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I know that when they are photographed together, Britney Spears and her mom, Lynne Spears, seem like the perfect, ever-so-close mother and daughter. But I don’t understand how Britney can be completely fine with all of the crap her mom pulls - the most recent, Lynne’s book, Through the Storm, which is a tell-all about what it’s like raising two daughters in the spotlight as well as other personal tidbits of information regarding the Spears family. The first nugget leaked from the book is about Britney’s ex-manager, Sam Lufti who has always been linked to Britney’s unstable mental health condition. Contact Music has pieces of this particular part of the book,

“She writes, “She (Britney) was sad, floundering, ripe for a predator to come along. Britney was open to this man who rode in on a white horse.
“Within a month of meeting, Sam was in complete control of her life.
He appointed himself as her gate-keeper, and there was no one he wanted to keep the gate closed to more than Britney’s family.”
Lynne goes on to tell how Lutfi claimed Britney would commit suicide if they tried to sack him, threatening, “If you try to get rid of me, she’ll be dead and I’ll p**s on her grave.”

So we all know about Lufti and Britney’s unhealthy relationship with him. My question is, as a concerned and loving parent, why would you want to make your daughter relive it all? This all started happening in January, which wasn’t even that long ago when you consider how much crap Britney has been through since then. Just when her daughter starts to recover and make positive steps towards her future, Lynne comes out with this garbage. I’m going to try not to write about it anymore because I just don’t want to draw any more attention to this book but it just outrages me as I have no idea how a mother can exploit her kids this way.

And this is really what the whole conflict comes down to. Remember when you were in school and your mom says “That boy/girl is a bad influence! Don’t let me see you hanging around him/her!”? That’s the whole Sam Lutfi/Britney Spears issue in a nutshell. Britney Spears‘ parents both agree that Sam Lutfi and their daughter should not associate, and they’ve even issued a restraining order on Sam to keep him at bay. From InTouch:

“Britney Spears‘ former BFF and onetime manager, Sam Lutfi, has agreed to stay away from the singer until July 31. Sam was issued a restraining order in February after Brit’s mom, Lynne Spears, accused him of drugging the singer. Restraining orders can be extended up to five years, according to legal experts. In the meantime, Britney’s father, Jamie, and a lawyer retain their conservatorship of her estate until July 31, when it will be reviewed by the court. Their control is expected to be extended.”

So around early August or late July, Britney might be getting either further control from her parents, or more independence. At this point, it’s really hard to say what Britney’s best interests even are, though it appears that her father’s conservatorship over her property and self, might be helping. Perhaps in August, Britney might make some turn-around. Things have already quietened down a lot in that area, and she’s even been invited back to “How I Met Your Mother.”

I’m almost positive that this is generally due to Lynne Spears being a huge drama queen. I mean, if Britney Spears’ father, Jamie Spears, is the one with custody right now, then why the hell is Lynne Spears big fat nose still in it? The world may never know, however… Lynne Spears did submit a statement, about all the bizarre sh*t that goes on at Britney’s house. It’s like reading a portion of a Dean Koontz novel. From The Smoking Gun:

“As if anyone needs another glimpse into the lunacy that is Britney Spears’s life (and that of her assorted footmen and paparazzi cohorts), the singer’s mother has filed a court declaration purporting to describe how her troubled daughter came under the sway of a manipulative manager who drugged the pop star and drove her further from reality. In a Los Angeles Superior Court filing, Lynne Spears describes a series of increasingly bizarre episodes at her daughter’s Los Angeles home, where the performer was regularly in the company of businessman Osama (Sam) Lutfi. The declaration, a copy of which you’ll find below, was filed by the elder Spears in support of a temporary restraining order application against Lutfi. That request was granted last week by an L.A. court commissioner who ordered Lutfi to stay away from Spears, who is now confined to a psychiatric ward at the UCLA Medical Center. In a court form accompanying her declaration, Lynne Spears, 52, alleges that Lutfi “drugged Britney. He has cut Britney’s home phone line and removed her cell phone chargers. He yells at her. He claims to control everything–Britney’s business manager, her attorneys and the security guards at the gate.” The court declaration–itself brimming with the kind of Spears-brand crazy that has filled tabloids for months–portrays the 26-year-old performer as manic, agitated, and delusional. But you knew that already.”

Well, yeah, that’s pretty weird. On the whole though, I think adults are going to do what they want, and hopefully Britney gets help where she is now. If any of those things are true, than yeah, Sam Lufti needs to be out of the picture. To read the rest of the bizarre document, click the picture.