Sam Lutfi

While Britney Spears keeps working on her tour, her old bad-influence boys are still making trouble in LA. Sam Lutfi had a hearing this morning to try and lift the restraining order against him. His sister testified that she met Britney at a sauna in January to smuggle her the prepaid phone. Brit apparently revealed she "felt like a prisoner," was "afraid of her father," and wanted a new lawyer.

This is around the time Britney supposedly left the message about her dad's threats, though Jamie's lawyer doubts the authenticity of the leaked voicemail. In the end, Sam's restraining order was extended until April 21, when closing arguments will be heard.

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Last Friday, Britney's father Jamie filed a restraining order against Sam Lutfi on Brit's behalf and today the details of the court order were revealed. The list of allegations against Sam are terrifying and explosive, to say the least, much of it hinging around Lynne Spears' claim that he was feeding Britney drugs without her knowing it. TMZ has the full restraining order, including a litany of specific examples of ways that Sam has manipulated Britney by degrading her, drugging her and trying to control every aspect of her life. Some of the claims from Lynne's testimony include:

• "Mr. Lutfi has essentially moved into Britney's home and has purported to take control of her life, home and finances."
• "He has cut Britney's home phone line and removed her cell phone chargers. He yells at her. He claims to control everything - Britney's business manager, her attorneys, and the security guards at the gate."
• He called Britney "an unfit mother," "a piece of trash" and a "wh*re."
• Sam "disabled all of Britney's cars" other than the one he gave paparazzo Filipe to get her out of the house.
• Lynne on Sam: "Sam bragged to me that he is the one who receives Britney's checks." She says Sam claimed that if he didn't give Brit her medicine, "she would kill herself. Then he said to me, 'If you try to get rid of me, she'll be dead and I'll piss on her grave.'"
• Sam allegedly said: "I sleep in cars outside her house so she can't leave" To her parents: "You people throw everyone under the bus. If you don’t listen to me, I’m going to make your name s*** in the papers."

To read more of Lynne's allegations just read more

As an overwhelming majority of you seemed to think is the right call, this afternoon the judge named Britney Spears' father, Jamie, as her legal guardian. This means he has control over her assets and legal matters. Jamie shares the responsibility with lawyer Andrew Wallet, so as to have an unbiased independent party involved. This ruling is only temporary and will be reevaluated at a hearing on Monday.

The other upshot from today's hearing is a restraining order against "someone" to stay away from Britney. While it's not explicitly stated, the person in question is Sam Lutfi. The order lasts 22 days after which Britney's parents (assuming they're still in charge) can make it indefinite. Considering he was calling her family "crazy" just this morning, methinks he'll have an angry thing or two to say about all this.

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After her fun-filled weekend spending time with her paparazzi buddies, Britney Spears headed to the dance studio to work on the intense choreography for her next video, "Hot as Ice." She was spotted at the studio talking in her finest British accent and denying she even knows Adnan. The good news is she was getting back to work instead of partying. She's even scored the cover of Blender magazine's March issue. One reporter was required to follow her behavior for a month, which should make for an interesting article. However, the most promising news of the day is that Britney has shown up to her deposition. TMZ reports that Brit was at the offices of Mark Vincent Kaplan, K-Fed's attorney, this morning. That's a good sign she actually wants her babies back. Now if only she can stay away from that Adnan and concentrate on work and family, then we'll be all good with Brit again.

UPDATE - apparently Brit spent over 2 hours at the deposition but she has officially left the building in "good spirits." Finally a little normalcy from the pop star.

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