Fans knew something was terribly wrong with Britney Spears when she shaved her head, attacked a photographer with an umbrella, lost custody of her young children and was twice placed on a psychiatric hold.
In California Court of Appeals documents obtained by Radar, the 34-year-old’s attorneys chronicled her chaotic life from 2007 to 2008 as they fought against her former manager Sam Lutfi‘s lawsuit.
When Spears met gas station worker Lufti in a nightclub,
“her life was in turmoil,” the lawyers wrote. In addition to a divorce,
child custody battle and estrangement from family and business
associates, they claimed, “she was struggling with drug abuse.”
In her troubles, “Britney called Sam numerous times and sent
him hundreds of text messages,” the documents stated. The 41-year-old
began to advise her on “almost every important decision in her life.”
Lutfi “advised her on the importance of getting clean,” the
lawyers added, but Spears “continued to struggle with a drug problem.”
After losing custody of her young sons Sean Preston, then 2, and Jayden James, then 1, on October 1, 2007, multi-millionaire Spears “spent the night in a parking lot.”
The singer’s parents Lynne and James
attempted to stage an “invention,” her team recalled, but Lutfi
thwarted their efforts by spilling the secret to Spears and helping her
escape her home undetected.
The bizarre professional and personal relationship between Lutfi and Spears ended after a blowout fight on January 28. 2008. Lynne and James interfered, and eventually obtained a temporary restraining order keeping him away from her.
As Radar has extensively reported, the troubled star was
quickly placed under a conservatorship, run by her father James “Jamie”
Spears and lawyer, Andrew Wallet.
The incredibly successful single mom has made a remarkable comeback over the past eight years, and shares custody of her sons with ex-husband Kevin Federline.
Unfortunately, Spears is still fighting against a lawsuit
brought on by the bitter Lutfi, who claims the star broke their
professional contract.
Her team is hoping to keep her away from Lutfi in her deposition next week.
Post a Comment