Britney Spears' conservatorship ordeal hauntingly echoes another dark episode in Hollywood history

[mayjailer]

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[new_peteland]

The doctor who testified to the Superior Court of Los Angeles in 1934 that Post should be declared incompetent was a neurologist named Samuel D. Ingham. Samuel Ingham III, who resigned as Britney Spears’ attorney after her June 23 statement to the court, confirmed to me in an email that [this] was his grandfather.

Throw the genes away.

I had a nervous breakdown, luckily I’m a poor.

[josiefier]

That's the part that got to me the most. No wonder one echos the other! That aspect is on its third generation!

[mhfromnh]

I had a nervous breakdown in June that I'm still recovering from. watching all the Britney stuff made me very thankful of my family who are merely being supportive thru it all.

[new_peteland]

Only my partner knew at the time and I told everyone else I was dealing with either depression or a stress related illness, depending on my relationship to them. It was only recently I told my mom the truth.

[mayjailer]

i just recently added red comet to my to-read shelf. after years of picking it up and not finishing it (not because i disliked it, i honestly can't say why) i've almost finished the bell jar and am now very interested to read about plath's life. the impact that the electroshock therapy had on her is frightening. iirc carrie fisher was a major proponent of the practice.

[ponyboy]

mickey rooney was horrifically abused by the end of his life

[jarellano89]

People that abuse old people and children are just rotten to their core no ifs, ands, or buts.

[friarsfire]

I expected to be upset reading this. I did not expect to be infuriated. These fucking monsters.

[bitchsdangerous]

The doctor who testified to the Superior Court of Los Angeles in 1934 that Post should be declared incompetent was a neurologist named Samuel D. Ingham. Samuel Ingham III, who resigned as Britney Spears’ attorney after her June 23 statement to the court, confirmed to me in an email that [this] was his grandfather.

😳 wow

[anterrabre]

I'm furious. That man set aside money to take care of his partner in case something happened to him and the bitch sister got it all. I hope she choked.