LA Superior Court judge TK Herman warned that Britney Spears could go on trial for driving without a valid licence if both sides in the case, relating to an incident back in August when Spears hit a parked car, fail to agree how to proceed. Granting an adjournment until 20 Feb, Herman said that a trial would be forced to take place if agreement could not be reached within 30 days.
Spears' lawyer Michael Flanagan explained that his client was in possession of a Louisiana licence at the time of the incident, and applied for a California licence a week after charges were filed against her. He added that Britney had been offered a plea bargain which would have seen her on probation for a year, but since the singer had now obtained the licence this was unnecessary. I presume, given that he's a lawyer in the US, and I'm not, that he's correct about the legalities of all that.
Elsewhere in Britney court-type news, the singer's close friend Sam Lutfi has been ordered to give a deposition as part of Spears' ongoing legal battle with ex Kevin Federline over the custody of their two children. Federline's lawyer Mark Kaplan questioned Lutfi about all aspects of his friend's personal life, including her home activities and relationship with the said children. He was also quizzed about his alleged links to photographic agency X17 and the claim that he and Spears have made money from tipping off paparazzi photographers, a claim the agency denies. The custody trial is set for April.