Celebrity Court

While most of the country was sleeping, or paying attention to more important news like the results of the Iowa Caucus, Britney Spears was busy getting herself into a whole heap of more trouble.

According to reports, Spears was supposed to hand over her two sons to ex-husband Kevin Federline’s bodyguards, per their custody arrangement. She refused and police were called.

What happened when the police arrived is still a bit foggy. We know that Federline’s lawyer showed up, presumably with a copy of the court order and the police determined that it was indeed Federline’s time to have the kids. Following this, the police called an ambulance and Britney was sent to the hospital for an evaluation. She was behaving oddly, likely due to being under the influence of drugs, and she will have to have a psychiatric evaluation.

Even less clear is why, reportedly, one of the kids, Jayden James, went to the hospital in a second ambulance. Was he injured? Sick? Kevin Federline and the other child were also seen at the hospital.

Britney likely had a stressful day, after being deposed for all of fourteen minutes by Federline’s lawyer. This is the deposition that she has already missed twice. When she showed up late, they only had 14 minutes to question her.

No word on how long Britney will be at the hospital.  If they determine that she is a danger to herself or others, she might be staying awhile. This whole situation has really gone beyond mere amusement or train wreck watching and has collapsed into what reminds me of an episode of Intervention. Sad really doesn’t even begin to describe the whole situation.  It seems pointless to even hope for a good resolution for this whole thing, where it is clear that it has already damaged so many.

Sources: People magazine, Perez Hilton

Photo Source: TMZ

Britney Spears, Jayden James Federline, Kevin Federline

 
PHOTO FROM TMZ‘Tis the season for celebrations with friends and family.  ‘Tis also the season for drinking too much at those celebrations and getting arrested for drunk driving.  Here are the latest celebs to be arrested for driving under the influence:

Mischa Barton: arrested on suspicion of drunk driving and suspected possession of marijuana.  She was pulled over after the police witnessed her straddling two lanes of traffic and failed to use an indicator.  What is she even doing with herself these days?  Seems like she pretty much disappeared from the face of the earth after leaving The OC to do other projects.  Maybe her other project was partying?  Also gives me another opportunity to remind you: if you drunk or in possession of drugs, please do your very best to obey the traffic rules.

Danielle Fishel (best known as Topanga on Boy Meets World): arrested on a drunk driving warrant.  Although she had disappeared for awhile after the show ended, she had recently gotten work on the Tyra Banks Show, as well as with Nutrisystem.  Doesn’t she know all the calories that are in alcohol?

Rebecca De Mornay: two misdemeanor counts of DUI stemming from an October arrest. What has she done lately?  Maybe this is a trend: former actresses who are no longer getting work, hit the bottle to feel better, get arrested for drunk driving and then producers say, “Oh, I forgot about her!  I shall hire her!”  Hmm.  Maybe.  Or it could just be that celebs are like regular people in that they drink too much and think that they are okay to drive. 

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According to People Magazine, Amy Winehouse was arrested yesterday in Norway for marijuana possession. The singer, who seems to be known just as much for her her drug use as her singing, was in Norway as part of her tour.

Winehouse was in her hotel room at the Berdgen Radisson, when someone tipped off the police that there were drugs in the room. The police went to her room, where they found .25 ounces of marijuana. Winehouse was arrested along with her husband and another man.

Winehouse was released from jail after about a 12 hour stay after paying a 500 euro fine, which is close to $715 US. Both men were also fined and released. The paying of the fines resolved the case and there will be no further action against any of the parties.

It has not been a good week for Winehouse, as her tour good off to a bad start in Berlin, when she tripped and staggered on stage and forgot some of the lyrics to a song.

While I realize from all of the gossip about Winehouse that she does likely have a serious drug problem, who would turn someone into the police for pot? Unless the caller saw the group with harder drugs earlier in the night and then by the time the police arrived all that was left was marijuana? Maybe the call from the neighboring hotel room whose occupants had trouble sleeping due to a contact buzz.?  Or perhaps the hotel staff themselves or other people who do not like Winehouse did not want her staying there, so the called police, thinking that there would likely be drugs?

What is so silly about this “crime” is that if she had been found with marijuana a few days later, when her tour heads to Amsterdam, it would not have resulted in an arrest, because pot is legal there.

According to TMZ, Britney Spears reportedly took, and passed, a drug test over the weekend. The drug and alcohol screenings are part of the judge’s order in her custody battle with ex-husband Kevin Federline.

Britney has also been reportedly meeting with her parenting coach in order to better her parenting skills. She is allowed visitation with her two sons, but Kevin retains full custody.

The parties will next appear in court on October 25th and Britney has to appear in court or she could face contempt charges from the judge, as it would violate his court order.

Hopefully this is the start of Britney turning things around.  Perhaps she really does want to get her children back and is starting to see the error of her ways.

After undergoing a routine drug screening by the order of the Federal judge in his case, Michael Vick has tested positive for marijuana. This latest turn of events has resulted in harsher pre-sentencing conditions for Vick, including home confinement and electronic monitoring.

Vick will be sentenced in December after pleading guilty to federal dogfighting charges. Vick is also facing similar charges from the local county prosecutor.

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