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Legal
Britney’s people want sexual harassment case heard behind close doors
By CMU Editorial | Published on Wednesday 3 November 2010
Legal representatives for Britney Spears – or, rather, the conservatorship led by the pop star’s father which oversees the singer’s affairs – have asked that the previously reported sexual harassment case being pursued against her by former bodyguard Fernando Flores be heard in private to prevent the release of private information about Spears’s life.
According to TMZ, the Spears legal team say that Flores, who is pushing for a public hearing, will use the potential embarrassment that a public trial would cause the singer to try to pressure her people to reach an out of court settlement. Something which, they say, amounts to extortion. Put the case behind closed doors, they argue, and Flores’ unfair negotiating position is removed.
A judge is expected to consider the Spears team’s motion later this month.
