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Spears 'leaves rehab after a day' | Spears 'leaves rehab after a day' |
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Britney Spears has checked out of rehab after just one day for the second time in a week, according to US reports. | Britney Spears has checked out of rehab after just one day for the second time in a week, according to US reports. |
The singer, 25, left a treatment centre in Malibu, California, on Wednesday, less than 24 hours after her manager told reporters she had checked in. | |
Spears made headlines at the weekend by shaving her head in front of onlookers shortly after a separate stay in rehab. | |
Her estranged husband, Kevin Federline, has asked for an emergency hearing in the couple's ongoing custody battle. | |
It is not known what issue the 28-year-old aspiring rapper plans to raise, but the hearing is due to take place in Los Angeles family court on Thursday. | |
"Our best information is he will be here; she won't," said court spokesman Allan Parachini, "but anything is possible". | |
Spears had her first number one hit when she was 17The couple currently share custody of 5-month-old Jayden James and 17-month-old Sean Preston, following a temporary custody agreement made in January. | |
Since splitting with Federline last year, Spears has been a constant feature of gossip columns with her partying lifestyle. | |
On Tuesday, celebrity website People quoted a statement by the star's management which said: "Britney Spears has voluntarily checked herself into an undisclosed rehab facility today." | |
Manager Larry Rudolph asked for privacy while she received treatment, but the singer was later photographed on the balcony of a clinic in Malibu, whose previous clients include Robert Downey Jr and Matthew Perry. | |
A spokesman for the public relations agency that represents the treatment centre said he had no comment and would not confirm that Spears had been there or that she had left. | |
Hair auction | |
Last week, she reportedly sought treatment at a separate centre in the Caribbean but also checked out after a day. | |
The next day, she arrived at a San Fernando Valley hair salon, grabbed an electric razor and shaved her head bald. | |
Afterward, she visited a tattoo parlour, where she had a pair of red-and-pink lips inked onto her wrist. | |
Potential bidders can view Spears' hair on the salon's websiteThen she went out clubbing with friends before apparently checking into rehab for a second time. | |
The salon where Spears had her drastic haircut has set up a website to auction the hair for more than $1m (£512,500). | |
A spokeswoman for the website said they had already received a number of bids. | A spokeswoman for the website said they had already received a number of bids. |
"We have received many offers and we are currently in the process of separating the real ones from the bogus ones," she told the BBC News website. | "We have received many offers and we are currently in the process of separating the real ones from the bogus ones," she told the BBC News website. |
Spears has sold more than 50m albums in her 8-year career, but has not released any new material since 2004. | |
Editor of Vibe magazine, Jon Caramanica, said it was hard to say whether the star's recording career had been damaged by her recent troubles. | |
"I think the best thing she could do is make an album that engages with this subject matter in some way," he said. | |
"Not only to have a good album but to have an album that's a declaration of emotional health." |
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