While her ex-husband and his attorney sit in a courtroom trying to strip her of what’s left of her custodial rights the trainwreck that is Britney Spears may have finally come to a smoldering stop.
Spears is currently enduring a minimum 72-hour lock down and undergoing a mental evaluation at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles. Medical experts say it’s basically an involuntary psychiatric hold, also known as a Section 5150.
According to Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health, a 5150 is defined as, “a means by which someone who is in serious need of mental health treatment can be transported to a designated psychiatric inpatient facility for evaluation and treatment for up to 72-hours against their will.”
The lockdown came late last night after Spears reportedly locked herself in a room with her 1-year-old son Jayden at her L.A. home and refused to relinquish physical custody per a court order.
According to news sources, it was the derailed pop star’s court-appointed child monitor who called police. “She had already put Preston in the car when Britney locked herself in a room with Jayden,” says the source. “The cops came and got through the door and tied her down to a gurney.”
TV’s “Access Hollywood” is reporting Federline’s lawyer, Mark Vincent Kaplan, is due in court this afternoon to attempt to strip Spears of her remaining visitation rights.
In the meantime, “Access” also spoke to Britney’s mother, Lynne Spears, who was reportedly distraught, crying on the phone and asking staff members of the entertainment news show to, “Just say prayers.” Mama Spears also confirmed that Brit’s dad and her brother Bryan are at the hospital with the secluded singer.
Finally, reports that police had a difficult time removing Britney from the locked room in her house are true according to PEOPLE Magazine. The magazine claims that when officers finally gained access to the room they found “a disoriented Britney, who hadn’t slept for days and apparently hadn’t eaten for days.” Hence the decision for medical personnel to load her on a gurney and admit her to the hospital.
According to police the incident is being considered a “hostage situation.”
And you thought Britney had hit rock bottom a long time ago.