Reports: Britney flees rehab after one day

MALIBU, Calif. (AP) -- Britney Spears left a live-in drug rehabilitation facility early Wednesday, less than a day after checking in, according to several reports.
It was the second time in a week that Spears entered a rehab facility and checked out before her first day was finished.
The TV news magazine "The Insider" initially reported that Spears called a car service, walked out of the Promises Malibu Treatment Center and left the facility early Wednesday morning.
Later, the TV show "Extra" and the celebrity Web site TMZ.com said the 25-year-old pop star had left the center far short of the usual 45-day stay. TMZ said she couldn't handle rehab and went home.
Eddie Michaels, a spokesman for the public relations agency that handles Promises, said he had no comment. He would not confirm that Spears had been there or that she had left.
Spears' agent referred calls to her manager, Larry Rudolph, who did not respond to e-mails or messages left at his office and on his cell phone Wednesday. On Tuesday, Rudolph said Spears had voluntarily checked herself into an undisclosed treatment facility.Spears entered rehab again Tuesday after a meltdown weekend that included shaving her head, having her wrist tattooed and clubbing with friends.
On Friday night, she sheared off her hair at a Los Angeles salon, whose owner quickly set up a Web site to auction the shorn locks and other items Spears left behind.
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