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#1,788
*sigh* i don't think her siblings are going to help her


Amanda Bynes Sexual Abuse
The brother and sister of Amanda Bynes have lashed out at her for attacking their dad and accusing him of physical and sexual abuse.

Jillian O'Keefe and Tommy Bynes tell TMZ through their lawyer, Tamar Arminak, "We are disturbed beyond words that Amanda would come up with such a fabrication as a way to avoid getting much needed help or treatment."

Amanda went on the warpath against her dad Friday after she learned her parents were coming to NYC to get her into a mental health facility, tweeting her dad had sexually and physically abused her ... something her dad vehemently denies.

Jillian and Tommy are right behind their father, calling their parents "the most wonderful parents who have ever lived."

They add, "We are pained by [Amanda's] behavior but we absolutely give our full unconditional love and support to our wonderful parents."

Read more: http://www.tmz.com/2014/10/10/amand...sical-brother-sister-treatment/#ixzz3FmIfGD2L
 
#1,789
Amanda Bynes Has a ‘Microchip’ in Her Brain. Why Are We Fascinated By This?

A series of deranged tweets about abuse and microchips grown concern for Amanda Bynes. But why are we invested in her downward spiral at all?

You know things have gotten bad when TMZ is afraid for your well-being.

In its publishing of a video of America’s collective stress-dream Amanda Bynes dancing like no one’s watching in a New York City clothing store where, indeed, everyone was watching, before allegedly attempting to shoplift a shirt, TMZ wrote, “If it were anyone else, it would be both fun and funny…but in Amanda’s case it’s desperate.”

It turns out that grinding on a bodyguard in a clothing store before trying to pilfer a blouse is the least concerning thing that Amanda Bynes has done in the last 72 hours.

In a series of unhinged tweets Friday, Bynes, in order, bemoaned that she needs plastic surgery on her face, requested that we all “hop off [her] dick,” accused her father of verbally, physically, and sexually abusing her, and then claimed that her father did not do any of those things—the microchip in her brain forced her to make those accusations, but it was her father who ordered the microchip be implanted.

The first allegations of abuse against her father were that he “was verbally and physically abuse [sic] to me as a child,” before escalating to more graphic details. She said that he “asked me if I wanted to have sex with him and I did not know how to respond and I said no and then I was forced to live with my dad which was a total nightmare.”

She went on: “My dad fondled himself in front of me so many times that I started recording him on my phone in hopes of catching him.” She claimed, too, that her mother knew about all of this, and refused to take action. “My mom knows that my father’s literally and physically incestual towards his own daughter and the fact that she never called the police on him embarrasses me to no end.”

Her parents released a statement in response, first through their lawyer, saying they were “heartbroken by these false accusations.”

In a later statement to the website Hollyscoop, Bynes’s mother, Lynn, said, “I am heartbroken today for my husband of 47 years. Rick has been the best father and husband a family can ask for. He has never abused Amanda or our other children physically or sexually. These accusations are absolutely horrible and could not be further from the truth! These allegations stem from Amanda’s mental state at the moment. They have no basis in reality. It saddens me beyond belief that my husband’s character could be slandered in such a way.”

Of course, this all happened before perhaps the most alarming, worrisome tweet was sent from Bynes’s Twitter account. “My dad never did any of those things,” she said. “The microchip in my brain made me say those things but he’s the one that ordered them to microchip me.”

Yes, a microchip.

All of this follows a dramatic few days in the relationship between Bynes and her parents. According to TMZ, Bynes attempted to flee New York City after learning that her parents were on their way to her in order to convince her to enter a mental health facility, after reports of erratic behavior spread rampantly on celebrity gossip blogs. Bynes attempted to fly out of town from LaGuardia Airport, but was kicked out of the terminal after allegedly screaming at a ticket agent when the flight wasn’t leaving quickly enough.

Up until last month, Bynes had been under the ruling thumb of her parents’ conservatorship, court-ordered after the former child star was put under a 5150 psychiatric hold, after being ruled a danger to herself or others. During the time of their conservatorship, Bynes attended classes at a California fashion school and stayed sober and out of the headlines.

Just weeks after the conservatorship ended, Bynes was arrested for a DUI, moved back across the country to New York City, and recommitted herself to deranged tweeting on her official account.

Her tweets, as they were at the height of her previous mental spiral, vacillate between tragic self-consciousness:
Apparent delusion:
And paranoid denial of any of reports of erratic or concerning behavior:

It’s the kind of apparent breakdown that creates a swell of worry. We thought Bynes had already hit rock bottom a year ago. If she’s starting to fall again, where will she land this time? It’s also the kind that sparks a shift in the way we relate to these news stories. There’s a moral evolution from our instinct to point and laugh at a celebrity’s foolish behavior—a national pastime as hallowed as baseball and baking apple pies—to wanting to give her a hug.

The same people who laughed at her spiraling insanity weeks ago hit some ambiguous threshold where they read stories about her not to mock, but to fret about her safety. When the story stops being funny and starts getting concerning, we’re washed over with a wave of guilt for our possible complicitness in her dangerous behavior. Did giving her the attention in the first place contribute to the breakdown? Are we part of its cause?

Amanda Bynes isn’t just walking around in silly wigs anymore. She’s crying for help. Even if she thinks it’s her microchip that is doing it.

Our fascination with Bynes is a strange one. We’ve long chronicled celebrities’ breakdowns, evolving our relationship with them from gawking to genuine concern. But there’s typically news value in it, and an important conversation that is sparked from it about the dangers of our obsession with celebrity and of our addiction to the clichéd narrative of their rise and fall.

With Britney Spears, we were watching how fame can destroy the biggest celebrity in the world, and witness firsthand the cost that the pressure of that has on someone. With Lindsay Lohan, we were watching the horror show of self-sabotage, and grappled with our role in feeding into it. And, more recently with Justin Bieber, we caught a glimpse of how insular the celebrity bubble can be in this new digital age, and how incapable a star can be of seeing out of it.

But here is Amanda Bynes, an actress who no longer acts, a fashion designer who hasn’t been designing, and a celebrity who has stopped making industry appearances. What are we getting from this? Why are we still so invested?

As we watch her breakdown via leaked videos to TMZ and her own 140-character delusions, perhaps we need realize that there’s no return on the investment in the chronicling of her breakdown. It’s time to stop investing, because it’s Amanda Bynes who needs the payoff: the anonymity she so clearly needs to get better.
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#1,790
Thank God!!


Amanda Bynes just arrived in L.A. and went directly to a hospital outside L.A. ... where doctors placed her on an involuntary psychiatric hold.

We're told Amanda thought a car service was taking her to The London Hotel where her parents and their attorney were going to meet her. In fact the parents had made arrangements with the car service to take her to a Pasadena hospital instead ... where their lawyer, Tamar Arminak, was waiting with doctors.

We're told doctors placed her on a 5150 psychiatric hold, where she will be held for 72 hours. That hold can be extended for 14 days, and we're told during that time there will be a move to get another conservatorship.

Take a look at the video of Amanda arriving at LAX. She clearly needs help.
 
#1,795
OMG!!! :cry: Thank God, she's so troubled. I hope the paps move on and her parents don't live in denial anymore and let the conservatorship end and decide to take her off meds. She needs long term supervision. My heart is sad for her.
 
#1,799
Some how Sam Lufti (From the Brittany Spears meltdown era) has gotten himself involved. Amanda tweeted that he's like a brother to her and she loves him. But….she should have been in the hospital so how did she have access to the internet?

We're really concerned about Amanda Bynes!
Amanda previously claimed on Twitter that her father physically and mentally abused her, before retracting that claim and tweeting that a microchip placed in her brain made her say that.
After all these bizarre tweets, Perez just EXCLUSIVELY spoke to Amanda, and here's what she had to say:
"Last time I trusted Lutfi he put me in a conservatorship which ended in August I'm not stupid. You are all listening to my brain…I can handle Sam, he just flew me back to LA and I'm going to meet some sick lawyers."
For your reference, Sam Lutfi was Britney Spears' former manager. Amanda recently said Sam was "like a brother" to her on Twitter.
We sincerely hope that Amanda gets all the help she needs, especially if Amanda believes that people are listening to her brain.


Read more: http://perezhilton.com/2014-10-10-exclusive-amanda-bynes-speaks-to-perez-hilton#ixzz3FpsH7lwF
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#1,800
Found a better article:

The person who tricked Amanda Bynes into flying to L.A. where she ended up in a mental ward is none other than the man who some say created life-threatening peril for a then-unstable Britney Spears.

TMZ has learned ... Sam Lutfi -- who Britney's parents say was recklessly medicating her before she was eventually strapped to a stretcher and taken to a psych ward in 2008 -- contacted Amanda Thursday and convinced her to sue her parents. He got her to fly to L.A. so he could hook her up with a lawyer.

Here's what Amanda DIDN'T know ... Lutfi was secretly working with Amanda's parents and it was all an elaborate ruse to lure her out so doctors could place her on an involuntary psychiatric hold.

We now have more clarification as to how Lutfi pulled it off. He told Amanda her car would be making 2 stops. First, to the lawyer's office in Pasadena and then to the London Hotel in West Hollywood where she would confront her parents and tell them about the lawsuit.

She never got to the London, because the driver went to a Pasadena hospital which looked like an office building. Amanda thought she was going to see the lawyer but when she walked inside she was surrounded by hospital staff.

TMZ broke the story ... Amanda was placed on a 72-hour psych hold which can be extended for 14 days. We're told during that time her parents will attempt to get another conservatorship.

Lutfi -- who has always said he was actually protecting Britney -- is a hero in the eyes of Amanda's parents. We're told they are going to publicly thank him.

Read more: http://www.tmz.com#ixzz3Fpslk6T1
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