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Mischa Anne Marsden Barton
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In July 2009, after seeking medical attention for a tooth infection, Mischa Barton was sectioned for two weeks under a 5150 that allows a psychiatrist to involuntarily confine a person deemed to have a mental disorder that makes them a danger to themselves and others. Of the incident, she said:
“ If they feel you are depressed or a danger to yourself they can hold you on a 5150. I am terrified of needles and they wanted to pump me full of drugs and I said, "No, absolutely not. I don't want to be here" and got into a fight with the nurses, and that led to my 5150. ”
On January 21, 2010, Barton was sued by her New York landlord for refusing to pay three months of $7,000 per month rent on her apartment.
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