Feb 21, 2008 8:05 pm US/Pacific
Britney Spears' Pal Served Restraining Order
LOS ANGELES (AP) ―
After three weeks of trying, Britney Spears' parents on Thursday
finally got to order Sam Lutfi to stay away from their daughter — at
least until Friday.
In court papers, Jeffrey Wexler, a lawyer for her father, James Spears,
wrote that "after three weeks of apparently evading service," Lutfi was
served at 11 a.m. outside his Los Angeles apartment.
The order expires Friday. It requires Lutfi to stay 250 yards away from Spears and her home.
Wexler asked for the order to be extended until the court can schedule a hearing on it.
On Feb. 7, Spears' mother, Lynne, requested the temporary restraining
order against the troubled singer's frequent companion and sometime
manager. She claimed Lutfi had held Spears hostage in her own home,
drugged her and took over her finances.
Attorneys for James Spears, who was named co-conservator of his
daughter's estate, told a Superior Court commissioner that
investigators spent more than 200 hours trying to locate Lutfi and
serve him the restraining order.
Spears and her estate, estimated to be worth $100 million, were placed
under a temporary conservatorship after she was taken to UCLA Medical
Center on Jan. 31. Conservatorships are granted for people deemed
unable to care for themselves or their affairs.
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