Britney: One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest

According to US Magazine:

"After Britney Spears defied court-mandated visitation hours Thursday night by refusing to turn over her two sons to ex-husband Kevin Federline, police were called to her home and later a reportedly intoxicated Britney Spears was taken via ambulance to L.A.'s Cedars-Sinai Medical Center.
As of 3:45 a.m PST Friday, Spears remained in the hospital under observation.

A hospital source tells Usmagazine.com that Spears has been designated a "special needs" patient, meaning "they have either overdosed or tried to commit suicide. So we go stay with these patients and monitor them constantly. We watch them so they don't hurt themselves and watch the people who come visit them to make sure they don't pass anything to them."

Us has learned that the pop star was due to turn over Sean Preston, 2, and Jayden James, 1, Thursday at 7 p.m. Federline's bodyguard was supposed to pick them up, but Spears was defiant. She had been with the kids at her Beverly Hills home since noon Thursday, after being briefly deposed earlier in her ongoing custody dispute.

About ninety minutes after refusing to give up the kids, police arrived.

"There have been police sent to that residence," an LAPD officer told Us. "We don't know any more at this time, but apparently they've arrived."

Federline's attorney, Mark Vincent Kaplan, was seen leaving Spears' home around 9 p.m.

Spears' attorney, Sorrell Trope, who on Wednesday asked the court for permission to be relieved from his duties of representing Spears, tells Us, "In a normal case when someone shows up with a certified court order saying the kids need to be somewhere else, the police see to it that the order is obeyed. But that is in a normal case."

Spears had shown up for a custody deposition Thursday afternoon (after skipping two depositions in the past month) but left after about 45 minutes.

"She was cooperative," Kaplan said. "There has been no change in anything. It will be continued to another date, which I will not say at this time."

On Wednesday, Trope sought permission from the court to end his representation of the singer.
A source told Usmagazine.com. "[Trope's firm] couldn’t rein her in. No one can, and it's an embarrassment in front of the judge."

Spears, 26, lost shared custody of her sons in October.

Here's a timeline of updates on this developing story:
10:50 p.m.: The fire department arrives on the scene. LAPD Officer Jason Lee tells Us, "The officers are still there. They are trying to resolve this peacefully and legally, according to the court order. They've been there since 8 p.m. and it is in regards to Britney Spears’ custody battle."
11:05 p.m.: Paramedics take a gurney and a backboard into Spears' home.
11:25 p.m.: An ambulance pulls into Spears' driveway, parking behind her car.
11:50 p.m.: An ambulance carrying Spears and other emergency vehicles leave the scene; it's reported that Sean Preston and Jayden James are in Federline's custody.
12:40 a.m.: Spears arrives via ambulance at Cedars Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles. Police had erected screens to shield her from waiting photographers; Federline and Spears pal Sam Lutfi soon arrive separately. Around time of mom's arrival, son Jayden carried into the emergency room by police officer while sucking on a pacifier.
1:10 a.m.: Jamie Spears, Britney's father, arrives at Cedars Sinai.
3:45 a.m.: Cedars source confirms that Spears remains under observation as a "special needs" patient".

Wow-I should have stayed up to watch this shit! Will Britney be the next Anna Nicole Smith?