Hold on y’all; it’s almost over. For too long now our senses have been inundated with wall-to-wall Britney Spears news coverage. Most of it is a desperate cry for help by a sick woman. Yesterday, police were called to Britney’s mansion after she reportedly refused to turn over her sons to Kevin Federline‘s bodyguard.
According to TMZ.com, police found Britney “under the influence” and apparently found her son Jayden James in some type of distress.
One intelligent officer on the scene declared Britney a danger to herself and 5150’d her for an emergency psych evaluation against her will. There is also talk of possibly charging Britney (for child neglect?)
Jayden was bundled into an ambulance (along with Britney in a second ambulance) and escorted by 13 police cars with lights flashing and sirens blaring to Cedars Sinai hospital. Was all that really necessary?
Of course the assembled media behaved like a pack of hungry wolves at the sight of the ambulances carrying Britney and her son.
A 5150 means any police officer can deem a person unsafe to himself or others and have that person involuntarily committed. The act is also referred to as a 48 hour hold. Once the 48 hours has passed, a judge must review the case and either order the patient released or held indefinitely. Let’s hope the judge chooses the latter because we all need a break from Britney!
