Amanda Bynes has been released after what was almost a three-week involuntary psychiatric hold. The starlet was seen roaming the streets of L.A. and reportedly looking for a place to stay.
Though she was supposed to be held for 30 days, the troubled starlet reportedly went before a judge, pled her case clearly, and the judge ruled that she no longer posed a threat. According to TMZ:
“Sources familiar with Amanda’s treatment [say] she went before a hearing officer at the psychiatric facility Thursday, asking to be released. Amanda has been on her meds and sounds lucid, even though doctor’s say she is seriously mentally ill.
The hearing officer felt Amanda was stable enough so she could NOT be held involuntarily, so he ended the 30-day hold that had been granted last week and Amanda walked out the front door.”
Amanda’s mother, Lynn Bynes, who has been active in getting her daughter healthy, feels differently about her mental state. She was granted conservatorship over the 28-year-old’s estate while she remains under treatment. TMZ first reported that:
Lynn Bynes cited the former Nickelodeon star’s recent DUI arrest in California and erratic public behavior in New York as she argued that Bynes poses a “substantial risk” to herself and others.
After her release, the Hairspray actress took herself out to dinner, where she ordered some salads, fried chicken, salmon, and guacamole. Though she was articulate enough to plead her case, observers who saw her at dinner say she was talking to herself.
She’s also hopped right back on Twitter and it doesn’t seem like much has changed, as far as her mental state goes:
Tamar Arminak it is illegal to talk to the press about my personal business.You are corrupt and belong in prison.
— amanda bynes (@amandabynes) October 31, 2014
And no one should ever hire Richard Hutton.His daughter jen heger runs Radar Online and he tells her everything, also illegal and corrupt
— amanda bynes (@amandabynes) October 31, 2014
Once again, the former Nickelodeon star accused her dad of being a sexual predator, revealing that she cannot be in the same room with him. But that wasn’t all:
It is not illegal to talk about my personal business.
— amanda bynes (@amandabynes) October 31, 2014
I am going to court today with my lawyer to prove that I am more than capable of handling my personal life and finances and I am enraged
— amanda bynes (@amandabynes) October 31, 2014
I got released from the hospital that Sam Lufti and my parents arranged to send me to because my dad is humiliated by what he’s done
— amanda bynes (@amandabynes) October 31, 2014
I got a 4.0 grade point average at @FIDM and I am fully capable of taking care of myself and my finances and my parents just want to take
— amanda bynes (@amandabynes) October 31, 2014
The police filed a report against my dad – I am not able to be in the same room with him. He is a sexual predator and he SHOULD BE IN JAIL
— amanda bynes (@amandabynes) October 31, 2014
I am going to court with my lawyer today to fight my mother and father over control of my personal life and control of my finances
— amanda bynes (@amandabynes) October 31, 2014
People need to hear the truth about who I really am – I need to show the judge that not only do I not need ANY help making decisions about
— amanda bynes (@amandabynes) October 31, 2014
My future, I was planning on transferring to NYU, and I was never homeless, I was living in the nicest hotels until I found the right apt
— amanda bynes (@amandabynes) October 31, 2014
In NY
— amanda bynes (@amandabynes) October 31, 2014
So sorry you’ve been fooled by Sam Lufti and my parents, but they are lying about stealing money from me and i cannot continue to allow them
— amanda bynes (@amandabynes) October 31, 2014
To abuse me any more !
— amanda bynes (@amandabynes) October 31, 2014
Thank You everyone, have a great day 🙂
— amanda bynes (@amandabynes) October 31, 2014
Also Love Bugs, I look horrible right now because I had a procedure done under my eyes to remove micro cysts under my eyes, so I need to
— amanda bynes (@amandabynes) October 31, 2014
Wear a bandage To Court 🙂
— amanda bynes (@amandabynes) October 31, 2014
We sure hope Amanda gets better.
SOURCE: TMZ, Radar Online, Daily News | PHOTO CREDIT: Splash