ her estate and/or restrain her friends from being with her - as of her discharge - are all considered null and void.
I hesitate to imagine what her parent’s motivation is. They may be well intended from there point of view - however, that doesn’t matter insofar as Britney is concerned and she, through her years of experience with them, is the sole judge of why they’re behaving as they are toward her.
None of us know how well or not well Britney is doing. None of us know the true story of what’s happening between the Spears and Sam Lufti. None of us know what her parents want out of all of this (people being people always want something more than they say publically).
Let’s just prayer for Britney despite the fact that intuitively one just knows this sad and tragic story is not going to end well.
February 7th, 2008 at 10:10 am
the bald truth is her parents are furious they will now loose control of Britneys money !!!period! that is all they care about think about a judge giving her father who she hates and wants nothing to do with control over her money and assets ..come on that alone will drive her crazy
February 7th, 2008 at 10:26 am
As a 40 yr. old mother of two small children- I feel horrible for this young girl. She has been put-out to earn money by her mother since she was very small. She has never had a childhood. She has NO role model for how to be a good mother! What does anyone expect?! And if she does have some emotional problems, well it’s No WoNDER!!!
I for one, do NOT want to Kick her When she’s DOWN, and unfortunately
I feel that anyday now, I’ll see that young girl on tv who has just died, either committed suicide or a drug overdose of prescription pills. God bless her and her two little boys. That Kevin boy is a useless gold digger and her family has never helped her, only used her. She really is all alone and I feel so sorry for her.
February 7th, 2008 at 10:39 am
I am an educated, sensible 40+ year old woman. I am not a fan of Britney Spear’s music because I have never heard it. I am not usually a tabloid reader but may occassionally read a people magazine when I vist my hair salon. I am aware of some recent Brit news because it seems to have become main stream news lately. My thoughts on this recent hospitalization and unexpected early release have me wondering ‘what the heck was UCLA thinking when they released this poor soul early?’. Who was the lawyer who made the decision to override her psychiatrist? Who will be held responsible when Britney DOES cause herself or someone else harm? How could this happen? It is obvious to even someone like myself that this was such a wrong decision on the part of UCLA medical. Unbelievable! I wish the best of luck to Britney’s parents in their attempt to take control and stop their daughter spinning out of control.
February 7th, 2008 at 10:50 am
Brittney has the behaviors and personal chaos that is typical of Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID). Often someone who is switching out of control behaves in erratic and self sabotaging ways. I’ve worked with DID since 1996, I’ve studied with Dr. Jerry Mungadze and Dr. Colllin Ross, among others. What I’ve learned is that these clients seldom get the correct diagnosis and treatment until years have passed. Generally, they are given drug addiction, bipolar, and schizophrenia diagnoses first. Then, when they have failed all these treatments, someone suggests the possibility of DID. From what I can tell her parents are leeches only interested in what Brit can do for them. They should be removed as having any part in her well being, not that I think her manager gives a hoot either. But someone with knowledge of DID should help this poor girl. It’s not Dr. Phil, but it could be Jerry Mungadze or Collin Ross.
February 7th, 2008 at 10:52 am
As a parent I can’t imagine what it would be like to have an adult child I couldnt’ force to get help. Especially if said child had the money and fame to defy my every effort. Britney is obviously ill and needs help. She can’t see it and I am sure is not happy being out of the spotlight. She believes she is entitled to everything. This is due to the fact she wasn’t educated, monitored, or treated like a child. She was a money machine and her mother cheated her out of a childhood. Can she be helped? Who knows. The whole situation is terrible and there maybe no answers to this one.
February 7th, 2008 at 3:58 pm
Feeling sorry for Brit? What tree did you fall out of? This little ‘tart’ is making a million bucks a month and loves the drama! Feel sorry for the those who lost their homes through storms, feel sorry for those who serve and die in the war, but for this wingnut? I say never and if she ends up as worm food so be it…….she had a great run!
Feel sorry for the embalmer who will have to fix that puss of hers! I do feel sorry that she was taken advantage of by her former ‘hubby’, that was a total setup! He knew the first time what the plan would be, ‘boink’ this little piglet and get two kids and Shazamm! A great meal ticket for the next 18 years! What a plan and what a court system that is going to let it happen!
Feel happy for the attorneys on both sides who will bill hundreds of thousands of dollars! Feel happy for the Mercedes dealer who sells her those sleds for full blow! Feel sad for us who have to live in Los Angeles and cannot get the cops to answer a call for what can be hours and yet this ‘bag of stupid shit’ gets not one, not two, not three but 6 motorcycles, a few police cars and two F’n helicopters to take her crazy ass to the hospital! Top that!
John J. Nazarian, Private Investigator
February 8th, 2008 at 3:34 am
I think thae main person who will be able to help Spears is
her x-husband, Kevin Federline. A lot of Spears,s fans have knocked this guy, and have called him a goldigger, but it simply does not appear to be true. He loves their children,
and I have read that he does a lot of the hands on child-
care himself. Shar Jackson, his former ex has mentioned that Federline has always been a very good dad to their 5 and 3 year old daughters. He has joint custody of those 2 children, and makes sure that all 4 of their kids are together as much as possible. Federline partied alot,during
their marriage according to some articles I have read, because Spears’s behavior drove him nuts. He simply could not stay ih their home while she was going through her”off” behavior. Once Spears and Federline separated, he filed for, and got primary and full custody of their 2 and 1 year
old sons. And now that it is just Federline and the 2 boys, he really never goes out to party. He’s too busy at home taking care of their sons and spending time with them. And that he enjoys doing it for them. And that he does not take more then the allotted amount of child support then he needs to. And on top of that, Spears’s parents support for Federline speaks volumes. Her parents are at his home a lot,
because Federline wants them there to see their grandchil-dren. He is now considered a Hollywood dad role model, because he is INVOLVOLED with his kids most of the time. Federline has tried talking to Spears twice since she has been hospitalized. She turned out to be erractic. So now
he has had to resort to a psychiatrist, so he can know the proper way to speak to Spears in a way that may make her more co-operative toward him without her going off. He’s trying his damdest to get her in a state of mind
where she will able to talk to her children the way a 1 year, and a 2 year old should be talked to. He hopes to be making some headway with that soon. He wants her to see their kids, but he wants to wait until her behavior becomes
more stable. One of his statements was that he “would love nothing more then to be able parent his children with the partipation of their mother”, but that she mmust be emotion-ly stable. And who knows when that will be? But He’s going to try. This guy has to be given a lot of credit for putting
these things in place so that Sean Preston, and Jayden James
will be able to talk to their mother over the telephone sometime soon. Federline wants to be a family again, though not in the married sense. He just wants things normal for his kids. And more power to him for that!
putting his sons shesd of anythig else.
\”. But that she must be emotional
February 8th, 2008 at 11:19 am
This is the same story over gain. No one can help Brit, Heath…just like no one could help Anna. These stars do what they want and people around them aid them in their destruction. Brit’s parents are trying to help and Brit is kicking them aside. Just like Anns, anyone that gets in the way, they are not wanted around.
Brit and Anna both were/are not strong independent women as they want us to think, or they would not be sucked in by these controlling men to run their lives.
February 9th, 2008 at 12:00 am
Wow, Nazarian, I see your point.
But, I do think the paps should be forced to stay away from her. She thrives on the attention. People have to stop paying attention to her. The media has to stop featuring her trainwreck of a life.
February 9th, 2008 at 1:31 am
No, people! Listen! Mental illness is a brain disease and the brain is that gray matter that controls our thoughts, anything and everything we do. If you feel more warmth toward a car battery, then think of the brain as the battery. If the battery is discharged, the car ceases to function.
My thirty-six year old son was diagnosed as suffering from a mental illness, at the age of 18 and I am not sure he was diagnosed correctly but hear me out please. The hell we have gone through over the years is pure hell.
I petitioned the court to become his guardian and that enabled me to make decisions for him, for his own survival. Even though he was hospitalized, all they could do legally was keep him behind closed doors while he was out of touch with reality. He had stopped eating and dropped to 100 lbs. He is five-foot nine.
Eventually I moved to another state, for reasons totally unrelated to him. Once in another state, many more hospitalizations and more hellish years, he decided to go back to our previous state even though there was no one for him there. He has gone back to that state a couple of times, because he believes that somehow he can get back to the way it used to be — before his mental breakdown. (He is an intelligent person who did well in school). He has been homeless a number of times and he has gone hungry, walking the streets day and night.
Family members, being a member of the human race, range from one or two capable of understanding the illness, to the majority who are ignorant and believe that he is just being bad. Never mind that the gray matter, the brain, which is in charge of our entire being is malfunctioning!
In one of the hospitals, a social worker and a doctor agreed with my son that he should go to New York where he has a relative. The relative was willing to lie and say that he was willing to be responsible for my son and make sure he was cared for. That relative has never allowed my son in his house because his wife does not like mentally ill people! To make a long story short, the nurse and doctor became angry with me because I refused to allow my son to go to NY; they testified in court that I should be removed as his guardian because I was a detriment to his wellbeing. I fought tooth and nail, but of course the hospital won. I was replaced by other state personnel who did not care, did not do anything for him, did not return his calls. He became homeless and carried a knife to protect himself on the streets. When stopped by a cop for trespassing, he was found to have a “weapon” which landed him in jail. His state-appointed guardian neither visited him nor cared that he was not taking any medication. It was I who hired an attorney to disentagle that mess.
Doctors have prescribed many different medications, some of which worked for a time, while others were discontinued because of their side effects. Some side effects of each medication at various times and for various lengths of time included tremors, lockjaw, hair loss, weight gain, inability to be still, high blood pressure, etc., etc., etc. As a result of those horrors, medications were discontinued most of the times. When the meds are discontinued suddenly, there can be dangerous ramifications.
That is enough. Hopefully, you are slightly more informed. If I have injected an ounce of empathy in some lukewarm hearts, I have done well.
February 9th, 2008 at 1:40 am
P.S.
Yes, you bet my son resents my “interference”!
February 9th, 2008 at 11:48 am
How would Britneys parents or Federline get any info on britney ?I thought that it was against the law for doctors to give that info to anyone but their patient.Britney needs help very badley but I don’t know that her parents are going about it in the right way.From everything I have read the media has been throwing it in her face that federline married her for her money and fame ,to help his career.True or not it would throw anyone off balance.Then to have her parents side with him on everything has really got to hurt,right or wrong.Anothe case of she has to want help before she can get be helped.IMO if the paps just left her alone this migh all stop.she would be getting not attention and may stop and think about what she is doing.She really seems to want her children back but doesn’t seem to know how to achieve this end,sshe is so used to all the attention she can’t seem to stop.IMO she needs someone from outside not family ,managers etc to sit down with her.John N I can’t believ you made thae remarks you have about britney.She needs help not put downs
February 9th, 2008 at 3:20 pm
Mr. Harris, please explain:
The hospital says that Britney is no longer a danger to self and others and she is no longer confined. If she is no longer considred a danger to self and others than how can her parents have control over ALL of her affairs and decisions?
It appeas that she can not even retain an attorney to represent herself. How can all of this happen in light of all of the mental health laws?
BTW, I think that she is a very sick young woman and should be confined for her safety but since she isn’t…
February 9th, 2008 at 7:09 pm
Mr Nazarine, much as I like you, must say, THAT WAS NOT NICE..
February 10th, 2008 at 3:06 am
I have read isabel’s post, and have the utmost empathy for her and her son, as I do for Spears. I understand mental illness and bipolar disease, because one of my inlaw relatives has been married for 22 years to a woman who suffers from bipolar. I was very intolerant of this woman’s
behavior until my inlaw relative explained to me about bipolar, and that this woman sufferd terribly. Over the last 3 years, I have made a special effort to know this woman, and we have become extemely good friends-and it also helps that her condition is under control. She has been very diligent about taking care herself, because she has 2 teenagers, and wants to give them the best of herself. I give her a lot credit for what she has accomplished(she now
works full-time), and for her ability to talk about her depression. I hope one day, the same thing can be said for Spears.
February 10th, 2008 at 6:26 am
I’ve got to agree with Naz, 99%. And, I think she’s FAKING to boot! She’s fine, she just wants freedom from those kids without looking bad for doing it!
I like Federline though, he’s showing his true colors. But Naz is used to dealing with the pond scum of the Earth and I suppose at first…or even second glance, KFed fits the bill.
What would I pay all my money to see? Naz taking Osama ‘Sam’ Lufti for a little walk down a dark alley. That guy…HE’S pond scum…a sick, sick bastard if ever there was one.
February 10th, 2008 at 1:04 pm
John, you live in that enviorment so I can only imagine what it’s like. People falling all over one another for a chance at touching a STAH!
I’m not a tabloid junkie. I don’t watch ET or AH, or TMZ. I don’t play on Perez site. I have noticed some get overly attached to someone they see on TV or follow their careers.
From what I can gather of the ‘Brit’ she had it going on until Kfed but she liked the contraversy also. Did it start with the kiss with Madonna? Is that when Paris and Nichole and Brit learned that the more outrageous they were, the more publicity they got? They all seemed to enjoy the flashbulbs.
I’m more worried that the pap’s are going to hurt her, then she hurting herself. I lost all respect for her when photo ops became more important than her kids.
February 10th, 2008 at 11:52 pm
Art, I have a question for you. when you see so many people who are mentally ill that receive no help or intervention(even with loving family) it surpises me how much power the courts gave Brit’s parents. The blood test that she did go to for her custody hearings showed no drugs. She passed her driver’s test and I don’t know of any tickets she received. Look what Isabel(14) went thur for yrs. There are homeless people on the streets and their families can’t get them to a hospital so how can Brit’s parents do all they have done. Special treatment?
February 11th, 2008 at 1:20 pm
Mary:
It may not be special treatment for Britany’s parents. One’s doctor(s) has a lot to do with it. Also, Britany’s parents are both fighting for Britany while I navigated all alone. My son’s Daddy Dearest or sperm donor is not in the picture.
February 11th, 2008 at 1:23 pm
Mary, sorry: Britany may have signed documents to allow her parents access to her records. She could have been coaxed into granting her permission at a time when she was being a “little girl.”
February 11th, 2008 at 1:33 pm
Margie:
The only thing I agree with is the desire to have Mr. Nazarian have a tete-a-tete with Osama.
It is only in soap operas that people fake mental illness. Like I said, if you think of it as a car battery that is discharged, you can push the car, pull it, kick it, and swear at it but if the battery is DEAD, the “kicker” and “swearer” is the only one who will have expanded energy in vain. Ill people go through many different moments and to a stranger the ill person may appear to be perfectly fine.
February 11th, 2008 at 1:38 pm
Sandeana:
I thank you for finally understanding and being kind to your in-law relative.
February 13th, 2008 at 1:17 pm
In my state you only have to have 3 people sign them in.Don’t know if it is still this was over 40 years ago and it may have changed since then. You are right with the new laws they should not have been able to get info but with them having control I would think that makes all the difference. Isabel I am so sorry to hear about your son,I have a niece that is Bipolar and my sister had a terrible time with her,she would take her meds till she felt good than stop. I know from talkinf to my sister that sh3e at times could get violent.She gave her daughter to my sister to raise because of this,my sister said either that or she would take her to court to protect this child.
February 13th, 2008 at 1:19 pm
PS As an adult in her late teens this child now lives with her mother and stepfather and step brother and so far there have been no problems because her mother takes her meds
February 15th, 2008 at 2:56 am
Years ago it was very easy to insitutionalize(?) someone. Remeber Francis Farmer, the actress? Society closed the mental hospital and threw them out onto the streets. I guess it’s cheaper to keep them in prison. But we can not forget anyone’s legal rights.
I am happy Brit is getting help but it should be a friend of the court not her family. When the dust settles she may never forgive or trust her family. Why is her brother in charge of her daily expernses? He’s getting paid for his services. Why can’t he get a job on his own? Again this may pust Brit away from her family But if it’s the courts than the family can keep their hands clean.
Is Brit mentally ill. Usually they self medicate themselves but the blood test for custody came back negative. If she is so mentally ill that she needs a 24 hr guard, no phone, no money than why didn’t the state take her driver license away? She was driving the day she got out of the hospital when didn’t the police arrest her and send her to the jail’s mental hospital? Why isn’t Michael Jackson in the hospital, why didn’t they take away his kids? Is covering their faces with mask normal? Every mentally ill person has rights that’s why it’s so hard to help them and that’s why I question if her family hasn’t been given special assistance.
Remember Brit sent her mother a letter saying never to come near her again? Why would she than give her any right to look at her medical info. I can’t tell a husband if his wife is done with her test until I check with her(IT’S a federal law).
Please excuse the spelling I tried to go back to edit it but couldn’t. thanks
February 16th, 2008 at 7:36 pm
Now it seems someone wants to take this to a federal court because Brit’s rights have been taken away without due process.
February 18th, 2008 at 1:48 am
Britney’s civil rights have been violated, so let’s set her free from her family’s clutches. As soon as Britney is free of her family, she will run to the vulture(s) who can provide her with a grounded mixture of medications, and a tall glass of wine to wash down that nasty tasting medication. She will then be surrounded by the papparazzi who “really” love the dough they get for her picture snapped while wadding barefoot through public restrooms. Next, she will be talked into giving away her possessions that are simply taking up space anyway.
Does that sound more reasonable and safer for Britney.
Just so that you won’t get too bored, I will share a little event. Years ago, shortly after my son (who suffers from mental illness) was set up in his apartment, he felt lonely and decided to make some friends. It did not take long for him to find a couple of guys who were eager to befriend him and invite him to be their roomate. They helped him bring all his clothes and a small refrigerator into their car and while my son was waiting to get inside the car, they took off.
Story #2. While hospitalized, one of the hospital workers whom my son trusted, agreed to do him the favor of getting him some money from a cash machine. My son was happy to have some spending money until he found that the hospital employee had helped himself to a couple of hundred dollars. When that realization hit us, it was a couple of months later and very likely too late for a tape to still be available to prove the theft.
In my opinion, the only solution is to push aside all pesky, annoying illnesses and allow scientists to concentrate their efforts on finding the proper treatment to eradicate the cruel horrors of mental illness.
February 18th, 2008 at 3:28 pm
Indeed, how dare Britney be subject to the watchful eyes of her immediate family?
It is against one’s civil rights to coerce a patient (who is not currently being a danger to self and/or others) into taking medication against his/her will. It is also illegal to keep patients hospitalized against their will if they are not being dangerous to self and others; at the same time, it is not illegal to discharge a patient, (as is often done) even though the patient may have has no means of fending for themselves nor are there programs available to help in the transition. Whatever programs exist, are underfunded and inadequate. But many think that it is OK because those “bums” on the streets are just “lazy” “bums”, until, of course, that “bum” happens to be your child or someone you love and your own hands are tied!
Strangers are experts are offering their wise solutions from the safety and warmth of their thrones.
Food for thought!
February 19th, 2008 at 1:04 pm
I do agree that Brit needs help. But I think is should be professionals, not her so called friends or her so called family. Her family started her on this road when she was 2yrs old. Her mother told her to lie Brit’s enter life. Lynn told Disney she was 9 when she was really 8. They gave her breast implants as a teenager and than had the implants removed when she started to develop. Brit was sexually active since 14. We agree she needs help, we just disagree on who. Family or professionals. I think her family was part of the problem.
I do not think the “bum” on the street is lazy but since we don’t wand to spend the money helping them, the mentally ill often get sent to prison instead of getting the help they need. Every one will say half way houses are a good thing but not in their community. The mentally ill go from one hell whole to the next. But from the other side I have seen health care givers physically abused by pts and received no justice. The health care giver had to quit for her own safety. She was hit in the jaw and kicked on the ground and when she restrained her attacker the administration said she was not allowed to touch her patient. Nothing about the pt attacking her.
February 19th, 2008 at 4:11 pm
I don’t understand “strangers are experts at offering their wise solutions from the stafety and warmth of their thrones.”
Except that I think professional should be in charge of Brit’s care and we must make sure her right aren’t violated we argree . Having work in the healt field for 24 yrs I have seen abuse from both sides. Children sleeping in class because their parents keep taking them to churchs to “cure” them. We have one guy after he got his monthly check and spent the day at the bar had the police bring him in for a 3 day evaluation.
He now goes to another hospital because no one (including pts)
is allowed to smoke here any more.
February 24th, 2008 at 5:17 pm
Mary:
You are right. Professionals should be in charge and it would be ideal if professionals were all able and capable. Some are, most are not. Or else they start out with good intentions and burn out but remain because they need a job. Others become doctors and nurses simply because that highly regarded profession was pushed on them by parents who want to prove they produced a prized offspring. Being the mother or father of a money machine is nothing to sneeze about either.
February 24th, 2008 at 6:08 pm
P.S. to Mary:
My “throne” comment was not directed at you. One’s acquaintances, friends and relatives are the experts are offering useless advice.
Among the “experts” whose advice I have been subject is the mother of a young man suffering from depression, who committed suicide at the age of 21. Since the “act” took place while he was visiting relatives, I assume she believes she would or could have prevented it.
February 25th, 2008 at 11:26 pm
drbehavior:
I just read your February 7th comment and it sank in like a ton of bricks. It reminds me of the psychiatrist and the nurse social worker who banded together to declare me unfit to be my son’s guardian because I did not want them to ship off my son to that “heavenly” New York “that has so much to offer” where a relative had lied to the treatment team that he would my son’s best interests at heart and look out for him. That uncaring, highly overpaid mental health duo merely wanted me out of their way so they could rid themselves of a problem patient. That duo should have long ago given their own brain a rest and gone to work plowing the fields where they belong.