Posts Tagged ‘Sam Lufti’
Lufti’s A No-Show At Hearing
Tuesday, April 28th, 2009
A decision is expected shortly in the hearing that could grant Jamie Spears’ camp a permanent restraining order against two men whom he accuses of interfering with his conservatorship of his daughter, pop star Britney Spears.
TMZ reports final arguments have been heard in the case this morning. A lawyer for the Spears camp called former Britney manager Sam Lutfi and attorney Jon Eardley “cowards” for their failure to be present for cross-examination.
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Britney Will Not Testify
Tuesday, April 21st, 2009
Britney Spears may be making a much-touted comeback, but a judge says she’s not fit to testify in court.
E! reports Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Akiva Bobb stated, “There was a finding of a judge of the Superior Court that she lacks the capacity to testify.” This ruling came following closing arguments Tuesday in the latest installment of Jamie Spears’ quest to get permanent restraining orders against Britney’s former manager Sam Lufti and attorney Jon Eardley, both of whom are called “predators” by lawyers for Mr. Spears and the conservatorship that runs the singer’s life.
The temporary restraining orders will be continued until April 28, when rebuttal arguments will be heard. I hope we get to see what was in those arguments that made the judge decide Britney “lacks the capacity to testify.”
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Lufti Hearing Today
Tuesday, April 21st, 2009
A hearing this afternoon will determine whether Sam Lufti will be able to contact ex-client Britney Spears anytime in the near future.
RadarOnline reports a judge in Los Angeles Superior Court will hear testimony later today concerning whether the restraining order against Lutfi and attorney Jon Eardley will be made permanent. Spears’ father Jamie had requested the order to prevent the pair from interfering in his daughter’s conservatorship.
Jamie Spears previously succeeded in getting the restraining order against Britney’s former boyfriend Adnan Ghalib extended until 2012.
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Sam’s Sis Tells How She Slipped Phone To Brit
Wednesday, April 8th, 2009
For the first time since her surprise testimony at the hearing in which Britney Spears’ conservators made their case for extending the restraining order against her brother Sam, Christine Lufti has spoken out.
RadarOnline has a video of Ms. Lufti explaining how Britney allegedly called her in Dec. of last year, complaining of being held a virtual prisoner by her dad Jamie and requesting Sam’s help in getting a new lawyer. Ms. Lufti recounts her meeting with Britney at the Peninsula Hotel, and how she slipped a pre-paid cell phone to the pop star.
Interesting stuff, but do remember two words—checkbook journalism.
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Attorneys Duel Over Britney Case
Wednesday, April 1st, 2009
Two different teams of attorneys appeared in L.A. court today, arguing over the restraining orders placed against Britney Spears’ former manager Sam Lufti and others.
E! reports that this morning, attorney John Anderson took the stand, claiming that he was asked to step into the case in order to free Britney from the conservatorship of her father, Jamie Spears. He stated, “A person who purported to be Lutfi told me that all of Britney Spears’ phone rights were cut off,” and added that she was virtually “in prison.” Anderson claimed to have sent papers to Spears which were returned with her signature, but officially backed out of the case Jan. 28, shortly before Jamie Spears went to court to ask for the restrainig orders.
In the afternoon, Spears’ attorney Blair Berk countered that Britney asked her father to keep Lufti away from her. “She repeatedly asked if I could get him arrested for what he’d done to her and to get the court to order him to stay away from her,” Berk stated. Berk also claimed that lawyer Jon Eardley made a “blatant” solicitation to work for Britney, but that the singer had told her that she did not want his services.
Berk also questioned the veracity of the voicemails which have been revealed here at JFXOnline, saying that “Moments it sounded like Spears and moments it didn’t,” adding that the tape “sounded like it had been edited.”
The restraining order against Britney’s former boyfriend Adnan Ghalib was extended to three years last month, and today’s testimony will be used to decide whether to do the same for Lufti and Eardley.
What a mess. Doesn’t it sound like somebody has be committing perjury here? They can’t all be telling the truth.
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