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Spears gives up kids after standoff
Singer leaves in ambulance after police attend hours-long custodial dispute
The Associated Press
updated 8:55 a.m. ET, Fri., Jan. 4, 2008
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.
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- Gunslinger
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She is heading to be the Anna Nicole of this year. From some of the things I've heard about her Mother (if they are true, such as she being the one who sold the info on Britney's sister being pregnant) it is easy to see where the cracks in the foundation began.
- DoubleTalkingJive
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The shame and weirdness of this story just continues to grow. I personally hope this is the last she sees of those children for a long time.
Agreed, she is NOT a fit mother, that's for sure. I feel so bad for those kids, they didn't ask to be here.
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http://i12.tinypic.com/6nqvrc5.jpg
Jesus she looks freaky... she's even smiling in the ambulance.
She thinks its all a game. The fact that the media loves every minute of it, she's half right.
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Britney, Interrupted
The pop star is going to stay with her nice friends at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center for awhile.It was a pretty quiet day yesterday, except for when Britney Spears, practically frothing, was strapped to a gurney and carted off to a hospital. A spokesperson for the L.A. police said the sexy schoolgirl turned python-wrangler turned wig enthusiast was on drugs at the time. Her mansion in L.A. became a standoff zone around 7 pm, when Kevin Federline's bodyguard rolled in to pick up the kids for daddy time. While the bodyguard managed to get two-year-old Sean, Britney wouldn't hand over one-year-old Jayden. Making matters worse, Britney locked her court-ordered parenting supervisor out of the house while she hid inside with her assistant Carla, pal Alli Sims and Jayden. After 90 minutes, the bodyguard called the police.
After getting paperwork from K-Fed's lawyer, the police busted into Britney's house and strapped her to a gurney. As she was being loaded into an ambulance, pictures on TMZ show her with a dopey smile on her face, although Ok! reports she was in tears when she was being taken out of her home. The 26-year-old was taken to the Cedars-Sinai Medical Center at 11:50 pm, where she was held overnight. Britney's one-year-old son Jayden was also taken to the hospital in an ambulance, TMZ reports, while Sean was staying with his dad. So far Britney's visitors have included her father Jamie, le K-Fed, and her pal Sam Lutfi, oh, and Us Weekly and TMZ. Ok! reports that she will be held under observation for 24 hours, and then will likely be slapped with a charge or two.
It was a Daniel Powter-style bad day for Britney all around. The day started with her showing up to a two-hour deposition with Kevin Federline's lawyer an hour and 45 minutes late. She had missed the previous day's deposition and had skipped out of one in December, blaming anxiety.
We're kind of grateful this meltdown happened. The court should be able to make some moves now to put her kids in a less meth-y, er, messy, environment. And, as always, we're grateful she didn't die.
