Britney Owes Lawyers $400K, Court Rules

Bills represent three months of work

By Marcia Greenwood, Newser Staff

Posted Apr 17, 2008 10:27 PM CDT

(Newser) – Britney Spears must pay nearly $400,000 to the lawyers who have been handling her affairs for the past three months, People magazine reports. Among the disbursements ordered by an LA court: $175,000 to the firm that won Spears' father control over the pop star's affairs, an arrangement that's in effect until at least July 31.

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In this Dec. 1, 2007 file photo, singer Britney Spears poses on the press line at the Scandinavian Style Mansion party in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Dan Steinberg, File)

Britney Spears poses on the press line at the Scandinavian Style Mansion party in Los Angeles in this Dec. 1, 2007 file photo. (AP Photo/Dan Steinberg, file)

Embattled pop star Britney Spears is going to have to shell out big bucks to her legal team, an LA court has ruled. (Getty Images)

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