Holy Crap! Mischa got 5150’d

Damn.  So it seems Mischa Bartons call to the cops yesterday wasn’t as trivial as it seemed, because now Access Hollywood is reporting that she is being held under a 5150. That is to say she is being held against her will pending a psychiatric evaluation.

Barton has placed under an involuntary psychiatric hold by the LAPD and transferred to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center on Wednesday evening.
According to the code, authorities can hold a person involuntarily if they present a danger to themselves or others, are gravely disabled or suffer from a mental disorder. This same code was used to hold Britney Spears twice in Los Angeles in January 2008.
…the hospital can hold Barton involuntarily for up to 72 hours.

I think cops can just issue a 5150 by themselves, before ever consulting a doctor, and I realize that’s just to be safe, but it seems like a lot of power. I wish I could do that, but there’s no way I could legally make a girl stay with me for 3 days. That’s why I dug a moat around my house and filled it with alligators.