Spears taken in ambulance after standoff By PETER PRENGAMAN
Associated Press Writer
Fri Jan 4, 8:44 AM ET



LOS ANGELES - The troubled life of Britney Spears added a new chapter when the intoxicated pop star was whisked away in an ambulance after police were called to her house to help end a nearly three-hour custody standoff involving her young sons.


The 26-year-old pop star was taken to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Entertainment Tonight reported on its Web site Friday. Cedars spokeswoman Simi Singer said she could neither confirm nor deny the report, citing patient confidentiality laws.

Officer Jason Lee of the Los Angeles Police Department told City News Service that Spears appeared to be under the influence of an unknown substance. He declined to elaborate. No injuries were reported.

Spears was conscious late Thursday when paramedics took her out of her home in a gurney. Several police cars escorted the ambulance out of the neighborhood, followed by dozens of paparazzi.

Officers were called to Spears' house around 8 p.m. to respond to the custody dispute with ex-husband Kevin Federline over their sons, 2-year-old Sean Preston and 1-year-old Jayden James, Lee said.

By about 10:30 p.m., six police cars, two ambulances and a fire truck had entered the gated-community that includes Spears' house. Several police cars were seen in the area earlier in the night.

Spears turned over the children around 10:50 p.m., Lee said.

Calls to the Police Department's media line early Friday were not answered.

Spears and Federline have been involved in a long and very public custody battle. Federline has temporary custody of the children because Spears, who has limited visitation rights, has defied court orders. The two were married in October 2004 and divorced in July.

Spears has appeared increasingly out of control during the past year. She has been photographed without underwear and appeared to be drunk and out-of-control. She shaved her head, beat a car with an umbrella and spent a month in rehab and has had a handful of fender benders, including one in which she ran over a photographer's foot.

Earlier Thursday, Spears appeared for a deposition in her custody dispute.

Spears was deposed for just 14 minutes, Federline attorney Mark Vincent Kaplan told reporters after Spears left.

Spears called in sick for a Dec. 12 court-ordered deposition, but was photographed that day driving with a friend. She also didn't show up for a session Wednesday, Kaplan said.

Spears' attorneys from the firm Trope and Trope on Wednesday filed a court motion asking to be relieved due to a "breakdown" in communication with their client.

Kaplan said Spears' attorneys were present for what became a very abbreviated session, which had been scheduled to last two hours.

"You can imagine in 14 minutes there's not a lot of time to develop questions," he said.

Kaplan said another deposition would be scheduled.


link: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080104/ap_en_mu/people_spears

She's a junkie, is my guess. Alchohol and marijuana dont make you do stupid shit like she does. She's on the hard stuff.

It thats not the case, she's insane. Either way, she needs time alone to rehab before she actually kills someone.

she's just fucking nuts.

she's just fucking nuts.

Almonds, pecans, or coconuts?

i don't think coconuts could contain those sweater puppies.

She's a headcase... she never had a child-hood.. and what is even sadder than brittany spears condition is the fact that she remains in the news as something important, when I consider what I blast out of my butthole more important than what Ms. Spears does.

She's a headcase... she never had a child-hood.. and what is even sadder than brittany spears condition is the fact that she remains in the news as something important, when I consider what I blast out of my butthole more important than what Ms. Spears does.
i think you proved that:slap:

http://www.allforums.net/showthread.php?t=33854

She needs help thats very apparent. No matter how crazy she is, I feel bad for her. She has children and she missing out on their lives due to her selfishness. I think she just got caught up in the life of the rich and famous and lost track of reality.

I really hope she gets the help she needs and steps back into reality for her sake and her children.

That family is all sorts of fucked up... Britney goes insane and gets her kids taken away, 16 year old Jamie Lynn is pregnant... And the mom's writing a book about PARENTING! :lolhit:

That family is all sorts of fucked up... Britney goes insane and gets her kids taken away, 16 year old Jamie Lynn is pregnant... And the mom's writing a book about PARENTING! :lolhit:
could be worse...i'm not sure how, but it could be:@@:

She's a junkie, is my guess. Alchohol and marijuana dont make you do stupid shit like she does. She's on the hard stuff.

It thats not the case, she's insane. Either way, she needs time alone to rehab before she actually kills someone.
It's not drugs, at least not in this case.... From here (http://thesuperficial.com/2008/01/britney_spears_wasnt_on_drugs.php):
Britney Spears’ blood test allegedly came back negative for substance abuse which police initially believed was the cause of Britney’s behavior. Life & Style reports:

“Her blood test just came back, and, thank God, it was clean. There are no traces of drugs or alcohol of any kind,” a source close to the Spears family tells Life & Style.

This information jives with a comment TMZ made earlier today:

We've been reporting for several months now that Britney doesn't have a drug or alcohol problem -- that her instability is mental, not chemical. Well placed sources tell us what happened last night is not rooted in drugs, and that of late, her mental state has deteriorated to the point that what happened at her home was not unexpected.

So apparently it's just insanity, not a drug problem....

So apparently it's just insanity, not a drug problem....
that's a relief! she fucking nuts the old fashioned way!...she'd be better off it was drugs. rehab could help, the mental ward takes longer.

It's not drugs, at least not in this case.... From here (http://thesuperficial.com/2008/01/britney_spears_wasnt_on_drugs.php):


So apparently it's just insanity, not a drug problem....


Very interesting. Thanks for posting that i had not read that yet.

that's a relief! she fucking nuts the old fashioned way!...she'd be better off it was drugs. rehab could help, the mental ward takes longer.
I don't know about that.... Almost all drug addicts who get clean relapse eventually, most of them very soon.

I don't know about that.... Almost all drug addicts who get clean relapse eventually, most of them very soon.

i don't know of a single schizophrenic that's been "cured"...they think they're better, then they stop taking their meds and it's back to square one:(

i don't know of a single schizophrenic that's been "cured"...they think they're better, then they stop taking their meds and it's back to square one:(
Well, supposedly Britney is bipolar, not schizophrenic. Plenty of bipolar people have been cured, at least enough that they can live perfectly normal lives (my mother and grandmother for instance, and possibly me, although there's been no official diagnosis on that).

Well, supposedly Britney is bipolar, not schizophrenic. Plenty of bipolar people have been cured, at least enough that they can live perfectly normal lives (my mother and grandmother for instance, and possibly me, although there's been no official diagnosis on that).
you're not bipolar, you're just "fun".

my half-sister is though, and sure she's functional, but i wouldn't trust her alone with kids.

you're not bipolar, you're just "fun".

my half-sister is though, and sure she's functional, but i wouldn't trust her alone with kids.
Well, my mother and grandmother were both diagnosed with mild to moderate bipolar disorder, and my old therapist said that I "showed symptoms" which would need to be "investigated further". As it happened, I stopped going to her, but I have to say that I've definitely experienced both manic and depressive episodes. Anyways, sources close to Britney say that she is bipolar... She's rich though, so shouldn't she just be able to get a nanny to help her with her kids? Then she wouldn't be alone with them or anything, right? :banana:

Bipolar disorders, like many other mental diseases can be treated with medication. The medication must be taken as directed, not just when the individual feels a crisis coming on. Spears' problem could be exacerbated by alcohol, she certainly would not be the first emotionally distraught individual to self-medicate with that particular substance. Marijuana would not cause the extremes in behavior demonstrated by Spears, although alcohol certainly could.

Alcohol definitely causes very wacky behavior in bipolar people....

I really feel bad for her :(

Why? Do you know her personally?

A person does not need to know another one personally in order to feel empathy towards them.

I guess im just more honest than most. I wish her no ill will, but i feel neither good or bad for her. I feel that way about all strangers actually.

I guess im just more honest than most. I wish her no ill will, but i feel neither good or bad for her. I feel that way about all strangers actually.
i feel bad for her and her family, but if they were to all vanish overnight, i wouldn't notice:@@:

i feel bad for her and her family, but if they were to all vanish overnight, i wouldn't notice:@@:That's prob a better way to put it. I wish everyone good health, long lives, etc... However, it's hard to really have that much concern for someone I do not know, especially when i feel they are bringing the harm on themselves in the first place.

So if you saw an old lady get hit by a car you would not feel sorry for her because you didn't know her?I guess im just more honest than most. I wish her no ill will, but i feel neither good or bad for her. I feel that way about all strangers actually.

The Conventional Wisdom is she is Bipolar.
That in combination with the stress and role of being the family's
Number One breadwinner will definately takes it's tole,somewhere
in a Teen Idol's Life.
She's not used to having regular anything.
Actually she's used to being fawned-over and literally Adored.
Which presents a whole set of psychological problems.
They say she's not a Boozer or druggy.
But it isn't far fetched to see how an adorable precocious
pre-teen could end up bad.
Don't furgit most the Child stars of The Little Rascals turned to
Booze,Hard drugs or Crime.
Alflafa actually died by gunshot in a brawl involving $50.oo
Carl ' Alflafa ' Switzer had many brushes with the law and once
got in an argument with the Director and urinated on a studio light
and shut down production till the smoke and smell of it cleared.
Robert Blake,a frequent guest on Johnny Carson's - Tonight Show -
always managed to relate a sad story about fellow child actors
and their plight.

Of course she has done drugs, and I'd certainly say she has a drinking problem based on past evidence, but the fact that her system was clean of anything during her breakdown tells us that the drugs/alcohol aren't the real problem.

I dont think any of us are privy to the actual "facts" of what is happening. You dont think her PR people are doing everything they can to spin this for Brittney, and make her appear "disturbed" as opposed to another drunken/drugged out episode? The initial report from the arresting officer was that she was under the influence of "something". Now that she hasnt been charged with anything, which boggles my mind, the spin doctors are in full effect.

I dont think any of us are privy to the actual "facts" of what is happening. You dont think her PR people are doing everything they can to spin this for Brittney, and make her appear "disturbed" as opposed to another drunken/drugged out episode? The initial report from the arresting officer was that she was under the influence of "something". Now that she hasnt been charged with anything, which boggles my mind, the spin doctors are in full effect.
The celebrity gossip sites I frequent are usually quite good at discovering the facts of situations... Also, since Life & Style Magazine is reporting that the blood test came up clean, I tend to trust it (magazines are reluctant to print anything that is from a less than reliable source). Not being charged with anything could be taken as evidence that she wasn't on drugs, but it's really not conclusive at all.

drugs and alcohol don't have to be "in your system" in order to fuck up your life.

drugs and alcohol don't have to be "in your system" in order to fuck up your life.
Well duh. There is NO DOUBT that she has drug and alcohol problems. I never said she didn't.

I'm not trying to quarrel with you Dark..

My opinion on Spears is that she lived by the sword and now she's dying by it. She got all the fame, all the glamor.. everything everyone wants these days. Tons of money, paparazzi, you name it. How ironic that all of these things are probably the cause of her demise. The psychological strain she endured for all those years was probably unbearable, considering her family and business situation. She probably had no REAL friends, just people who liked being around her. Her mother obviously didn't institute a tight ship, and now her little sister is knocked up at 16.

I think if the stress and everything was too much for Spears, she could have stopped it. She could have said "I need a break".. she didn't have to turn to drugs and alcohol to run away from her growing list of problems. It is such a cop out when someone who RUNS THE SHIP blames agents, the press, etc for their own short-comings. Spears has nobody to blame but herself, and hopefully she's learning some humility and maybe a dose of real life. Sometimes you have to fall down all the way in order to get your shit together.

Well I hope you're not trying to argue with me, because I agree with you... So it would be kind of pointless.