Amanda Bynes Speaks Out After Filing to End Her Conservatorship: Thanks for the ‘Love and Support’

usmagazine.com:

Speaking out. Amanda Bynes thanked fans for their support after filing to end her conservatorship after nearly nine years.“What’s up Instagram, Amanda Bynes here,” the former Nickelodeon star, 35, says in a video posted to her new page on Tuesday, March 8. “My court date is coming up in two weeks.

I want to thank you all so much for your love and support. Peace out.” Instead of a caption, Bynes tagged several news outlets in the video, including Us Weekly.The Easy A actress requested to terminate the conservatorship of both her person and estate on February 23, along with a capacity declaration stating that she was mentally fit to look after herself.

In court documents obtained by Us, Bynes’ psychiatrist noted that she has “no apparent impairment in alertness and attention, information and processing or ability to modulate mood and affect and suffers no thought disorders.” The petition also detailed her 2020 move to a structured facility for women, before transitioning to an “an independent living environment” where the comedian has consistently tested negative for “illicit substances in her system.”In the filing, Bynes states that she “desires to live free of any constraint” in the future.The What I Like About You alum was first placed under a temporary conservatorship in August 2013 after a string of mental health and substance abuse issues.

The decision came one month after Bynes was hospitalized and placed on a psychiatric hold for starting a fire in a stranger’s driveway.