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Britney Spears’ pal Sam Lutfi is not happy with the restraining order filed against him.
The pop princess’ self-professed manager has filed court papers saying he objects to a commissioner holding hearings on the stay-away order.
“Please take notice that Osama ‘Sam’ Lutfi will not stipulate to the above referenced case being heard by Reva Goetz,” the documents state. They are signed by Lutfi himself.
The two-page court document was signed on Wednesday last week and filed on Friday - but Lutfi needs to appear at court in person if he wishes to challenge the restraining order. (more…)

And I can’t say that I blame them. Apparently the family of passenger John Graziano believes that the Hogan klan, which consist of Linda, Nick and Brooke, are just showing up for show.
St. Petersburg Times says, That’s because the trio went to the hospital on Valentine’s Day with gifts, and images of their arrival showed up on celebrity news Web sites, the Graziano family’s attorneys said Wednesday.
“We believe that it was a total (public relations) stunt,” said attorney Kimberley Kohn.
This makes sense, it’s rational, but I would still have other reasons for not wanting them around. They are gross. I wouldn’t want a bunch of Hogan’s loitering outside my apartment complex, much less congregating outside of my hospitalized kid. Yuck. We were just talking about Linda battling narcissism yesterday, maybe a good first step would be staying away from the Hospital.
More disaster, Nick Hogan car wreckage pictures.
Lindsay Lohan’s friends and family are desperate to keep her away from the lesbian daughter of former Yahoo! CEO Terry Semel, it has been claimed.
Close pals of the troubled ‘Mean Girls’ star - who checked into Utah’s Cirque Lodge rehab center for two months last year - are said to be worried about her new friend, 28-year-old Courtenay Semel, and are scared Lindsay will be susceptible to other “bad influences”.
A source close to Lindsay’s family told the New York Post: “They are all just leeches, and they are trying to drag Lindsay down and use her for her fame.” (more…)
Courtney Love has defended allegations that conmen bought a house using her late husband’s name after critics dismissed the claims, saying she was bipolar.
Love - who was married to Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain until his suicide in 1994 - launched a police probe last week.
She claims that identity thieves used Cobain’s social security number to buy a $3.2 million mansion in New Jersey last year.
She also alleges that the thieves opened 188 credit cards in her name and embezzled as much as $69 million from the couple and the trust fund of their daughter, 14-year-old Frances Bean. (more…)
Britney Spears has been given a $1,500-per-week debit card allowance by a Los Angeles judge. Superior Court Commissioner Reva Goetz set the singer’s spending limit at a Spears estate conservatorship hearing on Monday.
Britney Spears’ conservatorship hearing ended shortly before 4pm, with Jamie Spears leaving court without comment.
Court spokesman Allan Parachini said two new dates had been set for the matter to proceed to.
One hearing will review Britney’s psychiatric evaluation. The other will discuss attorney fees and whether Mr. Ingham’s powers can expand to cover the singer’ Trust as well as the conservatorship. (more…)
ET has the latest…
Things are looking up for BRITNEY SPEARS! A Los Angeles court commissioner has granted the pop princess a temporary debit card so that she "can have spending money or freedom of choice of how she wants to enjoy herself," People.com reports. Britney will reportedly get $1,500 a week.
Commissioner REVA GOETZ also approved the hiring of two specialist attorneys to help her and her other lawyers sort out her affairs while she is under a temporary co-conservatorship, People says.
One of those, JORGE HERNANDEZ will get a $25,000 retainer to answer all questions concerning the co-conservatorship, the mag adds. The other, lawyer TOM HANSEN, will receive $15,000 a month to advise on Britney’s entertainment deals and contracts.
Britney Spears can be given pocket money by her father, a court ruled today.
Los Angeles Superior Court decided that Jamie Spears, who is in charge of his daughter’s affairs, can issue her with a credit card.
The pop wreck will given $1,500 a week to ‘enjoy herself’.
Jamie Spears was put in charge of his daughter’s estate after she was committed into a psychiatric award earlier this year. He can control her spending, her employees and any business arrangements she wishes to make. (more…)