Jan. 2, 2008 - Britney's latest custody lawyer, Sorrell Trope of Trope & Trope, asks the court to be relieved of his duties to a "breakdown in communication" with his client. A hearing is set for February 4, 2008 to deal with the motion.
Source: https://people.com/crime/britney-spearss-attorney-wants-to-quit/
Jan. 3, 2008 - Britney sits for a long-awaited deposition in her child-custody battle, although she cuts the session short and is only questioned for 14 minutes. She had been scheduled to start her deposition at 9:45 a.m. but didn't leave her home until after 10 a.m., according to photos and video taken of her drive to Mark Vincent Kaplan’s offices in Century City. By the time she arrives, she is 90 minutes late, and proceedings don't start until just after 11:30 a.m.
Source: “Britney Spears Hospitalized After Refusing To Turn Over Kids,” Kurt Orzeck, MTV News, January 4, 2008. Accessed July 1, 2022 from https://www.mtv.com/news/1578990/britney-spears-hospitalized-after-refusing-to-turn-over-kids/
Jan. 3, 2008 - Britney is placed on a "5150" hold, which can last up to 72-hours if it is determined she is a threat to herself or others.
Source: https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/britney-spears-hospitalized-after-hostage-brituation-involving-her-two-kids-released-next-day-73967/
Source: https://www.mtv.com/news/1580689/britney-spears-rushed-to-hospital-again/
Jan 5, 2008 - Dr. Phil McGraw is invited into Britney's hospital room by her family. Britney walks out after he enters, and checks out of the hospital.
Source: [Insert]
Jan. 17, 2008 - Four paparazzi are charged with reckless driving and ordered to post $5,000 bail after Britney tells police that one of them may have tried to run her off the road during a late-night car chase. She is photographed speaking to officers accompanied by Sam Lutfi.
Source: “Four paparazzi arrested after chasing Britney Spears,” Reuters Staff, Reuters, January 17, 2008. Accessed July 3, 2022 from https://www.reuters.com/article/us-spears-paparazzi-idUSN1723609920080118
Source: https://twitter.com/monalisaney81/status/1543368256647532544
Jan. 21, 2008 - Britney sits for a deposition at the offices of Mark Vincent Kaplan in preparation for a trial in April 2008.
Source: https://www.x17online.com/2008/01/x17_xclusive_first_pix_of_britneys_nervous_a Screencap "Britney's Nervous Arrival at Kaplan's"
Source: https://www.upi.com/Entertainment_News/2008/01/21/Spears-sits-for-deposition-in-custody-case/46141200975729/
Source: https://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/gossip/britney-spears-not-pop-tardy-article-1.342153
Jan. 22, 2008 - James Spears plans to officially petition the court for a temporary conservatorship over Britney, but according to Lynne Spears, “he and his business manager, Lou, felt God leading them to wait, fast, and pray, despite the frustration of a phalanx of lawyers.”
Source: Through the Storm: A Real Story of Fame and Family in a Tabloid World, Lynne Spears, Thomas Nelson, September 18, 2008, p. 181.
Jan. 23, 2008 - The law firm of Trope & Trope confirm they will remain as Britney's legal representation in the custody case.
Source: https://people.com/celebrity/britney-spearss-lawyers-wont-quit-case/
Jan. 23, 2008 - Britney at the courthouse.
Source: https://www.x17online.com/2008/01/brits_brief_courthouse_appearance Screencap: "Brit's Brief Courthouse Appearance"
Source: https://www.x17online.com/2008/01/britneys_left_the_courthouse Screencap: "Brit's Left the Courthouse"
Jan. 24, 2008 - Sam Lutfi is deposed for the custody case by Mark Vincent Kaplan. TMZ reports that Kaplan wants to know if Britney made a deal with paparazzi agency X17 and if Lutfi is the "bagman." In organized crime, a bagman may be involved in protection rackets or the numbers game, collecting or distributing the money involved. When acting as an intermediary in such activities, a bagman may also be called a delivery boy or running man, and may receive a fraction of the money collected.
Source: https://people.com/celebrity/britney-pal-sam-lutfi-deposed-by-k-fed-lawyer/
Source: https://www.tmz.com/2008/01/24/brits-right-hand-man-deposed/
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bagman
Jan. 25, 2008 - Britney visits Dr. Deborah Nadel for the first time after the family court forces her to undergo a psychological evaluation.
Source: “X17 XCLUSIVE - BRITNEY VISITS PSYCHIATRIST!,” X17 Staff, X17Online, January 28, 2008. Accessed September 13, 2022 from https://www.x17online.com/2008/01/x17_xclusive_britney_visits_psychiatrist Screencap: Britney Visits Psychiatrist
Jan. 28, 2008 - Lawyer Jon Eardley writes to Britney with the claim that, "What they ultimately want is to get you into a conservatorship; at that point, your freedom will be denied, giving them the full opportunity to steal all of your money and to deny you any access to your children." The letter is later found by criminal defence attorney Blair Berk in the rental Mercedes that was driven by Sam Lutfi.
Source: https://www.nme.com/news/music/britney-spears-112-1313209
Source: https://exhale.breatheheavy.com/forums/topic/795459-jon-eardley-letter-to-britney-before-conservatorship/
Source: https://breatheheavy.wordpress.com/2010/09/11/media-omits-blair-berk-from-case-against-sam-lutfi/
Jan. 28, 2008 - On Monday, Lynne Spears arrives in Los Angeles from Kentwood. According to People, she holds a "bonding session" with Sam Lutfi, Allie Sims, and Adnan Ghalib that does not go well.
Source: https://people.com/archive/cover-story-britney-interrupted-vol-69-no-6/
Jan. 28, 2008 - On Monday night, James Spears and Lynne Spears arrive at Britney's house in separate cars at around 10 pm after hearing Britney and Sam Lutfi were fighting and that Britney was crying. Lynne claims that "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 dr**s to heal her brain."
Source: https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/story?id=4249744&page=1
Source: https://www.x17online.com/2008/01/britney_breakdown_brits_parents_are_with_her Screencap: "Britney's Parents are with Her"
Jan. 30, 2008 - Paparazzi agency X17 reports that there has been a suicide attempt. Britney is alone at the house with Sam Lutfi, until he contacts Lynne Spears and requests her to come over. The police and ambulance arrive and take her to the Neuro Psychiatric Institute at UCLA ("NPI"). Britney's hospitalization is ordered on the recommendation of Dr. Deborah Nadel. LAPD helicopters circle overhead in a tightly-orchestrated effort to ensure Britney doesn't escape from her home before police can obtain a warrant to enter.
Source: https://www.x17online.com/2008/01/x17_xclusive_britney_suicide_attempt screencap: "Suicide Attempt"
Source: https://www.x17online.com/2008/01/britney_suicide_attempt_the_hours_before Screencap: "Hours Before"
Source: https://www.x17online.com/2008/01/sam_says_everything_is_fine Screencap: "Sam Says Everything is Fine"
Source: https://www.x17online.com/2008/01/lynne_tells_x17_britneys_fine Screencap: "Lynne Tells X17 Britney's Fine"
Source: https://www.x17online.com/2008/01/allis_on_her_way Screencap: Alli's On Her Way"
Source: https://www.x17online.com/2008/01/ambulances_on_their_way Screencap: "Ambulances on their Way"
Source: https://www.x17online.com/2008/01/ambulance_with_convoy_has_arrived Screencap: "Ambulance With Convoy Has Arrived"
Source: https://www.x17online.com/2008/02/x17_xclusive_brits_psychiatrist_keeps_quiet Screencap: "Brit's Psychiatrist Keeps Quiet"
Source: https://www.x17online.com/2008/01/lapd_copters_ensured_britney_wouldnt_flee Screencap: "Copters Ensure Britney Wouldn't Flee"
Jan. 31, 2008 - In the early morning hours, Britney is placed on a second "5150" hold. According to Lynne Spears, Britney tells her doctor that she has been taking Adderall.
Source: https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/story?id=4249744&page=1
Jan. 31, 2008 - Lynne Spears files a declaration to obtain a restraining order against Sam Lutfi, claiming he was drugging Britney.
Source: https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/story?id=4249744&page=1
Feb. 1, 2008 - Around this time, James P. Spears takes out a $40,000 loan from Tri Star Sports & Entertainment.
Source: Declaration of Sherine Ebadi, p. 16, https://www.instagram.com/p/CY5lw8jOvp9/
Feb. 1, 2008 - The probate laws of California are broken by the Superior Court when Britney Spears is placed under a temporary conservatorship (Case # BP108870). The official cause of the temporary conservatorship is due to "dementia." With this box checked, A violation of due process occurs when James Spears' attorneys select Samuel Ingham III to represent Britney, despite the California Probate Code specifying that Britney receive a document telling her she may select her court-appointed attorney herself. Judge Goetz includes a handwritten note: "PVP Counsel shall review and discuss the orders and related proceedings with the Conservatee. PVP Counsel shall retain all copies of the orders and pleadings and shall not leave them with the Conservatee." James Spears and Lynne Spears sit with attorney Blair Berk throughout the hearing, smiling and embracing after the announcement that James and Andrew Wallet have officially been named co-conservators of Britney’s estate. The New York Times later reports that “With the court’s permission, they immediately fired her business manager. Another team of lawyers was hired for the conservators and quickly set out to assess the financial damage. Yet another lawyer was appointed by the probate court, as is routine, to look out solely for Ms. Spears’s interests. Ms. Spears’s brother Bryan, along with a lawyer, were given control of her revocable trust, which contains all her liquid assets, so they could begin paying her bills. And Ms. Spears’s criminal lawyer, Blair Berk, was said to be overseeing the whole Humpty Dumpty-like effort.”
Source: https://twitter.com/notedyourhonor/status/1410326975885893634
Source: Interview with Probate Attorney Lisa MacCarley, March 15, 2021, https://www.instagram.com/tv/CMbaVE6lmpW/?igshid=1oxr0jgiw717a
Source: “With Britney in Hospital, Her Family Takes Drastic Steps to Stop Her Spiral,” Tampa Bay Times, February 2, 2008. Accessed June 26, 2022 from https://www.tampabay.com/archive/2008/02/02/with-britney-in-hospital-her-family-takes-drastic-steps-to-stop-her-spiral/
Source: “In the Drama of Britney Spears, a Show Business Fortune Is at Risk,” David M. Halfinger and Geraldine Fabrikant, New York Times, February 25, 2008, Accessed June 30, 2022 from http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/25/business/media/25britney.html
Feb. 1, 2008 - Lou M. Taylor receives an email from attorney Geraldine Wyle. "Lou, until the permanent order is granted (which will be no sooner than 6-8 weeks) there must be no statements from the family. All statements should come from the attorneys. The reason why is that we need to preserve the credibility of all of our witnesses, especially the family, and most of all, Lynne, as much of this case rests on her credibility. I am so glad you got them up to the house on Monday night -- it is the key! We'll be in touch with you as soon as anything happens. Geri."
Source: Email, Geraldine Wyle to Lou M. Taylor, Subject: RE: After Court, February 1, 2008.
Feb. 2, 2008 - Britney's grandfather, 77-year old June Austin Spears is interviewed about her 5150. “Her daddy and her brother Bryan had a lot to do with it,” he admits. “They just want what’s best for her, I guess.”
Source: https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/33562/Sobbing-Britney-is-not-fit-to-care-for-herself-say-doctors
Feb. 2, 2008 - Britney’s custody lawyers from Trope & Trope visit her at UCLA. They tell TMZ they plan on attending a court hearing set for February 4th, along with attorney Adam Streisand. Trope & Trope will argue that Britney "feels hatred" towards her father, and will ask that both James Spears and Andrew Wallet be replaced with two other undecided conservators.
Source: https://www.tmz.com/2008/02/03/dogfight-in-court-tomorrow-over-brit/
Feb. 2, 2008 - Britney speaks for 30 minutes with attorney Adam Streisand of the firm Loeb & Loeb.
Source: https://www.mtv.com/news/1580917/britney-spears-lawyer-ejected-from-courtroom-after-judge-doesnt-recognize-him-as-her-counsel/
Feb. 2, 2008 - TMZ reports that attorney Adam Streisand has informed them that James Spears and Andrew Wallet have asked the probate court for permission to terminate the services of custody lawyers Trope & Trope due to their close relationship with Sam Lutfi.
Source: https://www.tmz.com/2008/02/04/jamie-wants-to-s-t-can-brits-divorce-lawyers/
Feb. 3, 2008 - Court-appointed attorney Samuel Ingham III visits Britney unannounced at the UCLA Medical Center, determining that she didn't understand the court proceedings, and that "she lacks the capacity to retain counsel." Ingham violates the law by writing a report expressing his opinion that Britney lacks capacity. There is no reference in the California Probate Code for a court-appointed attorney to write such a report, for which there is no statutory authority. Ingham does not leave a copy of the report with Britney.
Source: Interview with Probate Attorney Lisa MacCarley, March 15, 2021, https://www.instagram.com/tv/CMbaVE6lmpW/?igshid=1oxr0jgiw717a
Feb. 3, 2008 - Attempts to serve Britney's "manager" Sam Lutfi with a restraining order fail twice over the weekend.
Source: [https://www.mtv.com/news/1580917/britney-spears-lawyer-ejected-from-courtroom-after-judge-doesnt-recognize-him-as-her-counsel/
Feb. 4, 2008 - By this date, only Howard Grossman remains as a trustee of the Love Shack Trust.
Source: "Britney Spears - The Love Shack Trust - Part I - Trustees," Britney's SWAT Team, YouTube, October 6, 2021, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3B5iOxkY9cw
Feb. 4, 2008 - During a probate court hearing on Monday, Britney attempts to exercise her Constitutional right to hire lawyer Adam Streisand to represent her. He is denied. Before being ejected from the courtroom, Streisand claims Britney's estate is worth $40-million, encompasses 15 separate entities and is in the middle of a $17-million IRS audit with Jive Records. Streisand says Britney has expressed a "very strong desire" for her father, James Spears, not to be the conservator of her estate. He asks the court to name Northern Trust Bank and Spears' business manager Howard Grossman as co-conservators. At the request of Jeryll S. Cohen, lawyer for James P. Spears, the hearings and the “capacity declarations” are sealed, "in order to protect the therapeutic relationships between Britney and the medical and mental health professionals who are treating her."
Source: Interview with Probate Attorney Lisa MacCarley, March 15, 2021, https://www.instagram.com/tv/CMbaVE6lmpW/?igshid=1oxr0jgiw717a
Source: https://www.mtv.com/news/1580917/britney-spears-lawyer-ejected-from-courtroom-after-judge-doesnt-recognize-him-as-her-counsel/
Feb. 4, 2008 - After James Spears fails to appear, a family court hearing is postponed until Feb. 19. Eight lawyers show up to the hearing, including Mark Vincent Kaplan representing Kevin Federline, Anne Kiley of Trope & Trope representing Britney, Andrew Wallet representing Britney's estate, and an attorney from Luce Forward set to testify to Britney's health status.
Source: https://www.x17online.com/2008/02/jamie_a_noshow_to_custody_case_sending_two_l Screencap: Custody Hearing Postponed
Feb. 4, 2008 - TMZ reports that Michael Sands has been served with a subpoena that was drafted by Trope & Trope.
Source: https://www.tmz.com/2008/02/04/new-subponea-in-brit-case/
Feb. 6, 2008 - X17 photographer Felipe accompanies Britney to the Beverly Hills Hotel to meet with Adam Streisand and business manager Howard Grossman.
Source: https://www.x17online.com/2008/02/x17_xclusive_jamie_sending_police_to_britney Screencap: Jamie Sending Police to Britney
Source: https://www.x17online.com/2008/02/britney_meeting_with_lawyer_and_manager_righ Screencap: Brit Meeting with Lawyer and Manager Right Now
Feb. 6, 2008 - X17 reports that Mark Vincent Kaplan has fired his publicist Michael Sands. Among the reasons cited was Sands' wearing sweatpants to a recent deposition, along with the subpoena Sands received from Britney's attorneys, Trope & Trope.
Source: https://www.x17online.com/2008/02/kevins_lawyer_loses_his_voice Screencap: Kevin's Lawyer Loses His Voice
Feb. 6, 2008 - Sam Lutfi confirms that Michael Sands, the former publicist of Mark Vincent Kaplan, is now working for him.
Source: https://www.x17online.com/2008/02/michael_sands_working_for_sam_now_1 Screencap: Michael Sands Working for Sam Now
Source: https://www.accessonline.com/articles/american-hero-sam-lutfi-hires-former-federline-spokesperson-62350
Source: https://web.archive.org/web/20090328213530/https://x17online.com/celebrities/kevin_federline/kevins_lawyer_loses_his_voice-02062008.php
Source: https://radaronline.com/exclusives/2008/10/michael-sands-publicist-sam-lutfi-php/
Feb. 6, 2008 - Sam Lutfi admits he gave Britney "a handful of pills" on the evening of Jan. 30, just hours before her parents arrived and before her hospitalization. Calling from a payphone at an undisclosed location in Los Angeles, Lutfi claims he told Lynne Spears: “I said these pills are working wonders — they are miracle pills.”
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 Screencap: Sam Admits to Giving Brit a '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/
Feb. 7, 2008 - Publicist Michael Sands holds a press conference to discuss his new client Sam Lutfi. “Sam has been providing prescription medication, cocktails is what its called for Britney’s medical issues. Sometimes the medication really doesn’t work and you have to change it and you see outrageous behavior displayed in public.” Sands told MTV News, "Sam was giving her cocktails. I don't know which doctor prescribed those three dr**s [the antipsychotic medications Risperdal and Seroquel and the stimulant Adderall], but the medication she was taking was not agreeing with her. It wasn't the right cocktail." Also, "We want to get her back onstage and doing the right thing," Sands told MTV News before the press conference. "So I'm working with Sam to reinvent her image."
Source: https://www.x17online.com/2008/07/omg_brit_gives_up_on_the_kids_gives_kevin_so Screencap: Kevin Sole Custody
Source: https://perezhilton.com/hes-not-a-doctor/
Source: [Insert CNN interview], CNN: https://transcripts.cnn.com/show/lkl/date/2008-02-07/segment/01
Feb. 8, 2008 - Publicist Michael Sands tells X17 that his former employer, Mark Vincent Kaplan, "needs to step up to the plate and lay off Britney Spears." Sands says, "He's gotta let up on someone who's sick," and "You wanna keep beating [a sick person] up? Don't live in the problem - live in the solution!" Sands claims, "She's not some Frankenstein - she has an illness," and opines that, "Britney does need to be monitored...The disorder is ruining her. It's a neurological problem." Sands says that, "Britney should be allowed visitation under the supervision of a psychiatric nurse and security," and claims, "She's not a bad mother - it's the disease."
Source: https://www.x17online.com/2008/02/sams_spokesman_kevin_needs_to_step_up Screencap: Sam's Spokesman: 'Kevin Needs to Step Up'
Feb. 11, 2008 - Life & Style reports they have obtained a copy of a letter from Mark Vincent Kaplan to his former publicist Michael Sands requesting, "copies of any documents you [Sands] intend to produce in response to the subpoena so that we may review the documents to determine any appropriate objection and basis for protective order."
Source: https://www.x17online.com/2008/02/what_is_kevin_hiding Screencap: What is Kevin Hiding
Feb. 12, 2008 - Britney speaks to lawyer Jon Eardley on the phone before it is taken away and disconnected.
Source: [Insert]
Feb. 12, 2008 - Publicist Michael Sands speaks to X17 on behalf of his client Sam Lutfi, claiming that, "Sam was inserted into Britney's life in October," by whom, Sands would not say, "after Britney had already shaved her head and been in two dr*g rehabs. Sam became her manager, and then her close friend. A manager does get paid."
Source: https://www.x17online.com/2008/02/x17_xclusive_sam_sets_the_record_straight Screencap: Sam Sets the Record Straight
Feb. 13, 2008 - A physician is ordered to report to the court concerning Britney's medical evaluation.
Source: [Insert]
Feb. 14, 2008 - Britney ceases to be the Trustee of the SJB Revocable Trust. She is replaced by Temporary Successor Co-Trustees Bryan Spears and lawyer Ivan Taback.
Source: Petition For Order Confirming Title To Trust Property, Probate Code 450 (a)93), Case No. 109096, April 17, 2008.
Feb. 19, 2008 - Britney's attorneys Trope & Trope seek a gag order in the custody case. Kevin's attorney Mark Vincent Kaplan argues against it.
Source: https://www.x17online.com/2008/02/britney_courtroom_update_kaplan_arguing_agai Screencap: Kaplan Arguing Against Gag Order
Feb. 20, 2008 - Britney's management agreement with Johnny Wright for a "sunset" on payment of commissions comes to its scheduled end.
Source: Complaint, Wright Entertainment Group, LCC and Wright Entertainment Group, Inc. vs. Britney Spears and Britney Touring, Inc., In The Circuit Court Of The Ninth Judicial Circuit In And For Orange County Florida, October 27, 2007, Page 5 and Exhibit C.
Feb. 25, 2008 - Lawyer Jon Eardley claims via his spokesman, Michael Sands (who also represents Sam Lutfi), that Britney has been robbed and is being abused. "I have been informed of the existence of voice mails, etc., that include verbal abuse." Sands claims 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. Sands claims there is an ongoing criminal investigation, but declines to say which agency is involved. As a result, he said, his office has been broken into and documents have been allegedly stolen and/or erased from his computer. "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."
Source: [Insert]
Mar. 3, 2008 - Britney renting in Malibu.
Source: https://www.bergproperties.com/blog/britney-spears-sells-malibu-home-for-10m/
Mar. 10, 2008 - During a scheduled family court hearing Commissioner Scott Gordon makes no changes to Britney's visitation schedule.
Source: https://www.x17online.com/2008/03/courthouse_update_no_ruling_on_fees_no_chang Screencap:
Mar. 10, 2008 - "Britney Touring, Inc." is transferring from the SJB Revocable Trust to the newly formed Estate (James Spears & Andrew Wallet).
Source: [Insert]
Mar. 11, 2008 - Ivan Taback files a declaration to the probate court to confirm the title of the contents of the SJB Revocable Trust. Those who receive copies include Samuel D. Ingham III (Council to Britney), James P. Spears (Conservator of the Person and Co-Conservator of the Estate), Andrew Wallet (Co-Conservator of the Estate), and Geraldine Wyle, Jerryl S. Cohen, and Vivian Thoreen (Lawyers for the Conservator of the Person and Co-Conservators of the Estate).
Source: Petition For Order Confirming Title To Trust Property, Probate Code 450 (a)93), Case No. 109096, April 17, 2008.
Mar. 11, 2008 - Criminal defence attorney Blair Berk and Sam Lutfi exchange emails regarding a meeting at Berk's office. The emails are a part of Berk's declaration in support of James Spears' request to stop harassment. Berk later testifies in court that in February or early March 2008, she spoke with Lutfi about a Mercedes Benz that he drove while he was Britney’s companion. “He (Lutfi) was extremely agitated about the fact that there had been a car that he had represented to Mercedes that had been requested by Ms. Spears which is a car that he had driven for his personal use,” said Berk. According to journalist Carmela Kelly, “Berk personally inventoried the vehicle and discovered a letter addressed to Britney from Jon Eardley, an attorney who has a permanent restraining order against him effective based on allegations he conspired to overthrow the conservatorship. Berk did not specify what other items might have belonged to Britney from the car other than to say she returned what she deemed to belong to Britney and to Lutfi respectively.”
Source: https://www.instagram.com/p/CNkUYffFGoY/?utm_source=ig_embed&ig_rid=8d5e4955-ad69-49e6-88f8-3d410320fbd7
Source: “Media Omits Blair Berk From Case Against Sam Lutfi,” Carmela Kelly, Fair News Spears, September 11, 2010. Accessed June 21, 2022 from https://breatheheavy.wordpress.com/2010/09/11/media-omits-blair-berk-from-case-against-sam-lutfi/
Mar. 31, 2008 - Larry Rudolph is rehired for the third time as Britney's manager.
Source: [Insert]
Apr. 13, 2008 - JFXOnline reports that Adnan Ghalib has been stabbed after being attacked.
Source: [Insert]
May 6, 2008 - Britney and Kevin Federline appear in family court alongside their attorneys. Britney is awarded with extended visitation.
Source: https://www.x17online.com/2008/05/x17_xclusive_we_hear_brit_will_get_more_visi Screencap:
May 8, 2008 - Britney is photographed by herself on a dinner date in Beverly Hills with Las Vegas billionaire George Maloof.
Source: “Britney Spears polishes up for dinner date with Las Vegas billionaire,” Daily Mail, May 9, 2008. Accessed July 17, 2022 from https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-565107/Britney-Spears-polishes-dinner-date-Las-Vegas-billionaire.html
May 9, 2008 - In the WEG vs. Britney Spears civil lawsuit, a trial date is set for March 9, 2010.
Source: Case Management Order, Wright Entertainment Group, LLC, et al vs. Britney Spears, et al, Orange County Florida, Circuit Case No. 48-2007-CA-014233, March 9, 2008 (Case No. 07-CA-014233)
May 20, 2008 - Britney is photographed by herself on a dinner date at Il Sole in West Hollywood with Las Vegas billionaire George Maloof.
Source: “Britney Spears At Home & Back To Her Old Habits?,” Access, May 21, 2008. Accessed July 17, 2022 from https://www.accessonline.com/articles/britney-spears-at-home-back-to-her-old-habits-63674
June 5, 2008 - Bryan Spears' company, Pork Chop Productions, Inc. is suspended by the California Secretary of State.
Source: https://opencorporates.com/companies/us_ca/C2759339
June 13, 2008 - Las Vegas billionaire George Maloof is interviewed about Britney for People magazine. Maloof says the idea of a Vegas concert “didn’t come up” when he saw Spears in L.A. But it turns out Spears flew there Thursday for a different reason altogether. “Britney left L.A. for Vegas for an extended Father’s Day weekend with her dad [Jamie],” a source tells PEOPLE.
Source: “Pal Says Britney Is Doing 'Great',” Mark Gray, People, June 13, 2008. Accessed July 17, 2022 from https://people.com/celebrity/pal-says-britney-is-doing-great/
June 24, 2008 - Britney and Kevin Federline appear in family court alongside their attorneys. Laura Wasser and Blair Berk represent Britney, while Mark Vincent Kaplan represents Kevin.
Source: https://www.x17online.com/2008/06/britney_and_kevin_face_to_face_in_court Screencap:
July 17, 2008 - Kevin Federline's custody attorney Mark Vincent Kaplan announces that Britney has given sole legal and physical custody of her toddlers to her ex-husband while she maintains visitation rights. Kaplan says that, "A trial has been averted."
Source: https://www.x17online.com/2008/07/omg_brit_gives_up_on_the_kids_gives_kevin_so Screencap:
Source: https://www.x17online.com/2008/07/kaplan_trial_averted
July 18, 2008 - Custody attorneys Mark Vincent Kaplan and Laura Wasser appear in the family court to formalize the custody agreement reached the day before.
Source: https://www.x17online.com/2008/07/mark_vincent_kaplan_discusses_new_britneykev
July 22, 2008 - FOX News runs an article on the Britney Spears Foundation, drawing attention to a $195,445 deficit for the 2006 tax year. “Among the expenses were two salaries that each came to a little less than $40,000. One employee is Corina O. Biggar, who’s run Britney’s foundation from her home in Massachusetts. The other is listed as John McMahon, a former New York City cop.” The article notes that Bryan Spears signed the return in his role as President of the Foundation.
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https://web.archive.org/web/20190703030749/https://www.foxnews.com/story/britney-spears-200g-deficit
July 28, 2008 - TMZ reports that Britney spent the weekend in San Cabo Lucas, Mexico with Las Vegas billionaire George Maloof.
Source: “Britney Not Aloof With Maloof,” TMZ, July 28, 2008. Accessed July 17, 2008 from https://www.tmz.com/2008/07/28/britney-not-aloof-with-maloof/
Aug. 22, 2008 - The Spears Family Hurricane Relief Foundation is marked as inactive and dissolved. The mailing address remains 424 Church Street, Ste. 2000, Nashville, TN, 37219, and the principal office remains 424 Church Street, Ste. 2000, Nashville, TN, 37219.
Source: https://tnbear.tn.gov/Ecommerce/FilingDetail.aspx?CN=101057107218125065140086161214207027065142173221
Sept. 16, 2008 - Lynne Spears releases "Through The Storm," detailing how James Spears and Lou M. Taylor planned the conservatorship.
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Oct. 21, 2008 - JFXOnline insinuates that Britney and Adnan may be back "on" after photos arise of her wearing his ring.
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Oct. 23, 2008 - Ticketmaster acquires Irving Azoff’s Frontline Management for $123-million in cash. Azoff, the CEO of Front Line, will front the new combined company.
Source: “Ticketmaster Acquires Majority of Front Line Management,” Eliot Van Buskirk, Wired, October 23, 2008. Accessed August 22, 2022 from https://www.wired.com/2008/10/ticketmaster-ac/
Source: “Ticketmaster Buying Artist Management Company = Huge Win For Warner Music,” Hilary Lewis, Business Insider, October 23, 2008. Accessed August 22, 2022 from https://www.businessinsider.com/2008/10/ticketmaster-buying-artist-management-company-huge-win-for-warner-music
Oct. 28, 2008 - Los Angeles Superior Court Commissioner Reva Goetz rules that Britney's conservatorship will become permanent. (Case # BP109096)
Source: https://www.mtv.com/news/1598110/britney-spears-dad-given-permanent-control-over-her-affairs/
Nov. 19, 2008 - "For The Record" is released, in which a crying Britney claims her life is like Groundhog Day and "too in control."
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Nov. 25, 2008 - The Britney Spears Foundation submits its seventh "Form 990" tax exemption form for the year 2007. The address of the Foundation is now 1880 Century Park East, #200, Los Angeles, CA, 90067-1602. The directors or officers remain Britney Spears, James Spears, Lynne Spears, Bryan Spears, Ninna Biggar, and John McMahon; the address of all is 1880 Century Park East, #200, Los Angeles, CA, 90067-1602. The books are listed as being in the possession of Gerber & Co., located at 1880 Century Park, Suite 200, Los Angeles, CA, 90067-1602. The Form 990 is signed by [unintelligible] and is prepared by [unintelligible] of Gerber & Co., located at 1880 Century Park, Suite 200, Los Angeles, CA, 90067-1602.
Source: The Britney Spears Foundation, Return of Organization Exempt From Income Tax, Form 990, November 25, 2008.
Nov. 28, 2008 - Britney releases her sixth album, "Circus," through Jive Records and the Zomba Recording Group.
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Circus_(Britney_Spears_album)#Release_history
Dec. 11, 2008 - Rolling Stone editor Jenny Eliscu, after interviewing Britney, says of the conservatorship: "It's a problem for her now."
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