There is a whole lot of confusion about Britney Spears at the moment, for those following each beat of the ongoing drama surrounding the star, or those keeping up in less granular fashion. While Spears had reportedly checked herself in for a voluntary stay at a mental-health center, a sustained fan-driven campaign is purporting that she is being held against her will, and the rumors and conspiracy theories swirling around her feel more reminiscent of the whirlwind and concern around the star back in 2007 than in the past few years.

At the beginning of this year, Spears canceled a planned new Las Vegas residency, “Domination,” as fans were told that the pop star was grappling with her father Jamie’s health issues. And earlier this April, Spears was admitted to a mental-health facility for a 30-day stay, with reports at the time that she was continuing to struggle with the family illness.

Spears had been seen rarely in public since the tour was postponed, and has only posted on Instagram once, on the day that the news about her rehab stay was reported. She emerged again Sunday on Easter, with boyfriend Sam Asghari, at the Montage hotel in Beverly Hills, on what was referred to as a “day trip,” reportedly given permission by the mental-health facility. (According to Page Six, she was allowed to leave the center for less than 24 hours, and was not permanently released.)

There is a fervent subset of Spears fans, though, that believes the singer is being held in the facility against her will. A group of protesters held a demonstration at West Hollywood City Hall on Monday with signs reading “Free Britney” (the phrase which has become the name of this cause), and “Truth Will Set Her Free.” The group, according to Billboard, at one point chanted, “Hey ho, Larry Rudolph has got to go,” referring to Spears’s longtime manager, whom they believe was behind the decision for Spears to enter the facility.

Jamie Lynn Spears, Britney’s younger sister, also found herself under attack online, from individuals urging her to “save Britney” from the situation. Jamie Lynn posted on Instagram, “I have been here long before anyone else, and I’ll be here long after. I love my sister with everything I have. So, anyone or anything that speaks to the contrary can GTFOH with all the comments about what you don’t understand.”

The “Free Britney” social-media campaign caught steam last week, after a Spears-related podcast aired an interview with a man who said he was a part of the Britney legal team and who claimed that Britney’s father was forcing the star to undergo treatment at the center. The movement gained increasing traction when both Jamie Lynn and Britney’s mother, Lynne Spears, liked comments on social media that used the hashtag. Jamie Lynn further addressed the situation on Instagram, writing, “Do not come for me or the ones I love anymore,” she said, along with a clip of her from the previous decade in which she defended Britney to a stranger on the street. “You can move the ‘blank’ outta here with all that, just like this other lady who was running her mouth.”

Meanwhile—as if there was not enough to keep track of here—TMZ claims in a new report that another reason for Britney’s stay in the facility was related to a shift in her medications, as the previous combination had become “increasingly ineffective.” TMZ says that, as doctors worked to find the right mixture, “there were errors that made Britney unstable and ultimately unwilling to cooperate with doctors.” The site says that Jamie would not have the power to force Britney into a mental-health facility, even though he serves as her conservator. The outlet reports that Jamie, in fact, did not want Britney to enter the center, and “felt there were better ways of solving her problems,” but Britney herself wanted to check in.