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Sam Lutfi Claims Britney Spears Ruined His Life

July 8th, 2009 / Author: Mary Beth Quirk

Sam LutfiBreak out the world’s tiniest violins — Britney Spears‘ former svengali, Sam Lutfi, says Brit and her parents have ruined his life.

The ex-manager/constant companion has filed legal papers in his defamation lawsuit against the Spears clan, reports TMZ, claiming a variety of injustices against his poor self.

He complains that Lynne Spears‘ book about Britney is made up of lies, especially the story she tells of Sam grinding up pills and slipping them into Brit’s food.

As a result of the book, he claims: “I am constantly in fear for my life…” and that he was “harassed and cajoled by the public.”

He’s got at least one reputable character on his side, Britney’s sometime boyfriend/paparazzo Adnan Ghalib, who wrote  a declaration swearing that Sam wasn’t holding Brit hostage, as Lynne said. Good luck with that, Sam.

Brit’s Lawyers Hit Back At Lutfi

June 9th, 2009

Team Britney has issued its response to Sam Lutfi’s lawsuit against it.

According to TMZ, Britney Spears‘ conservators, who have to act on her behalf in the case, "shoot down Lutfi’s claims one by one" in the four page document.

The case is mainly a battle over whether Britney owes Sam for his services as a "manager."

The site reports that Sam says they had a verbal agreement, but Brit’s lawyers have now said that the deal is void because Sam "made false promises to her" in order to get her to agree to it.

Needless to say, Sam’s team isn’t backing down.

"I was hardly shocked that they didn’t agree with our position," Bryan Freedman told E! News.

 

"But I think there is ample evidence of this contract. There are writings that indicate the same. At the end of the day there won’t be much dispute about this."

 

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Wannabe Britney Lawyer Asks for Jury Trial

May 14th, 2009

The restraining order trial of Britney Spears‘ former hanger-on Sam Lutfi and lawyer Jon Eardley just won’t disappear from the court’s docket. In the latest wrinkle, Sam and Eardley have filed legal papers contesting the orders that forbid either of them from communicating with the pop star or her family.

According to TMZ.com, the pair are now claiming that their case, which was decided by a judge in April, should have been heard by a jury of their peers and are asking for a new trial.

This is only the latest attempt by Lutfi and Eardley to appeal their restraining orders. Two days after the April 28 verdict was handed down, Sam’s lawyer was already typing up the papers, saying, "The evidence showed it was Britney Spears reaching out to Mr. Lutfi and all he did was help her get a lawyer."

Sam Lutfi’s Determined to Get to Brit

April 30th, 2009

Sam Lutfi, Britney Spears‘ former "manager," is wasting no time trying to get back into her life: just two days after a judge made the restraining order against him permanent, the svengali is filing an appeal.

 

Lutfi’s lawyer, Bryan Freedman, told TMZ, "Never before in the history of the world has a restraining order been granted as a result of someone answering someone else’s cries for help."

Freedman added, "The evidence showed it was Britney Spears reaching out to Mr. Lutfi and all he did was help her get a lawyer."

 

On April 28 the order was passed down in California court, ruling that Lutfi must remain 100 yards away from Brit for three years. At that time, the order will come up for review again.

Britney & Boys Can Breathe Sigh of Relief

April 28th, 2009 / Author: OK! Staff

A dark chapter in Britney Spears‘ life has finally come to a close today with the announcement that a California court has decided to make permanent the restraining order against her onetime constant companion — and self-declared manager — Sam Lutfi.

The order — which, despite the name, isn’t technically permanent (it comes up for review in three years) — forbids Sam, as well as attorney Jon Eardley — who had previously attempted to have himself declared as Brit’s lawyer — from coming within 100 yards of the superstar, or any of her places of business. It also covers Brit’s family, including her two young sons, Jayden James and Sean Preston, and their father Kevin Federline.

Lutfi’s Lawyer: Britney Should’ve Testified

April 28th, 2009

Judge Aviva Bobb heard closing arguments to decide if the temporary restraining order against Britney Spear’s former BFF/svengali Sam Lutfi and her wannabe lawyer Jon Eardley should be made permanent.

 

Bobb told the open court that she will render her verdict by the end of the day. The bottom line argument, according to Lutfi’s lawyer Bryan Freedman is that Britney, herself "did not suffer substantial emotional damage" as a result of Lutfi’s phone attempts to contact her.

 

Freedman told OK! exclusively: "I will most definitely appeal any permanent order. Britney did not testify. No doctor or medical professional testified that she suffered enough to warrant a restraining order"

 

Britney’s lawyer Joel Boxer countered: "There’s much truth to the old adage that silence speaks volumes," meaning that neither Lutfi nor Eardley bothered to show up in court to testify in their defense.

 

Last week in court Boxer tried to cement the idea that Lutfi and Eardley are "predators who patently threatened and extorted her through emails."

 

Despite signing an agreement last July to stay away from the Britster, Lutfi testified that he slipped her a cell phone via his sister, and that she then texted Britney 45 times.

 

Another court date in May is scheduled to decide who should pay whose lawyer fees for this whole thing.

 

Stay tuned for judge Bobb’s final decision.

Britney and Sam Lutfi: A Very Tangled Web

April 21st, 2009

The Britney Spears saga continues – while she’s on tour. On Tuesday afternoon, 8 lawyers appeared at downtown’s L.A. Superior Court to discuss just how threatened and harassed – or not – the pop star actually is.

Brit’s side wants to cement restraining orders against her forme BFF, Sam Lutfi and her wannabe attorney, Jon Eardley, arguing that the pair are "predators who patently threatened and extorted her through emails," says lawyer for the conservators Joel Boxer.

Lutfi, who has famously called himself Britney’s manager, says he and Eardley have been nothing more than good samaritans who wanted to help someone who couldn’t help herself.

Testimony shows that Sam slipped Britney a cell phone through his sister, and that she texted the pop star 45 times, despite Sam signing an agreement last July to stay away from Britney.

"Mr. Lutfi is a very, very, very busy man, and at the end of the day what does he do? He sues her for millions of dollars," says Boxer. Boxer wants Eardley to leave his client alone as well, telling the judge he needs to, "go be a good samaritan or a Don Quixote to another damsel in distress."

Then there’s Sam’s lawyer, Bryan Freedman, who says Britney never suffered the level of harassment and emotional stress which would require a restraining order. "Sam sent 10 text messages to her hairdresser," Freedman says. "None of which were directed to Britney Spears. Not one had a curse word or used vulgar language or had a threat in it."

He adds, "In fact, Britney called Sam and was crying out for help, asking for a cell phone and asking for a lawyer."

Yikes! And all that was before the closing arguments, which were cut short due to time. The whole thing will pick up again on April 28. Oh Britney, you never fail to amuse.


 

 

Sam Lutfi’s Sis: Brit Wants Help

April 2nd, 2009

There’s a new twist in the ongoing battle between Jamie Spears, conservator over the affairs of his daughter, Britney Spears, and Sam Lutfi: Sam’s sister Christina Lutfi testified in court yesterday that the star is afraid of her dad and wants her own lawyer, according to the Associated Press.

 

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Jamie and his attorneys are looking for a long-standing restraining order against Sam, the man whom many see as partly responsible for Brit’s very public fall from grace in 2008.

 

However, even though Sam had agreed not to contact Brit under a previous agreement, Christina Lutfi says she snuck a prepaid cell phone from her brother to Britney while at a Beverly Hills hotel sauna so the two could be in touch.

 

Christina also testified that Britney told her she was afraid of her father and wanted to hire her own lawyer. She says she called the number often to check on Brit. However under questioning, Christina couldn’t remember the number of the phone she gave to Britney or one of her brother’s cell phones.

 

The L.A. judge extended the temporary restraining order until closing arguments on April 21.

 

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Britney Gets 3 Adnan-Free Years

March 18th, 2009

Ever since Britney Spears split from paparazzo Adnan Ghalib, her life has been on the upswing – awards, hit songs, popular tour, the works. And now a judge is making sure he won’t be able to interfere in her life for at least three years.

 

TMZ reports that the judge gave the go ahead for the permanent restraining order after Adnan decided not to show up for his hearing today. Britney’s conservators, including her father, previously had a temporary restraining order to keep the kinda ex-boyfriend away.

 

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Meanwhile, the other bad apple from Britney’s former circle, Sam Lutfi, is scheduled to have a hearing on April 1 to decide whether his restraining order should be extended as well. As OK! previously reported, testimony from an earlier hearing from Brit’s hair stylist Roberta Romero revealed that Sam had sent a barrage of texts to the woman in an attempt to get through to Britney.

 

"Her family put her into the hospital just to set up the conservatorship," read one text. "I’ve done everything I can to free her…. I’m very close to getting her free now."

 

According to testimony, these texts scared Brit so much, she asked Roberta to text Sam back and tell him to leave her alone. Her head of security, Itamar Gelbman, also testified that Brit was afraid of Sam.

 

"She was scared… She can’t fall asleep," Gelbman testified, saying that Britney asked him to increase the security patrols around her house.

 

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