Amanda Bynes placed on psychiatric hold after roaming streets naked
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Amanda Bynes was placed on a psychiatric hold early Sunday after being found roaming the streets of Los Angeles naked.
An eyewitness told TMZ Monday that the former “Amanda Show” star, who has bipolar disorder, flagged down a car without any clothes on her person and told the driver she was coming down from a psychiatric episode.
Bynes, 36, then called 911 on herself and was taken to a nearby police station, where a mental health expert determined she needed to be placed on a 5150 hold, according to the outlet.
The troubled star reportedly remains in a facility’s care. A 5150 hold typically lasts 72 hours but can be extended based on a patient’s need.
She had been set to attend ’90s Con in Connecticut with her former “All That” co-stars Saturday but canceled due to an undisclosed illness.
Bynes’ attorney didn’t immediately return Page Six’s request for comment, but her ex-fiancé Paul Michael tells Page Six exclusively that the Nickelodeon alum has been “off her meds.”
Bynes’ psychiatric episode happened nearly one year to the day after she was freed from an eight-year conservatorship.