Amanda Bynes was hitting the big time in 2007, but by 2012 she stopped appearing on the red carpet and started appearing in the police blotter. After reports of multiple hit and runs, the star finally lost her license when she hit a police car with her BMW.
She continued to spiral out of control, so much so that she was court ordered to a mental institution and put under her parents’ guardianship. Friends and family held their breath, hoping these drastic measures would help turn around the troubled life she had fallen into.
In early 2014, Amanda started showing signs of a positive recovery. She was supposedly taking medication to help with her mental instability and even enrolled in school. While enjoying her spring break, she looked happy and healthy as she lounged around poolside with her parents. She had dyed her hair back to a more natural color, and appeared to be spending time at the gym.
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Amanda’s behavior was so good in fact that she was able to regain her driver’s license in April 2014. After months of not appearing in any celebrity news columns, her face is now splashed all over the internet.
On Sunday September 28th, she was once again arrested for a DUI. This time it was at 3 AM in Los Angeles. She was charged with a misdemeanor and released from jail later that day, even though her bond was set at $15,000. Her parents claim they did not pay the fee.
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It seems her parents are completely done with trying to help their 28-year-old daughter. Her father Rick says he has not heard from her since their court-ordered conservatorship ended in mid-September. No one can blame them for not trying, they have taken her back in and nursed her to health multiple times, yet she keeps going back to drugs and alcohol.
No one knows how far down her current spiral is going to drag her. Stories from colleagues and fellow gym goers are beginning to surface that maybe Amanda had been showing signs of relapse for a while. She reportedly showed up to class high on drugs multiple times, as well as verbally attacked fellow gym goers if she thought they were judging her appearance.
Soon after receiving her latest DUI charge a week ago, she has since fled to New York City where she was seen erratically walking around with a bandage under her right eye. She had on odd layers of clothing: a chunky cardigan, under a jean jacket, and a grey sweater draped around her. She was reportedly seen talking to a tree and later walked into Cartier, where she unsurprisingly came out empty handed.
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The worst part about the entire story is that Bynes cannot be forced to get help until she starts displaying behavior that will harm others. Until then we can only hope that someway, somehow she finds her way out of another downward spiral before she detrimentally hurts herself or someone else.
Hopefully it won’t come to that. 🙁
