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Lutfi restraining order extended
By CMU Editorial | Published on Tuesday 24 February 2009
A judge in LA has extended the temporary restraining order brought against Britney Spears former manager Sam Lutfi last year. Aviva K Bobb ruled yesterday that, until she hears further arguments in the case against Lutfi, he must stay away from the singer.
Spears’ father Jamie and his attorneys are seeking to prolong the restraining order, presumably indefinitely, on the grounds that Lutfi tried to sabotage the previously reported conservatorship awarded to Spears senior, which gives him control of his daughter’s personal and financial affairs. Spears’ family has also accused Lutfi of drugging the singer in the past, in order to keep her under his control.
Elsewhere in Britney news, it’s been revealed that Mel Gibson saved her career. Father Jamie reckons she owes her comeback to him, but Gibson, who invited the singer around for dinner in March last year, thinks it’s Jamie who put her back on track.
“She pulled herself out, and her dad… he’s the real hero. She’s a nice kid, y’know”, he told reporters. “She was just going through a rough patch. You see kids that you know in the industry… I just felt like this poor kid is lining up to be stoned. I just thought, ‘I wonder if anyone is reaching out to her,’ so I just called her and she’s doing great now.”
Gosh. He turned her around with just a phonecall and dinner? He must be a god or something. Bono should get him on the case re: world poverty and all that.
