Amanda Bynes was hospitalized in a psychiatric hospital after wandering the streets of Los Angeles naked and disoriented. The 36-year-old actress – known for her roles in children’s series like The Amanda Show on Nickelodeon or films like Hairspray (2007) or Rumors and Lies (2010) – was spotted walking aimlessly on Sunday morning, the Medium Special reported in Celebrities and All Kinds of Celebrities TMZ.
According to the publication, Bynes stopped a driver and explained that she was having a psychotic breakdown, after which the interpreter herself called emergency services to report the situation. After being taken to a nearby police station, she was treated by a specialist mental health team. This team decided to place her under the guardianship of a psychiatric hospital through a process known as Code 5051, which allows mental health doctors, police officers and even relatives to temporarily and involuntarily treat anyone who poses a danger to themselves or others record. Other. This procedure typically takes 72 hours, but can be extended for as long as is deemed necessary to stabilize a patient.
Last week, Bynes was scheduled to perform again at the 90s Con Festival, a gathering for 1990s nostalgics held March 17, 18, and 19 in Connecticut and attended by stars of the era including Tori Spelling, Jason Priestley, Jennie Garth and Ian Ziering, stars of Sensation of Living, or Melissa Joan Hart, star of Sabrina, Things of Witches, among many other familiar faces. However, Bynes canceled his participation citing an illness, which he did not specify.
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The Californian actress began working in film and television at the age of seven, and over time, thanks to his name, she’s gone from being a one-show child star to one of the most recognizable faces of teen rom-coms in roles in films like A Dream for Her (2003), where he split the bill with Colin Firth, or She’s the Boy (2006), alongside Channing Tatum. Her career took off thanks to the good reviews of some of her latest works, such as the musical Hairspray, in which she played Penny, the protagonist’s innocent best friend, a role for which she won the Film Critics’ Award for Best Supporting Performance and received in 2008 a Screen Actors Guild Award nomination. However, in 2010, at the height of his career, away from the children’s and youth universe, he announced an indefinite hiatus from acting via his Twitter account.
Amanda Bynes and Colin Firth, in a still from the film A Dream for Her (2003). United Archives/Impress (United Archives / Cordon Press)
Beginning in 2012, she made headlines with news unrelated to her facet as an actress: illegal drug possession, throwing a bong full of marijuana out the window of her apartment due to the arrival of police, and numerous trafficking issues for driving under the influence just a few of the charges they brought to court in just a few months. This, together with the pictures of him setting his trousers on fire at the entrance to his house or of his beloved blond hair being shaved, all too publicly attested that something was happening in the young interpreter’s life.
Amanda Bynes presented the Best Picture award at the 2007 MTV Movie Awards, accompanied by John Travolta and Zac Efron, as her career was at one of its finest moments. Christopher Polk (FilmMagic)
Eventually, Bynes agreed to be admitted to a detox center in 2013, and in December of that year, her parents were granted custody of the artist, who would live under their care for a few months. A year later, in 2014, he accused his father of verbal, physical and sexual abuse via his Twitter account. Months later, she recanted, saying her father never abused her. “The microchip in my brain made me say those things,” he said, claiming his father ordered the microchip. Months later, he also announced on Twitter that he had been diagnosed with bipolar disorder. As a result of all these events, the actress’ parents received her legal guardianship. Amanda Bynes stayed away from the spotlight for a while.
An unidentified Amanda Bynes attends a arraignment in Manhattan Criminal Court on July 9, 2013 in New York. Bynes was charged with reckless driving, evidence tampering and possession of marijuana. Neilson BarnardGetty
Four years later, in 2018, Bynes resurfaced and said she’d been sober all along, thanks to her parents’ help. She also took to Twitter again to apologize for everything she said during her years of substance abuse: “I’m really ashamed of the things I’ve said. I can’t turn back time, but if I could, I would. I’m so sad for everyone I’ve hurt and lied about, it’s something that eats me up inside.” In a 2018 interview with Paper Magazine, the actress revealed the root causes of her downfall: substance abuse such as Cocaine and MDMA, as well as addiction to a drug called Adderall, a type of stimulant, that she has amphetamine and that it’s used to treat attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and narcolepsy (a sleep disorder), and that the actress used to try to lose weight Both the apology on Twitter and her interview in Paper carried meaning: Amanda Bynes was determined to return to acting and wanted to show she’s no longer the young promise that misled her in 2012.
In 2019, however, she was again admitted to a psychiatric center after a relapse. Apparently, the pressure to announce his return had helped worsen his mental health. Away from the cameras and spotlights, she kept a low profile again, even graduating from the Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising in Los Angeles that year.
In 2022, following in Britney Spears’ footsteps, Amanda Bynes requested the end of her parents’ guardianship, which was granted by a judge who found it was “no longer necessary”. “The court finds that guardianship is no longer required,” the ruling reads. Her attorney, David A. Esquibias, told TMZ that her parents agreed that she had made “significant progress” in managing her bipolar disorder. After the sentence, the actress uploaded a picture of the headline reporting the news to her Instagram account, with this message: “I’m a bird and now I can fly.” The end of guardianship returned to him the administration of his personal life and fortune, which is estimated at around six million dollars (about 5.5 million euros).
Despite everything, the actress’ parents, Lynn and Rick, are not considering asking for guardianship of their daughter again, according to American media TMZ. At this point, they are more concerned about Bynes’ health and well-being because of his mental health issues.