Was Sam Lutfi hired by Team CON? : A Research Thread

[Steel Magnolia]

Those of us who followed Britney's story in real-time during 2007 and 2008 know what a dark figure Sam Lutfi is.

It's time for the fanbase to consider that Lutfi may have been hired by someone on Team CON to assist in setting the legal foundations for the conservatorship.

Why?

Lutfi's PR guy, Michael Sands (who formerly worked for Kevin Federline's attorney Mark Vincent Kaplan) and Lynne Spears have both claimed that Lutfi was inserted into Britney's life "in October of 2007."

We know that is a lie.

Lutfi was first photographed with Britney in June of 2007...But at least two witnesses have claimed he appeared months earlier:

1) Kalie Machado

In February of 2007, Britney's assistant Kalie first encountered Lutfi.

[From In Touch, print edition, March 10, 2008]:

"Kalie Machado claims that while she was Britney’s assistant, she received a call from a man “at a restricted number” who said he was a private investigator working for Brit’s ex husband Kevin Federline. That man was Sam. “He said he had incriminating evidence on Britney and he was going to hand it over to me,” she recalls. “We arranged to meet in a Santa Monica Starbucks.”

Kalie was nervous, so she brought her roommate with her. She says she spent 20 minutes listening to Sam talk and when she demanded to see the evidence, he instead “asked all kinds of stalkerish questions – like when we leave the house and where Britney and I went.”

Finally, Kalie realized that Sam had nothing and left. “I got more calls from Sam after that,” she remembers, “but I just ignored them.”

Kalie stopped working for Britney… in February, 2007 and moved to San Francisco. Months later, she says she saw a photo on the Internet that made her stomach drop. “It was Britney, standing next to the man I met in Starbucks – Sam Lutfi. I got a chill down my spine.”

2) Lynne Spears

Some time between the evening of February 16, 2007, and February 21, 2007, Lynne Spears received a strange phone call.

[From "Through The Storm," page 165]:

“Right before Britney went into Promises, after she shaved her head, I got an anonymous call from a man while I was driving in Los Angeles. There are ***** planted in Britney’s Malibu home,” he said, going on to tell me that it was a conspiracy between Kevin and Britney’s assistants to make my daughter look like a bad mother.”

Two paragraphs later, Lynne admits that the man who called about the ***** was Sam Lutfi. She then proceeded to attend a taping of Dancing With The Stars with him, and also discuss shoe and jewelry endorsements.

Legal Foundations:

A private investigator hired by Kevin? Incriminating evidence? ***** planted in Britney's home? 

Who is Sam Lutfi? And why would he appear just prior to Britney mysteriously visiting a prominent criminal defense attorney before checking into a 30-day stint in rehab?

Feb. 20, 2007:

Britney checked into Promises rehab center in Los Angeles.

Feb. 21, 2007:

• Kevin Federline was granted an ex parte (emergency) court hearing over custody of their two young sons.
• Britney checked out of Promises and drove to meet with Blair Berk, a prominent criminal defense attorney.

Feb. 22, 2007: 

• Britney checked back into rehab for a third time, staying for 30 days.
• Kevin retained sole physical custody of the boys for those 30 days.

Oct. 1, 2007:

• A judge granted Kevin Federline the sole right "to retain physical custody of the minor children" after his attorney, Mark Vincent Kaplan, petitioned for an unscheduled hearing.

What happened between rehab and officially losing legal custody of the boys to Kevin?

• Lynne Spears and Sam Lutfi attended a taping of Dancing With The Stars together on May 22, 2007.
• Lynne Spears and Sam Lutfi discussed shoe and jewelry endorsements.
• Britney was photographed partying throughout the summer, often accompanied by Sam Lutfi.
• The family court judge concluded that "there is a habitual, frequent, and continuous use of controlled substances and alcohol by (Spears)" and ordered her to undergo **** testing on Sept. 18, 2007.
• Britney was charged with hit-and-run and driving without a valid license on Sept. 23, 2007, stemming from an incident in August.
• Britney was photographed driving with the boys in the back of her car without a valid license.

The First 5150:

• After losing custody on Oct.1, 2007, Britney spent the next two months with limited visitation of her boys.
• On Jan. 31, 2008, she locked herself in her bathroom and refused to turn the boys over to Mark Vincent Kaplan when he arrived.
• Sam Lutfi was present in the house.
• Britney later wrote a letter claiming her "friend" told her it was okay to keep the boys longer.

The Second 5150:

• Britney spent the next month with zero visitation rights.
• On the night of January 27, 2008, Britney visited Dr. Deborah Nadel for the first time after the family court ordered her to undergo psychiatric testing.
• Over the next three days, Britney spent at least 60 hours straight awake, crying, and driving the streets of Los Angeles.
• On the night of January 30, 2008, paparazzi agency X17 reported that there had been a suicide attempt. Only Lutfi is present at the time, but Lynne rushed to Britney's home.
• On the night of January 31, 2008, Britney was alone at her house with Sam Lutfi, Lynne Spears, and Lynne's friend Jackie.
• Police, fire, and ambulance assisted in taking Britney to the hospital, accompanied by police helicopters.
• In a legal declaration filed several days later, Lynne accused Lutfi of drugging Britney that night. "Sam told Jackie and me that he grinds up Britney's pills, which were on the counter and included Risperdol and Seroquel. He told us that he puts them in her food that that was the reason she had been quiet for the last three days (she had been sleeping.) 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 then give her ***** to heal her brain."
• The following day, Lutfi admitted that he gave Britney a "handful of pills" prior to Lynne's arrival. He claimed the pills were to treat Britney's bi-polar disorder.
• On Feb. 1, 2008, Jamie Spears asked the probate court for a temporary conservatorship. "Dementia" is cited as the reason.
• In Lynne's book, she admitted that Jamie had planned for the temporary conservatorship with Lou M. Taylor for several weeks in advance.

Sam Lutfi has never been charged with any felonies related to Britney, even though the Spears accused him of drugging her, as well as stealing valuables from her home. If these accusations were true, why not press charges?

The Permanent Conservatorship:

• On Oct. 28, 2008, the temporary conservatorship was made permanent.
• Britney was found to be "susceptible to undue influence," meaning she is vulnerable to others taking advantage of her.
• Jamie Spears used the "susceptible to undue influence" claim frequently over the next eight years, often citing Sam Lutfi as posing a danger to her. 
• Media outlets such as TMZ frequently referred to Lutfi as being a threat until his lawsuit against the Spears wrapped in 2016.

The Result:

Sam Lutfi has re-appeared frequently over the past 12 years, whether it be:

• Assisting Britney with attempting to retain lawyer in Jon Eardley in February of 2008, earning Lutfi a restraining order.
• Assisting Britney in obtaining a cell phone in January of 2009 to contact lawyer Jon Eardley, earning Lutfi a second restraining order.
• Suing Lynne Spears over claims made in her book "Through The Storm."
• Suing Britney for defaulting on a management contract that would have earned Lutfi millions of dollars.
• Accusing Britney of being a **** user, saying he found a stash of crystal m*** in her home in July of 2007.
• Re-appearing on social media in 2019 and contacting Lynne Spears in 2020, resulting in additional restraining orders.

Sam Lutfi may claim to be a friend of Britney, but his actions over the past 12 years have consistently given the family court and probate court reasons to:

1) Deny Britney physical and legal custody of her children.
2) Deny Britney unsupervised visitation rights with her children.
3) Commit Britney to two involuntary psychiatric holds.
4) Commit Britney to a temporary conservatorship due to "dementia."
5) Continue to hold Britney in a permanent conservatorship due to being "susceptible to undue influence."

The result has been that Jamie Spears and Kevin Federline (along with attorney Mark Vincent Kaplan) have brokered private deals over the past 12 years for supervised visitation rights with the boys. This is likely the biggest reason why Britney has been compliant with the conservatorship for so many years and did not legally fight back until 2019.

The question is...

If Sam Lutfi was at any time paid to assist in what appears to be a multi-million-dollar racket, who was (or still is) paying him to do so?

Please discuss. 

Sources: 

https://www.cele*****y.com/9838/sam_lutfi_stalked_britney_before_befriending_her_claims_her_ex_assistant/

https://books.google.ca/books/about/Through_the_Storm.html?id=eOiunEB5ccMC&redir_esc=y

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-spears-idUSN2145435720070923

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2007/oct/02/pop.usa

https://www.ctvnews.ca/lawyers-meet-in-spears-custody-dispute-1.257640

https://www.x17online.com/2008/01/britney_running_on_empty

https://www.x17online.com/2008/01/x17_xclusive_britney_suicide_attempt

https://www.x17online.com/2008/01/britney_suicide_attempt_the_hours_before

https://www.x17online.com/2008/02/sam_admits_to_giving_brit_handful_of_pills

https://www.x17online.com/2008/02/_is_sam_lutfi_being

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/thr-esq/britney-spears-sam-lutfi-trial-381805

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[nthenwkiss]

I wanna cry I can’t take this anymore - why did the world decided to end her soul? I hope she can be free one day.

[Jamie Lynn Forever]

It's probably the deepest rabbit hole in Britney's career.

[jj_boha]

I just don’t see it. I think he just took advantage of Britney who was in a vulnerable state during the time of her divorce with Kevin. Britney hired Sam on as her “manager” , so having communication with Lynne is not surprising as she’s Britney’s mom.
I don’t think there are any legitimate charges to file against him. Britney was still in control. If this man was giving Britney ***** to take, she has the right to say no. Are there any claims that he forced ***** on her ? It’s because of this whole thing  that they were able to plant the conservatorship...”susceptible to undue influence “. So yeah I hate this guy. 

[phareezy]

Thank you for this. Recently, I had started to suspect Lutfi is or was probably part of the con because it's so odd how he continues to be the zit that just won't go away and yet her team has done very little beyond getting restraining orders against him, which makes me think he must have or know something that prevents them from muzzling him like they have everyone else. 

It's really sickening how many people were involved in bringing her down. I can only hope Britney will have the last laugh. This is truly insane.

[Steel Magnolia]

1 hour ago, jj_boha said:

I don’t think there are any legitimate charges to file against him. Britney was still in control. If this man was giving Britney ***** to take, she has the right to say no. Are there any claims that he forced ***** on her ? 

Apart from him admitting himself that he was crushing her anti-psychotic meds and putting them in her food?

Source: https://www.eonline.com/news/57419/sam-lutfi-strikes-back

Source: https://ohnotheydidnt.livejournal.com/20115821.html

Source: https://www.today.com/popculture/sam-lutfi-tries-redeem-his-blown-brit-cred-wbna23058085

Source: https://www.x17online.com/2008/02/sam_admits_to_giving_brit_handful_of_pills

Source: https://dlisted.com/2008/02/06/lies-lies-lies-yeah/

Source: https://www.cele*****y.com/9234/us_weekly_prints_fawning_interview_with_sam_lutfi_just_because_its_an_exclusive/

[nottinghill99]

can the OP please send this to the direcor of the new documentary and also the framing journalists?

[Steel Magnolia]

24 minutes ago, Oops2000 said:

can the OP please send this to the direcor of the new documentary and also the framing journalists?

I'm assuming this part of the story will form the basis for "Part 2" of the NY Times doc.

I'm sure they've already got way more dirt on Lutfi than I do!

[Snowwhite]

Such a thorough work, amazing.

It seems to me that

1) Lutfi told Lynne the information of planted ***** (if there even were any) to gain her trust

2) Behind Lynne’s back, she was actually drugging Britney to make her fall of the wagon

3) This was Kevin’s plan to get the kids away from her

4) Jamie seized the opportunity when Britney was losing it and that’s when she was put under CON

The question remains, if Kevin and Jamie worked together or not. I believe maybe not, and Jamie’s intentions were OK to begin with, but then he realized how he could earn money and ”take care of her”

[DuranDuran]

Great work! Thank you!

Maybe when Michael Sands left Mark Vincent Kaplan, he wanted to help Britney, of course, not because he was a good-hearted man, but because he saw more benefit for himself if he switches sides ... He hired Jon Eardley (I don't know how Lutfi got in his team, maybe Sam was something like a double agent or he for real changed sides temporarily at that time?)  and then Sands started a PR campaign for the press like this one -> "Sands claimed the theft is on a grand scale, involving racketeering, wire fraud and money laundering, and that the theft occurred prior to the conservatorship taking place and continues still."+ "Lives have been threatened," Sands said. "People are being intimidated. It's terrorism. I don't want to make any accusations, but we're talking the financial r*** of Britney Spears." + leaked Britney's phone call, where she said that her father was threatening her that she would not see her boys... and etc

I do not see how this information can be beneficial for team Con.

But all in all team Con was too tough for Michael Sands and Jon Eardley, they could not beat them, so they quickly gave up. Eardley  even got into trouble because of it...

 

[kleinbritney]

The media wrote just as nonsense back then as it does today. Nobody knows what is all true. That Sam Lutfi was never held accountable was always strange. It could probably damage guardianship.

[Jamie Lynn Forever]

1 hour ago, Steel Magnolia said:

I'm assuming this part of the story will form the basis for "Part 2" of the NY Times doc.

I'm sure they've already got way more dirt on Lutfi than I do!

Still

Send it to them

[kleinbritney]

These are all stories that everyone knows. The NY Times won't report what it can't prove.

https://www.x17online.com/2008/02/sam_admits_to_giving_brit_handful_of_pills

With this statement he would incriminate himself and the prosecutor should have acted. In the USA everyone can simply mix other people's medicines in their food ? This is a criminal offense in every country in the world

[OnlyBeyonce]

what's the point to have money and fame if you can't trust anymore anyone around you? it's so sad 

[I'mNotTheAverageLady]

1 hour ago, Dreams said:

Still

Send it to them

I agree. Please do. This is so well-written and thorough. 

I had this feeling too about him in the recent months, but this summary is so detailed, precise and put together, with new puzzle pieces it would be hard to dismiss 

[ivosoares]

There’s a really interesting read in one of the articles, Sam apparently said that something happened around 2002/2003 that sparked her bipolar disease. 
 

Sam claims that he, Britney and her psychiatrist are the "only ones" who know what brought on her bi-polar disease, an incident that happened roughly five years ago.

Sam then admitted to what Lynne Spears accused him of doing in the restraining orderfiled yesterday - feeding her daughter medication. "I said these pills are working wonders, they are miracle pills."

Sam also claims that Brit said he was "better family than you guys [her parents] will ever be!"

What do you think about Sam's latest claims?

I'd be curious to know what "incident" sparked her disease...

[DuranDuran]

24 minutes ago, ivobb said:

What do you think about Sam's latest claims?

Personally, I think he's full of ****... So I take his words with a grain of salt

[F.a.u.zish]

So much stuff happened in that year and it really breaks my heart. I don’t think Sam was involved with  Jamie, or Lou. I truly think he saw a vulnerable woman and chose to exploit her like everyone else in her life was doing, and that is just heartbreaking. I really hope that there is someone in Britney’s circle who truly cares for her because the more information that comes out the more I just feel sad for her. 

[DuranDuran]

26 minutes ago, F.a.u.zish said:

I truly think he saw a vulnerable woman and chose to exploit her like everyone else in her life was doing

But his appearance in the lives of several people was followed by an attempt to capture these people under the pretext of Cship... Lindsay, Cortney, Amanda... plus lawyers who are/were involved in all of it... kinda sus...

 

[Applejack]

12 hours ago, Steel Magnolia said:

Lutfi's PR guy, Michael Sands (who formerly worked for Kevin Federline's attorney Mark Vincent Kaplan) and Lynne Spears have both claimed that Lutfi was inserted into Britney's life "in October of 2007."

right, but Lynne's book wasn't entirely trustworthy. Considering Lutfi was the one who set the legal foundations, Lynne's book is the written testament for that legal foundation.

Lutfi kinda admitted that he knew Britney before then with the leaked emails.

The fact that Kaplan's PR echoed the same argument doesn't bode well for Kevin and Kaplan either.

12 hours ago, Steel Magnolia said:

In February of 2007, Britney's assistant Kalie first encountered Lutfi.

[From In Touch, print edition, March 10, 2008]:

"Kalie Machado claims that while she was Britney’s assistant, she received a call from a man “at a restricted number” who said he was a private investigator working for Brit’s ex husband Kevin Federline. That man was Sam. “He said he had incriminating evidence on Britney and he was going to hand it over to me,” she recalls. “We arranged to meet in a Santa Monica Starbucks.”

Kalie was nervous, so she brought her roommate with her. She says she spent 20 minutes listening to Sam talk and when she demanded to see the evidence, he instead “asked all kinds of stalkerish questions – like when we leave the house and where Britney and I went.”

Finally, Kalie realized that Sam had nothing and left. “I got more calls from Sam after that,” she remembers, “but I just ignored them.”

Kalie stopped working for Britney… in February, 2007 and moved to San Francisco. Months later, she says she saw a photo on the Internet that made her stomach drop. “It was Britney, standing next to the man I met in Starbucks – Sam Lutfi. I got a chill down my spine.”

Interesting. Especially the fact he would introduce himself as a private investigator for KFed.

12 hours ago, Steel Magnolia said:

If Sam Lutfi was at any time paid to assist in what appears to be a multi-million-dollar racket, who was (or still is) paying him to do so?

It's Lutfi's modus operandi. Amanda Bynes' case comes to mind. Her parents supported him. He tricked Amanda into getting in rehab. After getting what they wanted, Amanda Bynes' parents cut off relationship with him.

So, it's obvious he was Britney's team way to keep her under control after she fired Larry and cut off Lynne and Jamie. It makes sense. Larry was pushing the rehab story. Britney's parents and even Fe were supporting Larry (did they know the whole story?). Lutfi would "help" Britney out when no one else could.

And what you're showing here also sheds light on the role KFed and consequently the family court might have had on the cship. I'm starting to be sure KFed ain't as innocent.

I just don't think he's being paid still. I think that, whatever relationship he might have had with Lynne, Lou, Jamie, Kaplan, was over in 2008. He contacted Britney under tough discretion after the cship in 2008 and 2009. He sued Britney, Jamie and Lynne after his attempts failed but it just seemed he and his lawyer used the trial to prove Britney was competent and wasn't okay with the cship. He kept burning money throughout the years. I just don't see. That TRO was useful in 2008 to prevent Britney from fighting off the cship. Now they don't need TROs to keep the cship going.

 

Someone should review WHY Lutfi wasn't criminally charged or investigated. It's really the key to the cship.