Poor Britney Spears

[Kurtz]

I know I should get an article, post a link, stick
it in the Family forum, but I don't feel like it. :lol

They hauled Britney off last night after a four hour standoff. That poor kid! :(

[Saguaro]

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.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080104/ap_en_mu/people_spears;_ylt=AiX3wtF8ygjCu0AUyvuft.ys0NUE

[Kurtz]

Great Mod support at TPA! :yep

[Kurtz]

I guess I could at least move this to The Family Room now, huh? :lol

[Partyless]

I'm less inclined to be all fuzzy and sympathetic toward a pop tart like Brittney than I would an average person battling addictions - and face it - that's all Britt is right now - a common addict. However, she's got the means and the money to get the help she needs but just chooses not to.

Her life is a train wreck and sadly, I think we're looking at another Anna Nicole - exploited by self and the media for attention and running herself into the ground. Sad.

That whole family is messed up beyond all get out!

[Kurtz]

I'm less inclined to be all fuzzy and sympathetic toward a pop tart like Brittney than I would an average person battling addictions - and face it - that's all Britt is right now - a common addict. However, she's got the means and the money to get the help she needs but just chooses not to.

Her life is a train wreck and sadly, I think we're looking at another Anna Nicole - exploited by self and the media for attention and running herself into the ground. Sad.

That whole family is messed up beyond all get out!


Yeah, if she doesn't recupe soon, we may very well read her obit soon. :(

[crazierthanever]

Less concerned about her than the two apple-cheeked little boys whose custody is being 'disputed'.

[cassandra]

So sad for her that her life has come to this.

[Partyless]

So sad for her that her life has come to this.

her life didn't "come to this" - she made some stupid choices and refuses to improve herself or cut ties with the toxic people in her life.

flame me for this but I can't muster up a whole hell of a lot of sympathy for a poor wittle rich poptart with more at her disposal to improve her life than most people will have in their life.

Now her kids - THAT'S where my sympathy and empathy lie.

[Trueblue]

I feel sorry for her, but she doesn't need those kids back for a long time. She is a mess.

[Indigo]

I'd have to agree with Partyless. Brittney could decide to stay out of the public view and get herself together... she has the funds to be able to do that. She has not chosen to do that and instead continues in her downward spiral. It won't be long before she crashes and burns... hopefully it won't be fatal and then maybe she'll wake up and smell the coffee. But right now she doesn't have my sympathy, just my pity.

It's her kids who have my sympathy because they'll end up paying no matter what.

[Saguaro]

LOS ANGELES, California (AP) -- A court commissioner Friday gave sole physical and legal custody of Britney Spears' two little boys to ex-husband Kevin Federline and suspended the troubled pop star's visitation rights.

Commissioner Scott Gordon issued a ruling the day after paramedics hauled Spears away from her home after police had to intervene when she refused to return the children to Federline after a court-monitored visit. Gordon ordered another hearing to be held January 14.

Earlier, Tara Scott, representing Spears, and Federline's attorney, Mark Vincent Kaplan, spent about 30 minutes in chambers with court Gordon, who has been handling the custody case.

"I'm not happy about any of these events," Kaplan said when he left a closed-door emergency hearing Friday afternoon. "There's no winners here."

Federline was not in court for the hearing, Kaplan said.

The attorney had said he did not expect the ruling to be released until Monday, but it was issued shortly after the hearing concluded.

Law professor Steve Cron, who is not involved in the Spears-Federline matter, predicted that Spears will face sanctions from the court for her behavior.

"My guess is that she won't be seeing her kids for a while," said Cron, who teaches at Pepperdine University in Malibu, California.

Gordon has little option other than to further reduce the time Spears can legally spend with her children, Cron said, "at least for the time being until she gets some help. She's obviously a very troubled person."

The 26-year-old pop star remained hospitalized Friday.

"Just say prayers," Spears' mother, Lynne Spears, told celebrity news show "Access Hollywood" by phone Friday. See photos of Spears being taken from her house »

Spears was taken from her home on a gurney late Thursday after police were summoned because she wouldn't turn over her sons to Federline.

With paparazzi swarming the ambulance doors, Spears was whisked away, nearly three hours after police first arrived at her home in a gated community. Watch what's going on with Spears' behavior »

"For her own welfare, she was transferred to a local hospital for medical treatment," Officer April Harding said, declining to elaborate. No injuries were reported.

Police initially said it appeared that Spears was under the influence of an unknown substance but Harding said Friday she could not confirm that or other reports that Spears was hospitalized for mental evaluation.

Spears was conscious as the ambulance left her home escorted by a row of police cars. A horde of paparazzi chased the ambulance, their strobes going off as they held their cameras up to the vehicle's rear window.

Another group of videographers met the ambulance at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, banging on the ambulance doors.

Cedars spokeswoman Simi Singer said she could neither confirm nor deny that Spears was at the hospital, citing patient confidentiality laws.

Officers were called to Spears' house around 8 p.m. Thursday for an issue involving the custody of her sons, 2-year-old Sean Preston and 1-year-old Jayden James, Harding said.

By about 10:30 p.m., six police cars, two ambulances and a firetruck had entered the gated community, where Spears has a $4.5 million, five-bedroom, six-bathroom home in the Santa Monica Mountains above Beverly Hills.

Several police cars were seen in the area earlier in the night.

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

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

Spears' life has spiraled downward during the past year. She has been photographed without underwear and appeared to be drunk and out-of-control in public. She shaved her head, beat a car with an umbrella, 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 questioned for just 14 minutes, Kaplan told reporters after Spears left.

Spears called in sick for a December 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.

http://www.cnn.com/2008/SHOWBIZ/Music/01/04/britney.spears.ap/index.html

[quiet man]

they should lock her up and pipe sunshine to the bitch! her ex has her by the short hair now! serves her dumb ass right!

[Saguaro]

She evidently needs some serious intervention

[waterdog]

they should lock her up and pipe sunshine to the bitch! her ex has her by the short hair now! serves her dumb ass right!

She evidently needs some serious intervention

Has her hair grown back yet? :lol

Aww, screw her! Who cares anymore.


And no, I don't mean that she's on my CILF list. :no

[bopeep]

....yeah -- I thought I'd pipe in and say that people are getting sick of the same old rock/hip-hop/r&b bullsh*t..... and there is just this big upsurge from a new style coming out of Europe -- it's pretty easy to find, just put 'euro club hits' into itunes or check this link: http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZSearch.woa/wa/advancedSearchResults?albumTerm=Euro+Club+Hits+Vol +