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Dad 'Blackmailing' Britney, Court Told

She sneaked star a secret cell phone

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(Newser) – Chafing under her dad's control, Britney Spears wants to hire her own lawyer, People reports. The sister of Spears' former manager, Sam Lutfi, told an LA court yesterday that she recently sneaked the singer a cellphone so she could call Lutfi and ask for help without her father knowing. "She was scared because her father was blackmailing her with visitation rights over her kids," Christina Lutfi testified.

Christina Lutfi says she met Spears at an LA hotel's gym and handed off the phone in the sauna, but the pop star's bodyguards found it. The court hearing is to determine whether to extend the restraining order Spears has against Lutfi. Dad Jamie Spears says the onetime manager is harassing the singer, but "when someone asks for your help, that person is obviously not scared of you," Lutfi's lawyer countered.

Britney Spears performs on ABC's
Britney Spears performs on ABC's "Good Morning America" show in New York on Dec. 2, 2008.   (AP Photo/Peter Kramer, File)
Britney Spears, left, and son Jayden ride with Britney's assistant Brett Miller on the Tomorrowland Indy Speedway attraction at the Magic Kingdom in Lake Buena Vista, Fla., on March 5, 2009.
Britney Spears, left, and son Jayden ride with Britney's assistant Brett Miller on the Tomorrowland Indy Speedway attraction at the Magic Kingdom in Lake Buena Vista, Fla., on March 5, 2009.   (AP Photo/Disney, Diana Zalucky)
In this image released by Disney, Britney Spears poses with her sons Preston, left, and Jayden in Mickey's Toontown Fair at the Magic Kingdom in Lake Buena Vista, Fla., on March 5, 2009.
In this image released by Disney, Britney Spears poses with her sons Preston, left, and Jayden in Mickey's Toontown Fair at the Magic Kingdom in Lake Buena Vista, Fla., on March 5, 2009.   (AP Photo/Disney, Diana Zalucky)
Britney Spears accepts the award for best pop video at the MTV Music Awards in Los Angeles on Sept. 7, 2008.
Britney Spears accepts the award for best pop video at the MTV Music Awards in Los Angeles on Sept. 7, 2008.   (AP Photo/Kevork Djansezian)
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radnip
Apr 3, 09 2:06 PM CDT
Oh for heaven sakes, Jamie Spears needs a vacation and he needs to learn that by now, there's nothing left to teach his daughter. She's too old. There's only one way now that intervention did not work: She's got to fall down, way down. Apparently she hadn't fallen far enough before. She might have to get all her money stolen as well. Sorry to the dad, but you can't help someone help themselves until they want the help. You can't live another person's life. Reply
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