Britney's parents fear for her life

Jamie and Lynne Spears say they are “extremely disappointed” that their daughter, singer Britney Spears, was allowed to leave the psychiatric ward at the UCLA Medical Centre yesterday despite their wishes and the recommendation of her treating psychiatrist.

 

"We are deeply concerned about our daughter's safety and vulnerability and we believe her life is presently at risk," the pair said in a statement released to The Associated Press this morning.

"We ask only that the court's orders be enforced so that a tragedy may be averted."

 

According to the Los Angeles Times, hospital officials released Spears after a week of treatment because she no longer posed a danger to herself or to others, and they couldn’t continue to hold her against her will, despite the fact that Jamie Spears had been named his daughter’s conservator earlier in the week.

(A conservatorship is granted when a court determines a person is unable to care for his or her own affairs.)

 

Spears left the hospital quietly, the newspaper reported, with just a private security detail escorting her home. The scene stood in stark contrast to the one that occurred last week, when more than a dozen police officers accompanied the ambulance that took the popstar to the UCLA Medical Center.

 

“It occurred without any law enforcement intervention, and for the public that's a good thing," Capt. Sharyn Buck, commander of the North Hollywood police station, told The Associated Press shortly after Spears’ release.

 

After leaving the hospital, TMZ.com reported that the singer returned to her North Hollywood home before hitting the streets of Los Angeles to snap photos of paparazzi while driving her new Mercedes.

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