Restraining Order Claims Lutfi Drugged, Verbally Abused Spears
Spears' family filed a restraining order against Sam Lutfi, her pseudo-manager.
Feb. 5, 2008 — -- Britney Spears' family wants Sam Lutfi, her friend and sometimes manager, out of the troubled pop star's life.
In details of a restraining order released by a Los Angeles court today, Spears' mother, Lynne, alleges that Lutfi "essentially moved into Britney's home and has purported to take control of her life, home and finances" since meeting her in October 2007.
Lynne also claims that Lutfi drugged Britney, cut her home phone line and removed her cell phone chargers.
"He yells at her," Lynne is quoted in the restraining order. "He claims to control everything."
A lengthy declaration attached to the order describes the Jan. 28 fight Lutfi and Spears got into at her Studio City home. (CLICK HERE to read the entire declaration.) Lynne paints a picture of chaos — an argumentative Lutfi and a panicked Spears in the forefront, Spears' boyfriend, Adnan Ghalib, dogs, and paparazzi friends in the background.
"During Britney's and Sam's fight that evening, Sam had told Britney that she was an unfit mother, a piece of trash and a whore, that she cares more about Adnan, her current boyfriend, than she cares about her kids, and that she does not deserve her kids," Lynne says.
The declaration also sheds light on Spears' mental state and possible drug use.
"Britney then became very agitated and could not stop moving," Lynne says. "She cleaned the house. She changed her clothes many times. She also changed her three dogs' clothes many times. Britney spoke to me in a tone and with the level of understanding of a very young girl. Britney then picked up a bottle of pills and read part of the label and asked us, 'What does insomnia mean?' Sam told her that the pills will help her stay awake."
Lynne claimed in the declaration that Lutfi told her that he "grinds up Britney's pills," including the prescription drugs Risperdol and Seroquel, both used to treat schizophrenia and bipolar disorder, and "puts them in her food."
"He told us that the doctor who is treating her now is trying to get her into a sleep-induced coma so that they could give her drugs to heal her brain," Lynne says. "He told me that if he weren't in the house to give Britney her medicine, she would kill herself. Then he said to me, 'If you try to get rid of me, she'll be dead and I'll piss on her grave.'"