Britney Spears is a sneaky lil’ thing!! Together with Sam Lutfi’s little sister Christina, the pair hatched a plan to override her fathers control over her by getting a cell phone to Britney so she can contact Sam behind her fathers back! Christina testified in a Los Angeles court on Wednesday about the incident, claiming Britney had initially called Sam’s cell phone number in mid-January to speak with Christina.
Per People:
“[Britney] told me she wanted to get a hold of Sam,” said Christina, 25, whose brother had once been Spears’s manager. “She wanted him to help her find a lawyer, and wanted someone to get a prepaid cell phone to her. She was scared because her father was blackmailing her with visitation rights over her kids… She asked me, ‘Will Sam be able to help me?’” Christina added.
Spears told Christina to meet her at the gym on the 5th floor at the Peninsula Hotel on January 16th. When Christina arrived, she saw Spears working out with her mother and a bodyguard. They later met up in the sauna at the hotel, and thats where the exchanging of the cell phone took place, with Christina telling Britney the phone was from Sam and ex boyfriend Adnan Ghalib. Britney’s security team later discovered and confiscated the phone from her purse.
Blair Burke, a lawyer for Britneys’ father Jamie, testified on Wednesday that Britney was in such fear of Sam that she asked if she could have him arrested to keep him away from her. An alleged recording of the singer is making its rounds on the internet, in which she asks for a lawyer’s help in ending her father’s legal control. Burke claims that Britney repeatedly denies that she was seeking outside legal help, and expressed doubt in the recording’s authenticity.
Jamie Spears and a lawyer were granted indefinite legal control over Britney following her two forced hospitalizations in early 2008. The ongoing hearing is to determine whether to extend a restraining order against Lutfi. Jamie Spears alleges Lutfi is harassing his daughter and is conspiring to disrupt his legal control over her life. Bryan Freedman, the attorney for Lutfi, is denying that he has done any wrongdoing.
“Sam’s only crime was trying to help out a friend,” Freedman tells PEOPLE. “When someone asks for your help, that person is obviously not scared of you or in need of a restraining order.”
Closing arguments in the restraining order case won’t be heard until April 21. Lutfi is forbidden to have any contact with Britney until then. Hopefully after then, he still won’t be allowed back into her life! Hang tight Brit. Just like the kitten poster at my dentist.
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