A judge has ordered Britney Spears’s former self-styled manager, Sam Lutfi, to stay away from the pop star for three years, after the singer’s father accused Lutfi of trying to undermine the conservatorship under which Spears lives.
Los Angeles superior court judge Aviva Bobb issued the same order to lawyer Jon Eardley, who has presented himself as Spears’s lawyer.
Lutfi and Eardley, whose lawyers argued that the order was unwarranted, were told to stay at least 100 yards (91m) away from Spears, her family and her homes.
The three-year order extends an existing mandate against Lutfi and Eardley that the judge issued earlier this year.
A court placed Spears (27) under a conservatorship last year, after she was hospitalised for psychiatric evaluation.
Her father, Jamie Spears, says his control over her affairs enabled Spears to launch her ongoing Circustour.
A lawyer for Jamie Spears had argued that Lutfi and Eardley continually bothered the singer, and that Eardley filed legal motions on her behalf even though he did not officially represent her.
Lutfi’s lawyer, Bryan Freedman, said evidence pointed to the singer asking his client for help.
Roger Diamond, who represented Eardley, said it was disappointing that the ruling did not spell out the judge’s reasoning for issuing the orders. – (Reuters, PA)
