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Britney Spears Lawyers Up

Britney Spears has lawyered up again -- this time, she met with the lawyer who represented Mel Gibson in his DUI case.

Sources say Spears -- wearing a blonde wig -- went this morning to meet with Blair Berk, a prominent criminal defense lawyer whose roster of clients includes Lindsay Lohan, Halle Berry, Tracy Morgan and others.

We do not know why Spears chose to meet with Berk, although it's unlikely it has anything to do with her divorce. In her divorce case, Spears is repped by disso-queen Laura Wasser.

Spears could have met with Berk on a civil matter, as Berk handles both civil and criminal matters. Interestingly, Berk once repped Reese Witherspoon in her battle with hard-driving paparazzi. It's possible Spears went to Berk for similar reasons.

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31. all of you guys are heartless!!!!!!!!! Take a good look in the mirror!!!! because you are not ANY better!!!!!!!! HYPOCRITS!!!!!!!!!! I would hate to have a bunch of papparazzi following my every move on my darkest days, and I'm sure its making it worse!!!!!!!! cut the girl a little slack! you S#$T talking, gossip hounds! does it make you feel better about yourself knowing someone so high profile is going through the worst time of her life??????? HOW PATHETIC...........GET A LIFE!

Posted at 8:31PM on Feb 21st 2007 by kindra

32. She's in the public eye because she wants to be. PERIOD
Now she's begging for the media to leave her alone.
What a loser

Posted at 4:12PM on Feb 21st 2007 by Sophia

33. Someone slap a straight jacket on the chick and tell the lil' ones to pack their crap their moving to dad's house......

There's just so much wrong with that sentence.....

Too bad you traded me Britney for Anna Nicole Linds...I'm gonna get so many more point than you on Hollywooddraft...haha

Posted at 4:28PM on Feb 21st 2007 by Fed-Ex

34. But if she is really now druged that's mean that she is only livin for drugs and not for her children or herself and that she is dangerous for her own security her children and the other!
She must stay more han 24H00 on rehab!
Is she so that intoxicated?
There is no way she will keep those 2 babies and if she really love them then she will like any normal mother put their first bef her and will faith to become clean and get them back but right now for me this woman is just not mentaly healthy enough to be looking after them.

Posted at 4:15PM on Feb 21st 2007 by Marie

35. This is about to get really juicy!

Posted at 5:01PM on Feb 21st 2007 by DirtyRottenGossip.com

36. good god. this brain dead Mr. Clean look alike will use any excuse and any opportunity to duck out of rehab. i'm really sure she needed to go see a lawyer the day after she entered rehab. she doesn't want to get better, she wants attention.

Posted at 4:22PM on Feb 21st 2007 by joanie m.

37. Just cause you party for a a few months doesn't mean your an alcholic. I've seen more people drink and party everday other day whether they have to work or not. She's just in the public eye and everyone just wants a piece of her. It's too bad that she has to be soo famous to ge all this attention. I could see why she would be so distraught. I hope the best for her and her children.

Posted at 6:46PM on Feb 21st 2007 by Louie

38. Here's something to consider.....what impact do you think to surging success of JT is having on her psyche,. It seems for every inch she falls, he climbs a foot over the course of the past few months.

Interesting sidebar - she recently bought a place in the Bev Hills near Mulholland which is rather close to his place up in Benedict Canyon. NOW her place there is on the market, as is the Malibu estate. Based on the reserve listing for the Bev Hills place, she stands to make about a million in profit I believe. Not bad for a couple of months worth of investment.....especially when you really can't recall those months due to ......uhhhhh......personal problems.

So how's everyone else out there doing at work today? : )

Posted at 8:36PM on Feb 21st 2007 by Shawn

39. There is no hope for her. She is pathetic. Just another case of why people should be IQ tested prior to having children. She is another mother that wanted an accessory not a child.

Posted at 4:27PM on Feb 21st 2007 by Kathleen

40. I wonder if the rehab placed booted her because of the loss of privacy to the other clients.

Posted at 5:41PM on Feb 21st 2007 by Merz

41. You are a fucking looney!!!!!! I hope your kids are taken away from you. The public is sick of your pathic ass!!! Tmz you should read her these comments like you did to paris. We HATE BRIT SPEARS!!!!!

Posted at 6:20PM on Feb 21st 2007 by erin

42. Britany shaving her privates! http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-4427358201227890862

Posted at 4:39PM on Feb 21st 2007 by Fran

43. Not even funny anymore; just pathetic.

BTW, I doubt her family could commit her even if they tried. The criteria for involuntary commitment is that you have to be an OBVIOUS threat to yourself or others (which doesn't mean partying, it means like knife-wielding) or to be so mentally ill that you are truly incapable of taking care of yourself (which doesn't mean shaving your head or breeding with Federline; it means thinking that you are the Queen of England and you can read people's thoughts kind of crazy)...very very difficult to prove.

Which is why I don't believe the claims that her family has put some "hold" on her accounts. If she is too sane to be committed, she is definitely sane enough to say what happens to her money.

Crazy? Definitely. Legally crazy? Not yet.

Posted at 12:16PM on Mar 1st 2007 by dragonlady

44. Hello???????? What are you thinking Britney??? You can't deal with any of your problems until you are completely drug free. How can you deal with anything while strungout on god knows what? STAY in rehab. Get off drugs, get counselling for your other emotional issues and THEN tackle all of that other crap thats going on - divorce, custody battle, "comeback" etc. You are useless to everyone, kids, family friends and yourself until you are drug free. Keep your ass in rehab and then focus on all of the other crap.

Posted at 12:08PM on Feb 25th 2007 by gail

45. I don't think she left the second rehab cause of photogs, I don't remember any news of her even being in the first rehab until after she left, so she could have stayed there.

And if she didn't want the pics taken of her shaving her head, she should have done it at home.

She needs to grow up and take care of her children and stop focusing so much on herself. When you want to be a star, you are gonna be in the public eye so deal with it. If she wants to clean up her image and her life, she needs to start by chilling out on the partying and club hopping.

Posted at 4:56PM on Feb 21st 2007 by Titus

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