Britney Spears
- Profession: Singer
- Place/Date of Birth: McComb, Mississippi, United States, 02 December 2020
Britney waits for custody decision - Oct 29 2007
A bid by Britney Spears for custody of her two young sons has been put on hold by a US court commissioner after a three-hour closed hearing, a lawyer for her ex-husband Kevin Federline said.
Los Angeles Superior Court Commissioner Scott Gordon was expected to issue a written ruling by next Tuesday after hearing extensive testimony on a number of issues in the case, lawyer Mark Vincent Kaplan said.
Attorney Sorrell Trope, who represents Spears, said "something has changed, but I can't say what".
He said Spears was pleased, but he declined further comment.
Each parent will have a day with the boys this weekend, Kaplan said during a news conference after the hearing.
Gordon had previously said there was evidence that pop singer Spears is a "habitual, frequent and continuous" user of drugs and alcohol, withdrew approval for her to even visit the children after finding she had failed to comply with some conditions for shared custody.
He later withdrew the ban and allowed her to visit Sean Preston, two, and Jayden James, one - but only in the presence of a court-approved monitor.
Hours earlier, Spears arrived at the courthouse in her white Mercedes-Benz convertible and giggled when asked by reporters outside the courtroom if she was nervous.
Wearing a black print dress and cowgirl boots, she was escorted by sheriff's deputies. Federline, who arrived a few minutes after Spears, wore a grey pinstriped suit.
Both were under court order to attend the proceedings.
Britney avoids trial after pay-out - Oct 26 2007
Britney Spears has avoided a criminal hit-and-run trial by paying for damages after a crash, but still faces a charge of driving without a licence, a court official has ruled.
Britney was not required to attend the hearing on the misdemeanour charges stemming from an August 6 car park mishap.
LA Superior Court Commissioner Susan Speer dismissed the hit-and-run charge after a lawyer for the pop star said his client had paid an undisclosed amount to a woman whose car was hit in a California car park.
A charge of driving without a licence was not dismissed, and a pre-trial hearing was scheduled for November 26.
The commissioner accepted a not guilty plea entered on Spears’ behalf by lawyer Michael Flanagan.
Britney regains visiting rights to sons - Oct 22 2007
Troubled pop princess Britney Spears has regained temporary visitation rights to her sons, her lawyer has said.
"Yes, she has visitation with the children," Anne Kiley said, without elaborating.
The US singer was seen driving with sons Sean Preston, two, and Jayden James, one, on Saturday in California, People magazine reported on its website.
A presumed court-appointed monitor was in the passenger seat, and the star’s sons were in the back.
A court commissioner told Britney on Wednesday that she may not visit her two children without a parenting coach present until she complied with a court order.
The ruling was the latest move in a custody battle between Britney and ex-husband, wannabe rap star Kevin Federline.
Among other things, the singer was ordered to undergo random weekly drug testing.
A hearing in the matter was scheduled for October 26.
Britney runs over photographer’s foot - Oct 19 2007
Pop star Britney Spears ran over a photographer’s foot in her car hours after losing visitation rights to her children, it was reported.
Britney was driving out of a Beverly Hills medical building car park yesterday (Thursday) afternoon when the incident happened, according to celebrity website Hollywood.TV.
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During the early years of her career Britney made millions thanks to merchandising deals and successful hits. But she faced controversy throughout with rumours of plastic surgery and feuds with other stars. Her third album, which saw her take a sexier and more adult turn, was a relative disappointment while her critically panned but box office friendly debut movie Crossroads was a fleeting highlight. Meanwhile her long relationship with Justin Timberlake came to an end in 2002 amid claims that her reputation as a virgin was false and in fact that she had cheated on the N*Sync star?Britney responded by sharing a kiss with idol Madonna on stage at the MTV Awards ? an act which saw the pair criticized more than admired.
The kiss signaled the end of Britney?s pop-childhood and with the release of In The Zone and the hit single Toxic she began building a new fanbase. A drunken Las Vegas wedding to childhood friend Jason Alexander ended in annulment after just fifty five hours but, rather than concentrate on her career, Britney continued leaning on the lovelife self destruct button. She, despite advice to the contrary, married dancer, aspiring rapper and all round rat-faced bad boy Kevin Federline in a trailer trash wedding in 2004 and within months announced she was pregnant.
Having given birth to son, Sean Preston, Britney seems to have put her career on hold despite the success of a greatest hits album and the launch of her fragrance, Curious. Meanwhile rumours persist about the state of her marriage to Federline with the press accusing him of taking no interest in his wife and son and of cheating on the singing star.
October 2007