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Britney Grilled on Parenting
Britney Grilled on Parenting

Britney Grilled on Parenting

Spends two hours giving deposition

(Newser) - After skipping out on earlier court-ordered depositions, troubled pop star Britney Spears finally spent more than two hours yesterday being grilled about her fitness as a mother by attorneys for ex-hubby Kevin Federline. The 26-year-old singer was questioned at the lawyers' offices about drug use and her often erratic behavior,...

Britney Loses Visitation Rights
Britney Loses Visitation Rights

Britney Loses Visitation Rights

She remains in lockdown as Federline wins sole custody

(Newser) - Britney Spears’ latest meltdown has cost her visitation rights to her two sons, the Los Angeles Times reports. A court commissioner granted her ex, Kevin Federline, sole custody of the boys at an emergency hearing today. His attorneys requested the hearing a day after Spears locked herself in a room...

Battling Brit Taken to Hospital
Battling Brit Taken to Hospital

Battling Brit Taken to Hospital

Faces tests for drugs & alcohol after heated custody dispute with K-Fed at home

(Newser) - Pop star Britney Spears was taken to a hospital on a stretcher early this morning after police responded to a heated custody argument with her ex-husband at her home, CNN reports. She was to be tested for drugs and alcohol and given a psychological evaluation, said officials. She appeared to...

Brit Bails on Deposition, Lawyers Bail on Her

Attorneys want off Spears' custody case

(Newser) - Britney Spears is now such a massive trainwreck that even her lawyers can't deal with her. The law firm representing her filed paperwork yesterday asking to be removed from the ongoing case to determine final custody of her two young sons. Brit reportedly missed a rescheduled deposition that was set...

K-Fed's Pit-Bull Lawyer Can't Wait to Grill Brit

'It's not fourth grade,' says attorney after singer misses first date

(Newser) - Kevin Federline's lawyer is looking forward to deposing Britney Spears in their ongoing custody case in early 2008, People magazine reports. The singer's court date was pushed back when she missed a deposition December 12, citing illness and anxiety, moving Mark Vincent Kaplan to snark: "She was out later...

Britney Faces Child Abuse Probe
Britney Faces Child Abuse Probe

Britney Faces Child Abuse Probe

County officials concerned about toddlers' safety

(Newser) - LA child welfare authorities are investigating "multiple" allegations of child abuse and neglect concerning pop princess Britney Spears, AP reports. Officials are concerned about the safety her two young sons when left in Spears' care, according to a statement from a county attorney. His comments were part of a...

Don't Let Reckless Brit Drive With My Kids: K-Fed

Asks court to keep sons out of unsafe car

(Newser) - A series of traffic violations may further crimp custody arrangements for singer Britney Spears if her ex-husband has his way. Kevin Federline has asked a judge to forbid the reckless Brit from driving their sons to protect their safety. In the last week she was filmed running a red light,...

Judge to Britney: Childproof
Judge to Britney:  Childproof

Judge to Britney: Childproof

Visitation scaled back as Spears 'rarely engages' with kids

(Newser) - A judge cut Britney Spears’ visits with her sons to one afternoon and one overnight visit per week yesterday. In addition to twice-weekly drug tests, Spears was ordered to childproof both of her homes by Friday. Her court-appointed parenting coach was underwhelmed by the troubled pop star's interactions with her...

Brit Wins Back Visits With Sons
Brit Wins Back Visits With Sons

Brit Wins Back Visits With Sons

Pop mom spotted tooling around town with kids, presumably buckled in seat belts

(Newser) - The mother of all custody battles has won back visitation rights with her two young sons. Pop princess Britney Spears was spotted over the weekend driving with the boys and another adult believed to be her court-appointed monitor. Spears' visitation rights, which she lost last week, were expected to be...

Blowing Off 3 Drug Tests Cost Brit Her Kids

Pop princess couldn't get out of bed, lost boys to K-Fed

(Newser) - Britney Spears lost custody of her two sons last week because she blew off three court-ordered drug tests and hadn't bothered getting a California license while continuing to drive. The pop princess slept through two of the tests and simply wasn't available for a third, reports E! Online. The court...

Britney Wins Visits With Kids
Britney Wins Visits With Kids

Britney Wins Visits With Kids

Spears can see sons in supervised visits

(Newser) - Pop tart Britney Spears has been granted supervised visits with her two young sons just days after she sensationally lost custody to the boys' father. Spears was not present at a three-hour closed-door hearing in Los Angeles yesterday, but ex-husband Kevin Federline appeared, sporting an eye patch.

Judge Orders Drug Tests for Abuser Britney

Stinging ruling also demands Spears use 'parenting coach'

(Newser) - Pop star Britney Spears is a "habitual, frequent and continuous" user of "controlled substances" and alcohol and must submit to random biweekly drug tests, the judge in her child custody case has ruled, reports People magazine. Spears was also ordered to use a "parenting coach,"...

Britney's Manager, Lawyer Quit
Britney's Manager, Lawyer Quit

Britney's Manager, Lawyer Quit

Custody attorney insists she's not dumping pop star

(Newser) - Britney Spears' manager announced yesterday he'll no longer work with the pop star—just hours after the singer's lawyer in the K-Fed child custody battle also quit, People reports. A statement from the former management company cited "current circumstances" as the reason for the split, and offered no other...

Britney's Lawyer Wants a Divorce
Britney's Lawyer Wants a Divorce

Britney's Lawyer Wants a Divorce

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

(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...

K-Fed Hires Commando in Custody Battle

Israeli security expert tracked down Britney's assistants at Hollywood party

(Newser) - For when the U.S. Postal Service just won't do: K-Fed hired a former Israeli commando to track down and deliver subpoenas to Britney's assistants in the ongoing custody battle over their two toddler sons. Security expert Aaron Cohen found assistant Alli Sims and producer Jonathan Rotem at a Hollywood...

McGreevey Makes a Leap Of Faith
McGreevey Makes a Leap
Of Faith

McGreevey Makes a Leap Of Faith

Gay former N.J. governor to become an Episcopal priest

(Newser) - James McGreevey, who resigned as New Jersey governor to avoid being outed by a former gay lover, plans to become an Episcopalian priest. McGreevey, who had been a Catholic, was received into the faith at St. Bartholomew's Church in Manhattan Sunday, and has been accepted into the Master of Divinity...

Alec and Kim Play Hardball Over Ireland

Baldwin apologizes, but no one predicts an end to hostilities

(Newser) - Not since the Easter Rising has there been this much fighting over Ireland—that is, the 11-year old daughter of Alec Baldwin and Kim Basinger. With Baldwin appearing on "The View" this morning to apologize to Ireland for the furious voicemail leaked last week, the LA Times revisits the...

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