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Britney's Lawyer Wants a Divorce

Attorney tries to extricate herself from the starlet's messy custody battle

By Heather McPherson,  Newser User

Posted Aug 18, 2007 3:48 PM CDT

(Newser) – Britney's hot-shot divorce lawyer is on the verge of jumping ship, the New York Daily News reports.  Laura Wasser seems to think Britney's become bad business; she referred the pop star to other legal talent for continuing help with her her messy custody battle over her two sons with Kevin Federline.

Wasser, whose clients include Angelina Jolie and Nick Leahy, hasn't been returning calls, but tabloids speculate that she's decided Britney's just gotten too trashy to handle. Meanwhile Britney's still keeping gossip columns well-fed: she spent the last two nights in a Beverly Hills hotel with reality TV magician Criss Angel.

Britney Spears arrives to the showing of Kimora Lee Simmons' Baby Phat fall 2007 collection in this Feb. 2, 2007 file photo during Fashion Week in New York. She very cooperatively posed for  shots in April FOR Allure magazine. When it came to sitting for the interview she had also...
Britney Spears arrives to the showing of Kimora Lee Simmons' Baby Phat fall 2007 collection in this Feb. 2, 2007 file photo during Fashion Week in New York. She very cooperatively posed for shots in...   (Associated Press)
Britney Spears, holding her dog Bit Bit, and husband Kevin Federline, walk the red carpet during the 2004 Billboard Music Awards in this Dec. 8, 2004, file photo taken in Las Vegas.  The couple reached a settlement in their divorce Thursday, March 29, 2007 a spokesman for Federline's attorney said....
Britney Spears, holding her dog Bit Bit, and husband Kevin Federline, walk the red carpet during the 2004 Billboard Music Awards in this Dec. 8, 2004, file photo taken in Las Vegas. The couple reached...   (Associated Press)
Britney Spears, right, and her husband Kevin Federline are seen in this Feb. 8, 2006 file photo in Beverly Hills, Calif.  A court commissioner in Los Angeles said Tuesday, Aug. 14, 2007,  he would consider a motion by a magazine and a TV station to unseal documents in the Britney...
Britney Spears, right, and her husband Kevin Federline are seen in this Feb. 8, 2006 file photo in Beverly Hills, Calif. A court commissioner in Los Angeles said Tuesday, Aug. 14, 2007, he would consider...   (Associated Press)
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