"DWTS": Mischa Barton Reveals Why She Left Hollywood After "The OC"
Mischa Barton has hired a lawyer amid reports that an alleged s*x tape of her is being shopped to p**n companies. Attorney Lisa Bloom issued a statement about the matter via Twitter on Tuesday, March 14.
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I am very proud to represent actress Mischa Barton, who is courageously standing up for her rights. It has been reported that n***d or sexually explicit images of Ms. Barton are being shopped around. Ms. Barton does not consent to any disclosure of any such images. She believes that she was recorded without her consent by someone she was seeing at the time, Bloom wrote in an official letter.
Theres a name for this disgusting conduct: revenge p*********y. Revenge p*********y is a form of sexual assault, and it is also a crime and a civil wrong in California. And we will not stand for it, she continued. I have a message for anyone who attempts to traffic in these photos or videos of Ms. Barton: we will find you, and we will come after you. We will fully prosecute you under every available criminal and civil law. You proceed at your peril.
Mischa Barton arrives at the Animal Equality 10th Anniversary Celebration Honoring Moby at the P on Nov. 19, 2016, in Los Angeles. Greg Doherty/Getty Images Stars at Court
Bloom previously appeared as an anchor on the legal news program Lisa Bloom: Open Court on truTV from 2006 to 2009.
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Barton, 31, has had a difficult few months. In January, she was reportedly hospitalized after officers responded to a disturbance call at her l.a. home. barton was released the following day and told People magazine that someone slipped her a date-rape drug as she celebrated her birthday with friends. She thanked her fans for their well-wishes via Twitter on January 31.
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Thank you so much for all the love guys. It means the world to me. There is too much going on in the world so I appreciate this more than ever, the O.C. alum wrote at the time. From the bottom of my heart. We shall over come.
Last month, she reportedly crashed a U-Haul truck into a West Hollywood apartment building.
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Mischa Barton has revealed she unknowingly consumed a psychoactive drug GHB before being hospitalised for a mental health evaluation this week.
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The 31-year-old OC actress has confirmed she"s been released and is at "home and doing well", and says she knew "something was not right" in the lead up to her voluntary admission to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles.
""On the evening of the 25th, I went out with a group of friends to celebrate my birthday," she says in a statement released to People.
Mischa Barton has revealed she unknowingly consumed a psychoactive drug GHB before being hospitalised for a mental health evaluation this week. Source: Getty Images
"While having drinks, I realised that something was not right as my behavior was becoming erratic and continued to intensify over the next several hours.
"I voluntarily went to get professional help, and I was informed by their staff that I had been given GHB. After an overnight stay, I am home and doing well".
GHB stands for Gamma-hydroxybutyrate, a depressant drug that slows down the messages travelling between the brain and body.
On Thursday reports emerged that the television star had been taken to after suffering a "psychotic episode".
In 2009 she experienced a mental health scare. Photo: Getty Images
The OC actress exhibited bizarre behaviour, which had friends and neighbours extremely concerned for her health, TMZ reported.
Witnesses said they saw the star bending over her garden fence shouting about the world shattering", "Ziggy Stardust" and calling her mother a witch.
At one point she fell backward off the fence and was heard saying: "Oh my G*d, it"s over! I feel it, and it"s angry!" the report claims.
Police and firefighters were apparently called after being alerted by concerned neighbours about a jumper or possible overdose".
Mischa rose to fame as Marissa Cooper on The OC.
This isnt the first mental health scare Mischa has had.
In 2009, she was placed on an involuntary psychiatric hold back after a dental check for an infected tooth turned into a fight with the nurses.
She was sectioned for two weeks under a 5150, a Californian law that allows a psychiatrist to involuntarily confine a person deemed a danger to themselves or others.
She explained the situation at the time and defended claims she was mentally unwell.
In 2009 she got into a fight with nurses after feeling terrified about them injecting her with needles. Photo: Getty Images
"I had this terrible surgery to remove my wisdom teeth and it drove me mad. I had infections and I couldn"t eat anything except Slush Puppies for three months and I can"t tell you how awful it was," she told US TV show The View back in 2009.
Anyway, I"d had enough and I went to the hospital. I was in a lot of pain and if they feel you are depressed or a danger to yourself they can hold you on a 5150, she explained.
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.
"Part of me wishes those things had never happened in the public eye. I wish I could have been perfect. For ages after that 5150 I"d walk down the street and people would give me the crazy eye: "there"s mischa barton, she"s insane, isn"t she?""
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Mischa Barton has apologised for an Instagram post paying tribute to the death of Alton Sterling which showed the bikini-clad actress on a yacht with a glass of wine in hand, staring pensively into the distance.
Sterling, 37, was killed on Tuesday when he was shot dead by police in Louisiana. An autopsy found the father of five was killed by multiple gunshot wounds. His death preceded the death of another black man Philando Castile who was fatally shot in Minnesota on Wednesday.
Both shootings were captured on camera, sparking a rallying cry denouncing police brutality against the black community.
In apost which has since been deleted, Barton wrote: Im truly heartbroken to watch videos like the #altonsterling execution. This may have been going on forever in the United States but thank G*d the pigs get caught on camera now. Its unthinkable and an embarrassment to America. The country I was brought up in. Somebody make change. We need gun control and unity. And a real President, so think about that when this election is around the corner. The world is a precarious place right now. #stop #reflect and #act appropriately.
Bartons response was branded out of touch by highlighting her own privilege. The post was deleted before her social media accounts stoked more controversy with a tweet apologising if the post had gone out of context, and a second tweet adding: All lives matter!. This tweet was then deleted from her page within half an hour of posting.
Barton"s now-deleted Instagram post provoked some critical response from users who mocked her picture choice displaying luxury and privilege while speaking out about a social justice issue which disproportionately affects black communities in the US.
After she deleted the post and shared a picture of a building on Friday, Instagram followers continued to debate the original post branding it tasteless, "disconnected" and calling out her privilege.
However, some on Instagram have defended Barton for, at least, speaking out on the issue.
Mischa Barton
Background:Barton was born in London in 1986 but grew up in New York City. She began acting as a child and starred in Notting Hill and The Sixth Sense in 1999.
Career: She landed her role in The OC in 2003 which catapulted her to fame, front pages and red carpets.
Post-OC: She has appeared in a number of horror films and theatre productions and last year finished 11th onDancing With the Stars.
Im sure you meant well. Ill just leave it at that, wrote one user. I appreciate you trying, said another. You take support wherever you can get it. Shes not the problems. Cops who shoot black people are, wrote another.
A representative for Barton did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Mischa Barton’s ‘Dancing With The Stars’ Partner Reveals ‘O.C.’ Connection
Tonight on ABC the 12 celebrities returned to the Dancing With The Stars Ballroom for Latin Night. Mischa Barton & her professional dancer Artem Chigvintsev hit the dance floor and danced a Cha Cha to Pata Pata by Miriam Makeba. Did you watch tonights episode? If you missed it we have a full and detailed recap,right here for you.Did you miss any of tonights performance videos? If you did we have them all,right here for you!
The dancers will open the show with an exciting number to the song Shake That, by Samantha Jade featuring Pitbull, and then each celebrity will go on to perform a captivating and alluring Latin dance. At the end of evening, one couple will be eliminated from the ballroom competition.
Judges comments on Mischas DWTS Week 2Cha Cha:Bruno:I appreciate the fact that you tried to get into character, there was a lot of Cha Cha Cha there but it didnt fit.Carrie Ann:I like that I got to see more of your personality, my heart goes out to. You did so much better, but there was mistakes and you were offbeat.Len:Much more dance content, you were a bit off time, you loose focus. Just come out and give it a go.
Watch the video below and let us know what you think, do you agree with the judges comments? Do you think Mischadid enough to avoid eliminationtomorrow? Sound out in the comments and let us know your thoughts?
Mischa Barton’s ‘Dancing With The Stars’ Partner Reveals ‘O.C.’ Connection
The ballroom"s burning up! Dancing With the Stars" season 22 premiere on Monday, March 21, kicked off with lots of swinging hips, chiseled abs and one set of leaky b*****s (more on that later). There were a few notable changes this time around, including Len Goodman"s return to the judges table and the fact that, for the first time in over two years, there are no teenagers in the mix.
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The first night on the dance floor usually sets the tone for the season ahead, establishing a loose pecking order of contestants. With season 22 not boasting any insanely energetic youngsters or celebs with heavy doses of dance training (though Mischa Barton claimed she fit the latter category), it was really anyone"s guess who would land on top and who would fall flat. Here"s how it went down.
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The Good
No one seemed to expect much from the, um, not-petiteWayna Morris, who rose to fame in the 1990s as one of the original members of the R&B group Boyz II Men. Expectations weren"t raised when he revealed during his video package that seeing Joey Fatone compete on the show inspired him to try it. "I was like, "If this fat white boy can do it "" the singer recalled before trailing off with a laugh. He sort of said he was kidding, but not really.
Paired with Lindsay Arnold, however, Morris delivered an awesome cha-cha-cha that clearly surprised the judges. Bruno Tonioli praised the "precision" of Morris" timing, while the notably difficult-to-please Goodman predicted the crooner "could make it to the end of the road." For their unexpected performance, they earned an impressive 23 points.
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Also nabbing 23 points were Good Morning America"s chief meteorologist and new mom Ginger Zee and her partner Valentin Chmerkovskiy. "I apologize in advance if I leak on you because I"m breastfeeding, so milk is going to be everywhere," Zee joked to Chmerkovskiy, who looked absolutely terrified.
The GMA host explained that she hoped dancing would help her get her "mojo" back, but the second she began their jive, it was clear she"d never lost it. Carrie Ann Inaba compared Zee to Mirrorball winner Bindi Irwin, describing Zee"s energy as "infectious." Len praised the dance for being "frisky, risky, fast and furious"; still, he told her to work on straightening her legs.
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Rounding out the trio of pairs who tied for first were Nyle DiMarco and Peta Murgatroyd but while their scores were all the same, it was this couple who clearly stood out. DiMarco was the winner ofAmerica"s Next Top Model cycle 22 and has the chiseled abs to back up that title. He"s also completely Deaf. That"s right he can"t hear a thing, not even with a hearing aid.
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While having to speak to her partner through an interpreter must have had its challenges, Peta didn"t seem the least bit freaked. Instead, she and DiMarco delivered a sizzling cha-cha-cha that had Carrie Ann literally gasping for air. Bruno definitely said it best, however, when he got up and went over to touch DiMarco to "make sure he was real."
The Bad
Not everyone had a great night, though. 1984 Heisman Trophy winner Doug Flutie performed a foxtrot with Karina Smirnoff that only earned 15 points. "The good news is, you did it," Carrie Ann managed. (Umm, if that"s the "good news," things are really, really bad.) Len echoed Carrie Ann, adding, "You came out, and you really tried to sell it." The only problem was, no one was buying it.
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Coming in dead last with a 13 were Geraldo Rivera and Edyta Sliwinska, whose cha-cha-cha left the judges wanting more. The colorful broadcaster continued his "70 is the new 50" shtick in between comments alluding to how hot his partner was (which she mainly ignored). This time it was Bruno who went in for the kill. "Very cunning strategy," he began. "Maybe you could dance next week, yeah?" Rivera pretty much laughed that off and (sort of) agreed.
The Really Bad
While their 16 placed them above Flutie and Rivera, Mischa Barton and Artem Chigvintsev were possibly the biggest disappointment of the night. Though the former OC star boasted that she"d "actually danced a lot" in her life, her pro quickly put that claim to bed. "I"m sorry, but Mischa is not a natural dancer," Chigvintsev groaned. After their uninspired tango, Len didn"t hold back. "That wasn"t a dance," he said. "That was walking!" Bruno delivered the same message more softly, suggesting she add "more s***k."
Listening to the critique, Barton looked a little deflated, but not really surprised. Erin Andrews who was recently in the news for her $55 million court win did her best to cheer up the actress by fangirling all over her, but it didn"t seem to help much. "It"s really tough," Barton began. "He"s a tough teacher, which is a good thing, but it"s been a road." (It"s been a road? It"s only the first week!) This is not looking good.
Mischa Barton and Artem Chigvintsev ABC/Craig Sjodin
Everyone Else
The rest of the pairs filled out the middle. Facts of Life star-turned-Real Housewife Kim Fields received mostly positive reviews from the judges for her cha-cha-cha with Sasha Farber. UFC fighter Paige VanZant and Mark Ballas pleasantly surprised the judges with their not-super-stiff foxtrot. Full House (and Fuller House) star Jodie Sweetin performed a respectable tango with partner Keo Motsepe, while Marla Maples (a TV personality and ex-Mrs. Donald Trump) and Tony Dovolani charmed everyone with their quickstep.
Rounding out the pack were Antonio Brown and Sharna Burgess, who made it through their quickstep with no major errors, as well as Von Miller with Whitney Carson, whose foxtrot was described as "soft and silky."
As for random celebrity facts that were revealed: Miller has a chicken tattoo, and Maples wishes people would stop asking her about her ex-husband"s hair. "His hair is fine!" she laughed.
Complete rankings for week 1:
23: Wanya Morris, Ginger Zee, Nyle DiMarco
21: Paige VanZant, Marla Maples, Antonio Brown, Von Miller
20: Kim Fields, Jodie Sweetin
16: Mischa Barton
15: Doug Flutie
13: Geraldo Rivera
Tell Us: Who do you think will go home first?
Dancing With the Stars airs on ABC on Mondays at 8 p.m. ET.
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