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Mischa Barton placed in psych hold
By Amber Dowling
2009-07-16
‘O.C.’ and ‘Beautiful Life’ star rushed to hospital
Access Hollywood is reporting that Mischa Barton, star of The O.C. and the
upcoming CW show Beautiful Life, has been placed under an involuntary
psychiatric hold by the Los Angeles Police Department after authorities received
a call from Barton’s residence around 3 p.m. on Wednesday afternoon.
When they arrived at the star’s house, they reportedly began helping her with a
“medical issue,” and she was placed under Section 5150 of the California Welfare
and Institutions Code and transported to Cedars-Sinai hospital.
The code says that if a person presents a danger to themselves or others, are
disabled or suffer from a mental disorder, that the authorities can hold them
involuntarily.
Because of the code, authorities cannot by law discuss what happened, but Barton
was scheduled to fly to New York City Wednesday evening for the première of her
latest movie, Homecoming.
In the past few months photos have surfaced of the star looking extremely skinny
and unhealthy, leading to rumours of an eating disorder and the possibility that
Barton may be tossed from her new fall TV show, Beautiful Life.