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Brit's Parents Fear Her Life's 'At Risk'

Pop star released from psych ward without their consent

By Katherine Thompson, Newser Staff

Posted Feb 7, 2008 7:15 AM CST

(Newser) – Britney Spears' parents are terrified of the potentially life-threatening consequences of their daughter's release against the recommendations of her psychiatrist from UCLA Medical Center, where she was being treated for mental problems. "We are deeply concerned and believe her life is at risk," said the singer's parents, who charged that a court order giving Spears' father control of her affairs had been "blatantly" disregarded.

"We ask the orders be enforced so that a tragedy may be averted," they said in a statement. Britney spent her first day of freedom driving around with an unidentified male companion among a swarm of paparazzi. “Patients like Britney go back to their habits until they’ve hit rock bottom," one source explained. Spears' increasingly bizarre behavior resulted last month in a court-ordered termination of visitation rights with her two sons.

In a file photo Britney Spears performs with a snake during the finale of the 2001 MTV Video Music Awards Thursday, Sept. 6, 2001, at New York's Metropolitan Opera House. Britney Spears has been released... (Associated Press)

An unidentified man with a video camera is detained by two plain-clothed Beverly Hills police officers for a traffic violation while following Britney Spears in Beverly Hills, Calif.,Wednesday, Feb. 6,... (Associated Press)

Britney Spears sits in the passenger seat of her car as an unidentified man drives in Beverly Hills, Calif. on Wednesday, Feb. 6, 2008. Spears was quietly released from a hospital Wednesday but within... (Associated Press)

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