Amanda Bynes refused release from psychiatric hospital

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Press Trust of India Los Angeles
Last Updated : Aug 02 2013 | 2:55 PM IST
Troubled star Amanda Bynes has lost her latest bid for freedom after a judge has quashed her lawyer's request for her release from a psychiatric hospital.
The 27-year-old 'Hairspray' actress has spent the past 10 days on an extended 5150 psychiatric hold after she was arrested for starting a fire on a driveway in Thousand Oaks, California, reported TMZ online.
She appeared before a judge in the psych ward and listened intently as her lawyer argued there was no legal basis to hold her.
At the hearing, her representative told the judge that Bynes was perfectly capable of looking after herself and she was not a danger to others.
But the judge agreed with her doctors, who are still trying to counsel and treat the actress for an alleged mental illness.
They fear she won't take the medications that have stabilised her odd behaviour if she's allowed to walk free.
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First Published: Aug 02 2013 | 2:55 PM IST

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