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Feeling strong and confident, Britney Spears does not see the need in extending her restraining order against one time manager/pal Sam Lutfi, saying that they will never be friends again.
According to reports, the one-time inseparable pair have had no contact since February - when Britney’s mom Lynn Spears accused Lutfi of drugging her daughter. At that time Jamie (Britney’s father) was granted legal control of her affairs as temporary conservator.
When Britney Spears’ former (and perhaps current) manager Larry Rudolph said that she was poised for a comeback, he wasn’t kidding.
The “Piece of Me” songstress was spotted toning her body at a private training session at Los Angeles health club Bally’s Total Fitness.
He’s at the center of the Britney Spears breakdown controversy, and Sam Lutfi is expected to be legally kept from seeing the pop singer for yet another month.
The temporary restraining order on Lutfi was scheduled to expire today, but Jamie and Lynn Spears have taken measures to extend it for 30 days.
Photos: WENN
There is a glimmer of sunshine in the gloomy story that is Britney Spears' life. A federal judge has ordered that the restraining order against Sam lufti will be extended through March 17th. The former "manager" of young Ms. Spears has been served with legal papers.
An investigation by the LAPD is continuing to move forward, to determine whether or not Sam has been drugging Brit. Reportedly, Lutfi has attempted to have his legal rep challenge the service of process of the papers issuing the restraining order extension, but no dice.
This guy totally skeeves me out and God only knows what he's capable of. I wish we could sic "Dexter" on him.
Photos: Splash
Watch out, Osama! The cops are on your pill trail! Sources are saying that their is indeed an investigation underway as to whether or not Sam Lufti was drugging Britney Spears. I understand the constant prescence of Starbuck's now. Brit's parents don't eff around though, huh? The case has been assigned to LAPD's Robbery/Homicide division, due to the intense media speculation. And police are questioning several witnesses as to the presence of any drugs in Britney's system when she was last committed. How are they going to see past all the weave glue she's inhaled? That's going to mess up the tests! The investigation will reportedly be resolved in March.
This is some total Hollywood glitz. You can't write this stuff. When will Victor Newman realize that Osama Lufti was drugging him, too! He didn't have epilepsy. Sam was putting percocet in his Americano blend!
There’s no doubt that Britney Spears’ parents are horrified at how their daughter has been living as of late, and they’re finally doing something about it. Brit’s dad, Jamie Spears, went to an emergency court hearing yesterday and was granted temporary legal control over his daughter.
What this means, specifically, is that Mr. Spears has authority to “prosecute any civil harassment restraining orders.” And according to court rep Allan Parachini, “There was a civil harassment restraining order issued against Sam Lutfi, but the specifics of that order are unknown.”
As a follow up to the Gossip Girls article about Britney Spears’ mother, Lynne, showing up at LAX on Sunday, it looks like she was coming to town to see the “Gimme More” singer.
Last night started off pretty rocky for Brit, with her manager/pal Sam Lufti trying to get her to see her mother, as well as a psychologist. And Lufti didn’t want her to see her boyfriend Adnan Ghalib, either.
It’s hard to follow what’s going on with Britney lately, and part of me really doesn’t want to bother, but the main thing is that she was photographed crying and sitting on the curb after her friend Sam Lufti was seen publicly berating her, presumably over her relationship with Adnan. She called Adnan and left a message asking him to come by and help her out, but he could not reach her, presumably because Lufti had turned off her handful of phones. Then Adnan tried to get into Britney’s estate, but the security guard wouldn’t let him in on Lufti’s orders. Cops were called because some of the photographers were rushing the gates. Britney eventually hung out with another photographer instead, and both her parents came over to help her out.
Here’s a good breakdown of what happened, thanks to jughood on ONTD:
-Brit and her manager Sam had a huge fight in a car outside her gated community.
-Brit got out the car, crying, and pleads with the photogs to leave her along. Video can be found on TMZ and x17’s websites. It’s very upsetting footage.
-Flipie, the photog, picks up Brit and drives her to her home, then leaves. Brit calls Adnan saying “Baby, can you come get me?”
-Police show up after photogs try to enter the gated community, and leave a short time later.
-Most surprising news, BRITNEY’S PARENTS SHOW UP. “The scene inside Britney’s home right now is not pretty. Apparently Britney is very emotional and cannot stop crying. Both of her parents — mom Lynne and father Jamie — are with her now.” It was reported earlier today that she had begun communicating with them a little bit.
-Adnan shows up, but gets denied access to her gated community.
-Brit heads off towards Beverly Hills with photog Filipe, goes to Ralph’s grocery store, then meets up with Adnan, and speeds down the freeway….Updates: Sam Lutfi, Britney’s manager, started an argument with her and the two ended up in a screaming fight. Sam continued to verbally abuse Britney as she sat barefoot on the curb at her Summit home crying holding her dog London.
Britney called Adnan for help and he heard the distress in her voice and drove to the Summit immediately. While outside the gates he was denied access as Sam Lutfi had informed the guards that he was not allowed entry. When Adnan then tried to call Britney it seems that Sam had turned all of her cell phones off…
When Jamie Spears turned up, the guards would not let him in, as Sam Lutfi would not let anyone get near Britney’s house. It was only after photographers standing outside explained the situation and who he was that Jamie was allowed access to The Summit home. He looked extremely distressed.
More details about what went down tonight: Sam screamed “Go fuck your Paparazzi boyfriend!” before speeding off. A teary eyed Spears sat on the curb holding her Yorkshire terrier ‘London’ and sporting what looked like a red mark on her face. Minutes after, Spears had driven down to her house, paparazzo boyfriend Adnan turned up at the gates of The Summit only to be denied access. The security at the Summit have been ordered by Sam not to let Ghalib in through the gates. Hoards of police arrived, and helicopters circled overhead…
Finalpixx, Adnan’s photog company, just posted “Britney is spending her evening in the company of her parents and Adnan.”
[From ONTD]
The news recently came out that Britney’s hanger-on Sam has three restraining orders against him and a long history of making threats of violence against people. One of his ex friends said that Lufti manipulated him emotionally and made threats against his family. It’s interesting that Sam’s relationship with Britney came to a head right after his was published:
There are at least two other outstanding restraining orders against Lutfi. Documents for both cases demonstrate his violent temper. This third case, however, raises deeper and more chilling questions about Lutfi’s character, and about his relationship with Britney….
Haines says their relationship was not romantic or sexual but that Lutfi was more jealous than a lover. He could be supportive one day and vicious the next, leaving voicemails tracing extremes from “You’re a worthless motherfucker” to “I love you, man. I love you to death.” He says that although Lutfi also made some feckless gestures toward an old-fashioned con job—Haines claims Lutfi borrowed about $18,000 that he did not pay back, though Lutfi’s mother finally settled much of the debt—Lutfi reserved most of his energy for emotional blackmail and extortion. “Everybody hates you,” he wrote to Haines, suggesting that Haines should just kill himself: “Seriously, sleeping pills, LOTS of them … ” (Lutfi declined to comment for this story.)
When Haines finally cut the cord, Lutfi humiliated him. He e-mailed naked photographs of Haines to his family, friends, colleagues and employer. Then he texted and called incessantly, telling Haines he hoped his sister would be “raped to death,” according to the restraining order. In an e-mail about Haines’s mother (“that Mormon bitch”), Lufti wrote, “I hope Satan devours her flesh and bones,” and said he looked forward to the day when he would “piss on [her] burial.”
[From Blender.com]
TMZ has video of Britney walking around aimlessly and crying as photographers shout questions at her, and it’s disturbing. She looks like she has a welt on the left side of her face but that could be due to crying as it doesn’t appear in other photos later that night.
ONTD has text messages that Lufti supposedly sent Adnan telling him to stay away from her, and given his history you would assume that he’s being controlling, not helpful. US Weekly reports that the fight with Sam was over the fact that he wanted her to see a psychologist and that he was telling her to talk to her mother. That all sounds supportive, but who knows if it went down that way.
One more thing happened last night - it looks like Britney and Adnan had a flat tire after they were finally reunited, as WENN has photos of it and it seems to have taken place later that night, but I could be mistaken. Do you want to start ignoring Britney again until her next major incident? I’m sorry to phrase it like it’s inevitable, and with Britney it’s expected. It’s also hard to tell what warrants reporting as she seems to top herself every day. Maybe she’ll accept her family’s help after this.
In the sheer wackiness that’s Britney Spears’ life, the pop tart and her new paparazzo boyfriend continued on with their gallivanting about town on Friday (January 11).
During the afternoon, the Gimme More singer was first spotted out riding around Ventura Blvd with her current “manager” Osama Lutfi.
Photos: WENN
Man, did she trudge through a mud puddle in those slippers and jammies? It's like Pigpen with her lately! Blocking our complete view of Britney in this photo is her bestest friend Sam Lufti. The two have been inseparable as of late. Whether he's an actual friend, or giving her bad business advice, or sponging off her millions - we don't know. What we also don't know is where he went to lately. After refusing to answer a subpoena to appear at Kevin Federline's custody hearing, Lufti has been missing in action. Reports say that Britney hasn't been photographed with Lufti since December 3. And that's awhile for those two, who were constantly making love to the flashbulbs together. Lufti's somewhat violent past has come to light recently. Sources say that he has had two restraining orders taken out againt him for intimidation and violent threats. Did Britney drop his ass when she realized he wasn't just a douche, but a crazy one? Hell, she probably proposed marriage. She's a redneck, and redneck chicks like a man willing to punch someone for nary a reason. The Sam Lufti watch continues! In the meantime, Britney, buy new slippers!
Photos: Splash
The people Britney Spears is surrounding herself with at the moment appear to have as sketchy of a past as she does. Seen in the car here with Brit-Brit is her buddy of the moment, Sam Lufti, who was by Brit's side during her birthday celebration that took place at an event for something completely different and also has been taking some extreme measures to avoid testifying in Britney's custody case. And now, more shady information is surfacing about this "producer," who appears to have a spotty work history, as well as two restraining orders against him. Friends of Spears (who aren't Sam Lufti) are worried about the singer's choice of companionship and worry that she is being manipulated. According to an inside source, "She's so desperate for a friend that it's easy once you get in there." Ewww, I feel like that double-entendre is so embarrassingly accurate. Also, we have some pictures of another dude that Britney's been spotted with. I have no idea if his history is as ominous-sounding as Lufti's, but at least he's way cuter.
Photos: INFDaily.com
More photos of Britney Spears and her mystery man are after the jump.
Accompanied by Sam Lufti and her puppy, a sporty-looking Britney Spears made a Saturday trip to Petco in West Hollywood.
Drawing the usual horde of paparazzi who follow her every move, the Pieces Of Me singer picked up some pet supplies, along with a brand new goldfish to keep the boys entertained now that she can’t drive them anywhere.