Spears

MALIBU, Calif. (AP):

Troubled pop star Britney Spears was reported on Wednesday to have left a Malibu rehabilitation centre 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 television news magazine The Insider initially reported that Spears called a car service, walked out of the Promises Malibu Treatment Centre and left the facility early Wednesday morning.

Later, the TV show Extra and the celebrity Website TMZ.com said the 25-year-old pop star had left the centre far short of the usual 45-day stay. TMZ said she couldn't handle rehab and went home.

Entertainment TV shows and Websites reported Friday that Spears had gone in and out of rehab that week. Some reports identified the facility as Eric Clapton's Crossroads centre in Antigua, in the Caribbean, but the AP wasn't able to confirm those reports.

No comment

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.

There was no response to an email sent Wednesday to Spears' manager, Larry Rudolph. On Tuesday, Rudolph said Spears had voluntarily checked herself into an undisclosed treatment facility.

"We ask that the media respect her privacy as well as those of her family and friends at this time," Rudolph was quoted as saying. He didn't disclose why she entered rehab.

Spears had a meltdown weekend that included shaving her head, tattooing her wrist and clubbing with friends. On Friday night, she sheared off her hair at a salon. Spears was later seen wearing an inexpensive blond wig.