
"No arrests were made and no one else was involved."
French declined to confirm that the 23-year-old actress was taken to the city's Cedars-Sinai Medical Center and placed in a psychiatric unit, as reported by People magazine.
Barton's publicist, Craig Schneider, confirmed in a statement relayed by US media that the actress "was safely transferred to medical treatment for which she remains hospitalized, as per the recommendation of her doctor."
London-born Barton was scheduled to attend the New York premiere of her film "Homecoming," which opens in theaters Friday.
The actress, who was sentenced last year to three years of probation for drunken driving, began her film career playing a girl's ghost in M. Night Shyamalan's "The Sixth Sense" (1999).
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French declined to confirm that the 23-year-old actress was taken to the city's Cedars-Sinai Medical Center and placed in a psychiatric unit, as reported by People magazine.
Barton's publicist, Craig Schneider, confirmed in a statement relayed by US media that the actress "was safely transferred to medical treatment for which she remains hospitalized, as per the recommendation of her doctor."
London-born Barton was scheduled to attend the New York premiere of her film "Homecoming," which opens in theaters Friday.
The actress, who was sentenced last year to three years of probation for drunken driving, began her film career playing a girl's ghost in M. Night Shyamalan's "The Sixth Sense" (1999).
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