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Britney stylist testifies against Lutfi
By CMU Editorial | Published on Thursday 26 February 2009
More Britney, and Spears’ hair stylist Roberta Romero has testified against the pop star’s former manager Sam Lutfi at a hearing to decide whether the restraining order against him should be extended.
As previously reported, the singer’s father, Jamie Spears, and his attorneys claim that Lutfi attempted to sabotage the conservatorship that gives them control of Britney’s personal and financial affairs. The original order was put in place when Lutfi was, amongst other things, accused of drugging the star in order to keep his control over her.
Romero claims that Lutfi spent three weeks over the Christmas period desperately trying to get information about Spears from her. She told the LA court yesterday: “Someone kept calling me from a private number… He said his name was Sam. He wanted information about Britney. He said he was on her side. I told him, ‘Leave me alone, stop calling me'”.
She added that Lutfi sent her a number of text messages, protesting his innocence over his alleged part in her mental breakdown, one of which she alleges read: “Please relay the truth to her. I did not do this to her”. Another stated: “I’ve done everything I can to free her from this. (I’m) very close to getting her free now”. Romero says that she continually asked him to leave her alone, and ultimately informed Spears about his attempted contact on 27 Dec.
Orders against Lufti, as well as ex-boyfriend Adnan Ghalib, as aforementioned, have been extended until 18 Mar.
