Manager Lutfi drugged Britney, claims mother
A restraining order aimed at Britney Spears’ friend and manager Sam Lutfi alleges that he drugged her, took over her life and finances and controlled the paparazzi who pursued her for months.
The order, based on a lengthy declaration from Britney’s mother, Lynne, says that the singer met Mr Lutfi in October 2007 and “Mr Lutfi has essentially moved into Britney’s home and has purported to take control of her life, home and finances”.
The documents released by the LA court today ordered him to stay away from her and stop the harassment.
In a section of the order that detailed previous harassment, Lynne Spears said: “Mr Lutfi drugged Britney, he has cut Britney’s home phone lines and removed her cell phone chargers. He yells at her. He claims to control everything.”
A phone message left for Mr Lutfi today was not immediately returned.
Much of the six-page declaration focuses on the night of January 28. Lynne Spears said she, her husband and a friend went to Britney’s home, but security guards kept everyone but her out. Once inside, Lynne Spears said she found several paparazzi.
“The paparazzi reported to Sam and addressed him with great respect. They treated him like a general,” she said.
She said there had been “a big fight” with Lutfi, and her daughter was crying.
“Sam had told Britney she was an unfit mother, a piece of trash and a whore, that she cares more about Adnan, her current boyfriend, than she cares about her kids and that she does not deserve her kids,” she said.
It was unclear how Lynne Spears knew details of the fight.
She said Britney was not home when she first arrived, and she understood Mr Lutfi had disabled all of her daughter’s cars to keep her from leaving.
She said he ordered one of the photographers to take her away when he found out her parents were on their way to intervene.
Eventually, she said: “Britney returned and became very agitated and could not stop moving. She cleaned the house. She changed her clothes many times. She also changed her three dogs’ clothes many times.
“Britney spoke to me in a tone and a level of understanding of a very young girl. Britney then picked up a bottle of pills and read the label and asked us: ’What does insomnia mean?”’.
