just look at her in the picture above and see the pics of her in f21 and you see the difference. not the clothes but she is no longer bloated and puffy. she seems to be getting healthier under her fathers supervision. we know her dad loves her and wants the best for her it seem sam saw her as his circus act.

Can't wait to see this loser in jail. He seems SO shady!

No, if she feelt safe with him...

She's a big girl, but since she doesn't seem to be able to make any good decision, and by law, her dad is conservatory...then yeah, Sam Lufti should be served the restraining order.

And I can understand that she will feel stifled at first, because it's going to be hard for her to be in withdrawal and losing touch with whatever crowd she was running with all against her will (it seems).

But if she wants to get better, then she should do all the necessary changes. Being around Sam Lufti if anything didn't do any good for her anyway (not that I'm excusing her nutty behavior or whatnot).

She clearly needs some good influences in her life, and I don't think Sam is a goof influence.

LOL, I meant a good influence, not a goof one.

The drugging thing put it over the edge. Even if she asked him to hold onto her stash and cut back on phone usage (or whatever), someone truly concerned for her health and welfare should have sought professional help for her, not become her personal Svengali.

This poll was a no-brainer. Did the 8 people who voted for Sam misunderstand the question?

She "felt safe with him"? Sure - people usually feel safe with people who are controlling their lives. They have no choice.

Eek, it's obvious that he's just using her.

He's obviously not a good influence on her otherwise he would have helped her get better a long time ago. I'm glad Brit is with her family now.

she felt same witrh him? Don't most people safe with their killers??

Sorry but that is another ludicrous question. If she does not grow up and take control Sam will eventually play a part in her death.

Guy is beyond shady. Don't know what the 15 people who said no are thinking. Yes Brit is a grown woman but adults dont always make the best decisions and sometimes still need help.

hmm..thats good. now the next step is jail

From all of this, it's pretty apparent that Britney Spears has a dependency problem...or better yet, a problem with being independent -minded. Is someone really going to have to make all the decisions for her for the rest of her life!?! Instead of her taking "parenting" classes, it's obvious she needs classes in how to live an independent life...you know what...forget it...SHE BLOWS!!!

No wonder Ms. Brit was always seen with a new cell phone. Mr. Lufti was probably tossing them away. He was probably stealing money from her as well. It will all come to light soon.

i think that this is GREAT news for her. Sam isn't a good influence, and people talk about how he doesn't steal money from her since he gets paid already - but i'm sure that he's in on something with the press so that he gets a cut of all the nonsense that goes on while he's around. he just needs to GO AWAY!

i didnt read what the question was its to damn early to rack my brain over this f*cking idiot, what i will say is britney in tias words BLOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOWS, BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

Sure she felt safe, he was drugging her so much she probably had no idea what was really going on. It is easy to convince a person that whacked out that everyone else is out to get her. It wasn't a real sense of safety that she felt.

The whole situation is shady, but honestly, she looks a lot more put together lately. Like she is not lviing in a daze. I still think she is narcisstic and immature, but at least she is not loony toons as much.

I think it's good for her. She needs to get the bad influences out of her life, otherwise she'll never get better. Those people include the people who were around her when she was going crazy. I truely hope she gets better. It's never good to see a crazy person on the loose.

I think that he is bad news and I am glad that he has been removed from the situation.

Did anyone read the Rolling Stone story? I thought it was pretty interesting and although I'm not saying its 100% fact, it did put some things in sort of a chain of events that made sense to me.

Its clear that Britney is not capable of making her own decisions. Right now she is lucky her family is still there to clean up her mess.

no britney can make her own choices. she chose this loser just like she chose mr federline, shes not the teen dream - deal with it

It still amazes me that there are people that think Sam was helping Britney. I mean just read the statements he himself made. I agree with NEVAEH in that she's going to have a hard time with this at first. Britney is a 26 year old woman acting like a teenager. I STILL think her acting out has more to do with the fact that when she WAS a teenager she didn't get to make all the mistakes the rest of the world did. Such as hanging out with the wrong people, doing things you shouldn't etc. Once she got some freedom from the "powers that be" in her life she went wild. Add to that some mental infirmity and Sam Lutfi, Adnan Ghalib and Alli Sims, and you have a recipe for disaster.

Jamie and Lynn made some mistakes with their daughter, but what parent doesn't? They are taking the right steps for her now, and Britney needs to continue allowing that to occur. I'm predicting that a year from now, Brit will be back on top. It's not going to be an easy road, but I truly feel that she can do it.

BRIANDIESEL - I didn't read that article, is it somewhere online because I'd like to.

Not that I don't want her to get better for the sake of her kids...but really back on top...oh please Lord NO!!! The world can survive the rest of this century and beyond WITHOUT another Britney Spears song, cd, concert...WHATEVS!!!!

PS: She had co-dependency issues...and she can't be and won't be dependent on her dad forever!!!

Rock Sugar - preach!

I find it so funny that fans all over the gossipsphere have pointed to her lack of freedom and managers/parents making every decision for Brit her entire life as one of the causes for her problems but are the very people who are grateful for her returning to having her every move controlled.

There was a time too that these fans cheered on and celebrated her prerogative to do what she wanted to do because she was overprotected and not a girl, not yet a woman.

BTW, Sam just needs to go the hell away.

I would think that if she felt "very safe" with him, being drugged might've had something to do with that... And how would anyone know if she felt safe with him or not?

I'm sorry, I know this is gonna sound really rude but this is a ridiculous poll. Asking us if we think this restraint is good or bad for Britney is silly because you might as well be asking if we think being drugged or seeking help is what's best for her. Again, I'm not trying to be mean but I was really thrown when I saw what was being asked. A more thought provoking poll would have asked if we think this restraining order was harsh enough or if seeking his arrest would have been more appropriate for drugging her among other things. In that case, I would say this guy should serve some jail time especially considering he has done this before. Just my opinion.

Is that question for real? You have a quote from her father detailing his unquestionably psychopathic behaviour towards her and then you ask "but I dunno, she felt safe with him,so is this for the best?"

Come on!

Kiki tee, EXACTLY!

They need to keep as many of her old "friends" away as possible.

But she (Brit) obviously needs to learn to make the right decisions, and hang out with the RIGHT people in her life. Most people learn this as a teenager, but I guess you can learn it when you're 26 years old.... It is a silly poll though, I must say.

I can't believe that are 30 people on the poll who voted that he shouldn't be kept away. Sam must have voted 30 times.

MYKIE7- I put the address on your guestbook - just in case you didnt see it

In the end, it'll be up to her to get better, but it's pretty clear that her dad is at least providing an environment more conducive to that than what she had before.

I think the restraining order is a good idea.

The restraining order is definitely a good idea. She clearly wasn't in the right mental state to trust Sam earlier. Come on, he was drugging her!!

Let me be the 504th person to say that I think Sam Lufti is a repulsive person...but really, now we are going to blame him for Britney Spears' "down fall"...he's been out of the picture for a bit now, and Britney is still flashing her "fish pond"...last I checked, trashy is a state of mind and it seems to be right to her!!!

Felt safe?? With him? I dont think so. It was most likely a drug-induced hallucination that he was doing good for her. I'm sure he told her she was best off with him and in her state she couldnt argue. He DRUGGED her...and no one but her doctor should be doing that!! So HELL YES im glad he got a restraining order slapped on his a$$!! He is clearly a very evil and nasty man!

this poll is a no-brainer. of course lufti isn't good for britney but britney isn't good for britney either.

So true, sugar_me_sweet!

Urg I can't stand him...

good

This poll is like asking if Whitney Houston should get back together with Bobby Brown.

Jmast,

That's great!

she SHOULD be able to make her own decisions but clearly she can't. good news even tho I don't really care.

its good news