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The following italicized article is from www.gossipcop.com:It’s generally not a good sign when you’re rehashing a story the crack journalists over at X17Online conjured from thin air.
Us Weekly claims Jason Trawick “got the shock of his life” when he dialed a number in girlfriend Britney Spears‘ cellphone and reached her old paparazzo beau Adnan Ghalib.
“Multiple sources” tell the magazine that Spears has been privately contacting Ghalib, who’s been ordered by a court to keep his distance from the pop queen.
Why the covert conversations? Us Weekly claims Spears needs to “vent” about her anguish under father Jamie Spears‘ legal conservatorship, which she allegedly compares to prison. “She’s miserable under her parents’ control,” says a so-called “insider,” who adds, “As crazy as it sounds, she really wants to get back together with Adnan.”
Maybe it “sounds” crazy because it is.
Back in February, X17 tried to float similarly untrue rumors that Spears wanted to “leave Jason for the real love of her life… Adnan,” and that “she’s still in contact with him.” Amusingly, the site called the news of secret calls to Ghalib – which it invented — ”a shocker!”
Us Weekly’s attempts to revive the Ghalib rumor are no less shocking — or inaccurate.
A source close to Spears calls the mag’s claim “absurd” and swears to Gossip Cop that the performer “doesn’t talk to Adnan.”Source: Gossip Cop
Ken Baker, from E! Online, was on with Ryan Seacrest this morning and gave more info about Britney and Jason. According to Baker, they did break up over the holidays, but got back together and have been together basically every day since. The break up happened because they were fighting a lot. He said one of their fights was about Sam and Adnan contacting Jason. You can listen to the interview here.
The following italicized article is from www.tmz.com:Britney Spears blew through $1.32 MILLION on lawyers in a recent 7-month span -- but the result was priceless.
The money has been used to pay off the lawyers who represented Britney's conservatorship -- the group of people who have essentially restored Britney.
The court order makes it clear: More fees are on the way ... and Britney's conservators need to stash a few bucks away to prepare.
BTW, it cost Britney roughly $280,000 in lawyer's fees to keep Adnan Ghalib, Sam Lutfi and Jon Eardley away from her.
Source: TMZBest money ever spend!
The following italicized article is from www.usmagazine.com:After a rocky romance with paparazzo Adnan Ghalib and a devastating marriage to Kevin Federline, Britney Spears has found love with agent Jason Trawick -- and her mother, Lynne, thinks he is The One, Us Weekly reports in its latest issue (on newsstands now)."Lynne said, 'He's the kind of man you would dream of your daughter marrying. The kids love him, and he's stable,'" a friend tells Us Weekly.
Trawick, 37, stood by Spears, 27, during her darkest moments (she was involuntarily committed twice to a psychiatric hospital in 2008 and lost custody of sons Sean, 4, and Jayden, 3, the year before)."Most everyone else abandoned her, but Jason refused to be completely cut out of Britney's life," says a source. "He's very protective of her."
Besides his quick wit and ability to make her laugh in any situation, sources tell Us Trawick accepts Britney - drama and all."She has been honest with Jason about what she’s been through in a way that I don't think she's been with other people, and he always preferred to not sugarcoat the harsh reality of what happened to her," says a pal. "He tells her when she should take responsibility for her own actions."For much more on Spears - including how she is still haunted by the effect her mental illness had on her boys, how she has repaired her once rocky relationship with her mother and how Trawick has already began acting as "dad" to the singer's sons - pick up the new Us Weekly today!Source: US Weekly
The following italicized article is from www.nbclosangeles.com:Libel claims against Britney Spears' mother will likely remain part of a lawsuit by the pop star's self-proclaimed ex-manager that also names the singer and her father, a judge said Thursday.Osama "Sam" Lutfi alleges the pop star's mother, Lynne Spears, defamed him, the singer's father, Jamie Spears, assaulted him, and the performer still owes him money for management fees.He claims that Jamie Spears punched him in the chest at the singer's home in January 2008, and that Lynne Spears' book, "Through the Storm, A Real Story of Fame and Family in a Tabloid World," contains false information, including that Lutfi admitted he threw away Britney's phone chargers and disabled her house phones in an attempt to isolate her from her family.Lynne Spears notes in her court papers that some of the statements in her book recount -- often word for word -- what she said in a defamation-proof court declaration in favor of the issuance of a temporary restraining to protect her daughter against Lutfi.Her attorney, Michael S. Adler, argued in court documents that the claims by Lutfi for libel and defamation should be dismissed because they interfered with her right to free speech. He also is asking the judge to throw out an allegation of intentional infliction of emotional distress.But Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Zaven V. Sinanian rejected arguments that Lutfi was legally "libel-proof," a term referring to someone whose reputation has been irreparably stained by prior published statements."My opinion is that a prima facie case has been made in this circumstance," Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Zaven V. Sinanian said after hearing a motion by Lynne Spears to dismiss all of Osama "Sam" Lutfi's allegations.However, Sinanian said he was taking the motion under submission and expects to have a final ruling in a few days."I want to look at the papers again to make sure I've covered all my bases," Sinanian said.
Lutfi's lawyer, Bryan J. Freedman, said after the hearing that he was encouraged by Sinanian's comments indicating he is leaning toward denying Lynne Spears' motion."I think there's no question we will prevail on this motion," Freedman said.In a sworn declaration also filed with Lynne Spears' court papers, Chip MacGregor, her book agent, states that sales of "Through the Storm" have been disappointing. The poor sales may be attributable to the fact there was "little news in the book," according to her court papers.The Lutfi suit was filed Feb. 3, four days after Britney Spears was granted a temporary restraining order against Lutfi, her 36-year-old former boyfriend Adnan Ghalib and attorney Jon Eardley, forbidding all three from having contact with her, her parents and her two young sons.The order was later extended until 2012 against Ghalib first, then later until the same year against the other two men as well.Lutfi has appealed the order.Source: NBC
The following italicized article is from www.tmz.com:Britney Spears' former BFF has filed legal papers in his defamation lawsuit against Britney and her parents, claiming they have ruined his life.The devil Sam Lutfi claims Lynne Spears' book about her famous daughter is a pack of lies, especially the part in which she says Sam told her he secretly ground up pills and put them in Britney's food.Lutfi says as a result of the book, "I am constantly in fear for my life..." He says he was "harassed and cajoled by the public." If our memory serves us correctly, Lutfi was cajoled long before Lynne's book was published.Lutfi trotted out his own cast of character witnesses in the new legal docs -- notably the infamous Adnan Ghalib -- currently being prosecuted for felony battery. Adnan wrote a declaration, claiming Lynne's assertions that Sam was effectively holding Britney hostage were false.Source: TMZ
The following italicized article is from www.radaronline.com:With hundreds of thousands of dollars going out of her checking account every month for legal fees, Britney Spears has just caught a small financial break.The Los Angeles County Superior Court on June 8 ordered Ghalib to pay the Conservatorship of Britney Jean Spears $11,500. to cover legal fees and costs it incurred in obtaining a restraining order against the photographer.Ghalib may be counting himself as lucky, however. The Conservatorship had requested the Court award it over $70,000!The same matters regarding Sam Lutfi and Jon Eardley are still pending.Source: Radar Online
The following italicized article is from www.people.com:After a tumultuous relationship with paparazzo Adnan Ghalib and a heartbreaking divorce from Kevin Federline, Britney Spears has found somebody new – and her family approves. Confirming Internet rumors, a source tells PEOPLE that Spears, 27, is romantically involved with her agent, Jason Trawick. "They are totally and definitely dating," the source says. "Her dad loves him. He's the best thing that happened to her." In recent months, Trawick has often been photographed with the pop star, including during her May trip to the Bahamas with her sons, Preston, 3, and Jaden, 2. "They're very sweet together," the source says, adding that Spears "always had a crush" on Trawick, who is also one of her brother Bryan's best friends. "He makes Britney really happy, and he's great with the boys." Spears's rep had no comment. Source: People
The following italicized article is from www.radaronline.com:The cottage industry known as the “The Conservatorship of the Person and the Estate of Britney Jean Spears Legal Team” filed new papers with the Los Angeles County Superior Court last night amending the amount of legal fees it seeks to collect from Britney’s former colleagues. CLICK HERE FOR COURT DOCUMENTSFor its time and trouble in obtaining restraining orders against Sam Adnan Ghalib, Sam Lutfi and Jon Eardley, and fighting off Lutfi and Eardley’s challenges to those orders, the Spears attorneys are asking the court to award them a total of $301,290.19.They’re now requesting $65,552.58 from paparazzi Ghalib, $114,552.90 from former manager Lutfi, and $121,184.71 from lawyer Jon Eardley.At almost $20,000 less than the original request, that’s a glimmer of good news for the defendants.Source: Radar Online
The following italicized article is from www.tmz.com:The lawyer who tried to torpedo the Britney Spears conservatorship has just filed legal papers, contesting the restraining order issued against him and asking for a new trial ... this time by jury.Jon Eardley, along with Sam Lutfi and Adnan Ghalib, are bound by restraining orders after the conservators convinced a judge they were harassing Britney and her family.Now Eardley says a jury should have made that decision and wants a new trial.We're guessin' anyone who doesn't drink Fanta is out of the jury box.Source: TMZ
The following italicized article is from www.people.com:Sam Lutfi faced off against Britney Spears's legal team – and lost, slapped with a three-year restraining order last month. His wallet may be taking a hit next. Lawyers for the singer asked a Los Angeles court last Friday to order Lutfi, who once was her manager, to pay $123,142 to cover Spears's legal fees for the courtroom battle over the restraining order. In addition, her lawyers are seeking $129,922 from Jon Eardley, an attorney who has challenged Jamie Spears's control over his daughter, and $72,292 from her ex-boyfriend Adnan Ghalib. Both Eardley and Ghalib were also ordered to stay away from the pop star. A judge has yet to sign off on the request.Source: People
The following italicized article is from www.tmz.com:Britney Spears got a break today -- whether she knows it or not. A judge just ordered Adnan Ghalib to stay completely clear of Brit for three years.You'll recall Brit's conservators already got a temporary restraining order prohibiting Adnan from having contact with the famous conservatee, after Adnan allegedly tried torpedoing the conservatorship.Adnan was a no show for today's hearing, so the judge gave the green light for a permanent injunction.Source: TMZ*Does a happy dance*
The following italicized article is from www.radaronline.com:A judge has extended a temporary restraining order against Britney Spears ex-manager Sam Lutfi ,her ex-boyfriend Adnan Ghalib, and attorney Jon Jay Eardley. Britney's father Jamie --who has been named conservator of his daughter's finances and business affairs-- had sought the extension of the TRO, claiming he was being harassed by all three men.The TRO against Lutfi and Ghalib is extended until 8:30am on March 18th, at which time the court will conduct a hearing to determine whether to extend it once again. The TRO against Eardley is extended until 8:30am on April 1st.Source: Radar Online
The following italicized article is from www.tmz.com:We just obtained the declaration Sam Lutfi filed with the court, in which he claims he had no direct contact with Britney Spears -- but he says Adnan Ghalib did!Sam, who has been ordered to stay completely clear of Britney with no contact, claims "I did not initiate any direct communication with Britney Spears. Although I did receive text messages from her, all responses to those messages were conveyed to Britney through others, including ... Adnan Ghalib."Sam does say he has "exchanged text messages with Ms. Spears."Lutfi also claims he never threatened any act of violence against Britney or her family.But Brit's head of security filed his own declaration basically saying Sam is a liar and that he witnessed him try "to contact Ms. Spears by sending text messages" to her hairdresser.We also got a transcript of the text messages Sam allegedly got from someone claiming that Jamie Spears was going to make "some horrible accusations regarding you."Source: TMZ
The following italicized article is from www.showbizspy.com:Britney Spears is reportedly "obsessed" with finding herself a new boyfriend.The Toxic singer - who has been single since splitting from photographer Adnan Ghalib last year - is keen to embark on a new relationship with a man she can love.A source tells Britain's Heat magazine, "Britney really wants to get her life back on track."She has her family around her and a couple of assistants, but no one really to share things with."She looks around and sees other women her age in successful relationships and says to herself, 'Why can't that be be me?'"Finding a man she can love is becoming an obsession for Britney."I think she would be happier living in a trailer park, looking after her sons and working as a hairdresser as long as she had a guy by her side who really loves her."Source: Showbiz Spy
The following italicized article is from www.people.com:Britney Spears's hairstylist testified in a Los Angeles courtroom Wednesday that the singer's ex-manager, Sam Lutfi, harassed her with calls and text messages over a period of three weeks last December. "Someone kept calling me from a private number ... he said his name was Sam," Roberta Romero stated Wednesday. "He wanted information about Britney He said he was on her side. I told him, 'Leave me alone, stop calling me.' "Lutfi allegedly sent Romero a series of 11 texts within a four day period, saying things like, "Please relay the truth to her. I did not do this to her," apparently referring to Jamie Spears's indefinite control over the singer's life. Lutfi also allegedly texted Romero: "I've done everything I can to free her from this. Very close to getting her free now." On another occasion he allegedly wrote: "I went to court to free her." Romero says she repeatedly told Lutfi to leave her alone via text.Restraining Order ExtendedThe hearing was held to determine whether to uphold a restraining order, filed by Britney's father, against Lutfi and ex-boyfriend Adnan Ghalib. After three hours of proceedings, the restraining orders were extended to March 18, with the case to resume April 1 to hear more witnesses. Romero testified about an evening on Dec. 27 when she and Britney went to watch The Curious Case of Benjamin Button. Lutfi had been sending text messages to Romero that evening, and later, the two women texted back, "Leave me the [expletive] alone." At some point that evening, Lutfi texted Romero, "Can you wish her a Merry Christmas for me?" At 2 a.m., the women sought help from the singer's bodyguard, Itamar Gelbman, who also testified in court. The Bodyguard Steps In"[Britney] complained Sam was texting her, and that she's scared," Gelbman said in court. "She asked for more patrols [around the house]. She wanted me to do more, to make sure everything was locked. She couldn't fall asleep because of [Sam's texts to Romero]. She told me to make him stop." Gelbman says he immediately called Lutfi and told him to leave the women alone. Lawyers for Jamie Spears said Lutfi had been subpoenaed Tuesday night for cross-examination in court. The process server taped a notice to appear on his car windshield, they said, but Lutfi failed to show up. His attorney, Bryan Freedman, claimed that Lutfi wasn't properly served, and has denied that his client has been harassing the singer.Source: People
The following italicized article is from www.ok-magazine.com:After the court heard testimony on Monday from Britney Spears' father Jamie Spears, the hearing to decide whether or not to extend the restraining order against Sam Lutfi continued today with revealing testimony from her hairdresser and bodyguard.According to Roberta Romero, who has been working on the pop superstar's hair for about a year now, sometime in late December, Sam got a hold of her cell phone number and sent her a total of 11 texts between Dec. 24 and Dec. 28.Per Roberta's testimony, Sam first began contacting her in early December, when he attempted to call her several times from a blocked phone. Though he refused at first to identify himself, she was able to get him to admit that it was indeed Sam. He allegedly tried to have Roberta get a message to Britney that he was "trying to help her," but she refused, telling him that she believed him to be a bad influence on Brit. The texting barrage began on Dec. 24 when Sam contacted Roberta with asking to "please wish her a Merry Christmas for me." And then on Dec. 27, he began texted Roberta again with pleas to relay "the truth" to Britney."She can look at the court docs online," read one text. "I didn't do any of this to her."Another text made the claim that Britney's hospitalization in February 2008 was all part of a conspiracy for her family to gain control over her."Her family put her into the hospital just to set up the conservatorship," read the text. "I've done everything I can to free her.... I'm very close to getting her free now."Roberta testified that when Brit discovered the texts late in the evening on Dec. 27, she asked Roberta to text him back, asking him to stop trying to reach her. When that didn't stop, the pair went to speak to Britney's head of security, Itamar Gelbman, who also testified today.After being made aware of the texts, Gelbman contacted Sam directly by phone and told him that if the attempts to contact Britney did not stop, he would notify the police."She was scared... She can't fall asleep," Gelbman testified, saying that Britney asked him to increase the security patrols around her house.It was also revealed in court today that Gelbman and his team keep a binder of people who they feel are threats to the singer, and that both Sam and Brit's ex-boyfriend, Adnan Ghalib are in this binder.Apparently the court thinks he's enough of a threat to Britney to merit extending the restraining order until March 18, at which point it will likely be extended once more until at least the scheduled trial date of April 1.Source: OK Magazine
The following italicized article is from www.tmz.com:Adnan Ghalib -- the papper/ex-BF of Britney Spears -- has been charged with three felonies for allegedly smashing his car into a process server earlier this month ... and there's a warrant out for his arrest.The L.A. County District Attorney has charged Adnan with assault with a deadly weapon, battery, and hit and run -- all felonies.Ghalib allegedly hit a man with his car in an alley back on February 11. The man was reportedly trying to serve Adnan with legal papers on behalf of Britney Spears.One law enforcement source says Ghalib allegedly hit the dude, who landed on the hood, and then continued driving.The server jumped on the hood of Ghalib's Mercedes to avoid being pinned against a trash truck.Cops and paramedics were called. The victim broke his wrist and suffered cuts and bruises.Prosecutors are asking for bail set at $110,000. If convicted, Ghalib could get seven years in prison.Source: TMZOne down, one to go.
The following italicized article is from www.radaronline.com:Taking the stand Monday afternoon, Britney Spears' dad Jamie testified in hopes of making the temporary restraining orders against Adnan Ghalib, Sam Lutfi, and a former lawyer John Eardley permanent. Ready for battle, the eldest Spears had some fighting words for the men who were once central figures in his daughter's life. While Jamie was unable to point to any specific incidences of Lutfi threatening Britney, he pointed to menacing text messages he received from the alias "Citygalin310"."I absolutely believe that Citygalin310 is Sam Lutfi. Sam is very deceitful and lies." Jamie said. In one of his more explosive statements, Jamie claimed "Sam put drugs in [Britney's] biscuits", often kept her out until 5 a.m., and restricted Britney's contact with her family.Jamie has also been under scrutiny since stepping in as his daughter's conservator, but he says Britney has greatly improved under his watch. "[Her career] was pretty well a disaster, nothing was going on, but she was in the tabloids," he says, describing the time period during which Lutfi oversaw Britney's activities. "[Today] weight-wise she's eating properly, she's very stable, making her meetings, and taking care of the babies."As Radaronline.com previously reported, Britney did not appear in court and neither did Ghalib or Lutfi.Source: Radar Online
The following italicized article is from www.ok-magazine.com:In a rare open-court hearing this afternoon, Britney Spears' father Jamie Spears testified against her former constant companion, Sam Lutfi, whom he labeled as a "predator" and "very dangerous."The testimony from Papa Spears was part of a hearing to determine whether or not restraining orders against Lutfi and Brit's ex-boyfriend, photographer Adnan Ghalib, should be extended. The actual hearing isn't until Wednesday, but Jamie testified today because he will be out of town.In his testimony, Brit's dad recalled how he discovered how he believes that Sam, who has been forbidden from contacting the pop star for almost a year, was keeping in touch with her.According to Jamie, Britney's nanny discovered the singer talking on a cell phone in her room during the wee hours of the night. Problem is — Brit-Brit is not allowed to have a cell phone. She must use either her father's phone or the house phone.So when his daughter was away from the house one day, he had her head of security go through Britney's purse, where he discovered a prepaid Nokia cell phone. He then confronted her with discovery and she explained that someone had given it to her while she was at the Peninsula Hotel. Per Jamie's testimony, the person handed it to Brit and said, "This is from Sam and Adnan. Take the phone."Perusing the numbers on the phone, Jamie saw several calls to people he believed to be Sam — using the code name "CityGalN310" — and Adnan, who supposedly used the code name "Ruba."On Jan. 10, Sam, using the CityGalN310 name, allegedly sent several texts to Jamie before ultimately calling him on the phone."Sam wanted to know if her could help me in any way," Jamie told the court. "He began to cry and fall apart. His mother and family is very upset because I had given him a bad name."About the texts, Jamie testified, "They were very disturbing. They felt like a threat... like someone was trying to extort my daughter."And Brit's dad wasn't done with the harsh talk, as he then described Lutfi as a "predator... He's very dangerous to my daughter, controling. He causes her a lot of anguish and disbelief in her mind and that she's lost without him."While Adnan was neither present at the hearing, nor did he send legal representation, Sam's lawyer Brian Freedman maintained that his client is not a threat, that there's no evidence at this point that CityGal is indeed Sam or that his client had even called Britney in the first place.During a break in the hearing, Freedman told OK! that restraining orders were "created for stalkers, but there isn't anything in Jamie's testimony or in the court papers that prove Sam and Britney even had one actual confirmed phone conversation. It's hard to prove 'harrassment' if you can't prove they've even talked once in 11 months."Source: OK Magazine
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