All posts containing the tag: "SamLutfi"
Posted Jul 8th 2009 12:34PM by TMZ Staff
Britney Spears' former BFF has filed legal papers in his defamation lawsuit against Britney and her parents, claiming they have ruined his life.
Sam Lutfi claims Lynne Spears' book about her famous daughter is a pack of lies, especially the part in which she says Sam told her he secretly ground up pills and put them in Britney's food.
Lutfi says as a result of the book, "I am constantly in fear for my life..." He says he was "harassed and cajoled by the public." If our memory serves us correctly, Lutfi was cajoled long before Lynne's book was published.
Lutfi trotted out his own cast of character witnesses in the new legal docs -- notably the infamous Adnan Ghalib -- currently being prosecuted for felony battery. Adnan wrote a declaration, claiming Lynne's assertions that Sam was effectively holding Britney hostage were false.
Filed under: Britney Spears
Tags: britney spears, BritneySpears, defamtion lawsuit, DefamtionLawsuit, lynne spears, LynneSpears, sam lutfi, SamLutfi
Posted Jun 8th 2009 3:24PM by TMZ Staff
Britney Spears' conservators -- since she can't file anything herself -- have filed a response to Sam Lutfi's lawsuit against her.
In a four-page document filed last week, Brit's camp shoots down Lutfi's claims one by one. Lutfi's biggest beef is that he claims he is owed some serious cash for being Britney's manager.
But in the docs, Brit's handlers claim the oral contract between them is void because Sam "made false promises" to Britney in order to get her to agree to a deal.
Jamie Spears, Brit's dad, has already filed a response to Sam's claims of assault.
Filed under: Britney Spears
Tags: britney spears, BritneySpears, lawsuit, sam lutfi, SamLutfi
Posted May 14th 2009 6:33PM by TMZ Staff
Britney Spears' dad claims allegations that he battered Sam Lutfi last year are completely bogus -- because Jamie Spears believes he had a legal right to beat his ass if he wanted to ... but Jamie is coy about whether he actually did it.
In legal papers filed today, Jamie is very careful to not admit he punched Lutfi in the chest at Brit's house last year -- as Lutfi suggested in a recent lawsuit. However, Jamie says the law allows him to open a can of whoop ass if the situation calls for it -- and according to the docs, the Lutfi situation called for it.
Jamie claims "he was provoked" by Lutfi and was "privileged to use force in and about the matter complained."
He adds, "Any necessary force may be used to protect from wrongful injury the person or property of oneself, or a wife, husband, child, parent or other relative or member of one's family."
Filed under: Britney Spears
Tags: britney spears, BritneySpears, court, jamie spears, JamieSpears, legal paper, LegalPaper, sam lutfi, SamLutfi
Posted Apr 28th 2009 6:30PM by TMZ Staff
Britney Spears' conservatorship was just granted a permanent restraining order on Brit's behalf against Sam Lutfi and a guy who once claimed to be Britney's attorney.
The restraining order lasts until April 28, 2012.
Britney and both her sons, Sean Preston and Jayden James, are protected under the order. Lutfi and Jon Eardley are not allowed to go within 100 yards of Brit's home, job or workplace.
Sam and Jon also have to stay away from K-Fed's place and any of Britney's family members' homes.
The conservators filed for the restraining order because they said Lutfi and Jon were trying to torpedo the conservatorship by contacting Britney behind their backs.
Filed under: Britney Spears
Tags: britney spears, BritneySpears, jon eardley, JonEardley, sam lutfi, SamLutfi, temporary restraining order, TemporaryRestrainingOrder, tro
Posted Apr 1st 2009 3:02PM by TMZ Staff
Sam Lutfi's sister (who knew he had one) testified in court today that she played middle man to help Britney Spears stay in touch with Sam -- and her version of the story sounds like a James Bond movie.
During a hearing in L.A. Superior Court regarding the temporary restraining order (TRO) against Sam, Christina Lutfi said Britney called her in mid-January. According to Christina, Britney said she wanted Sam to get her a new lawyer, and a pre-paid cell phone.
Presumably, that would allow Brit to circumvent the TRO and talk to Sam without her dad Jamie's knowledge.
Now imagine this scene: Christina says she met Brit on January 16 in the sauna at a posh Beverly Hills hotel to deliver the cell phone. She claims the drop went down while Brit's mom and bodyguards were nearby in the hotel.
Lutfi also testified that Britney said she "felt like a prisoner," was "afraid of her father" and that he was threatening to take away her kids.
Despite the testimony, the judge refused to lift the TRO. The hearing was continued to April 21 when closing arguments will be heard.
Filed under: Britney Spears
Tags: britney spears, BritneySpears, sam lutfi, SamLutfi
Posted Feb 27th 2009 2:33PM by TMZ Staff
Maybe the most interesting declaration in the new batch of Britney Spears legal papers is from a dude who lives in New Zealand, claiming Sam Lutfi terrorized him and made scurrilous accusations against him.
Stuart Richards, a resident of Auckland, somehow struck up a friendship with Britney. He phoned and emailed her frequently, that is until Sammy got involved. Richards claims Sam used several email accounts, posing as Brit, sending emails to Stuart and his dad saying Stu was "dangerous and had mental problems."
Stu also claims Sam used the phantom account he denies using (the one where Britney got a series of messages) to insult his looks and questioned his sanity....and adding this choice ender "asshole hope you die."
Filed under: Celebrity Justice, Britney Spears
Tags: britney spears, BritneySpears, email, friendship, legal, sam lutfi, SamLutfi, terrorized, text message, TextMessage, threats
Posted Feb 27th 2009 1:14PM by TMZ Staff
We just obtained the declaration Sam Lutfi filed with the court, in which he claims he had no direct contact with Britney Spears -- but he says Adnan Ghalib did!
Sam, who has been ordered to stay completely clear of Britney with no contact, claims "I did not initiate any direct communication with Britney Spears. Although I did receive text messages from her, all responses to those messages were conveyed to Britney through others, including ... Adnan Ghalib."
Sam does say he has "exchanged text messages with Ms. Spears."
Lutfi also claims he never threatened any act of violence against Britney or her family.
But Brit's head of security filed his own declaration basically saying Sam is a liar and that he witnessed him try "to contact Ms. Spears by sending text messages" to her hairdresser.
We also got a transcript of the text messages Sam allegedly got from someone claiming that Jamie Spears was going to make "some horrible accusations regarding you."
Filed under: Celebrity Justice, Britney Spears, Exclusives
Tags: adnan ghalib, AdnanGhalib, cellphone, court, pre-paid phone, Pre-paidPhone, sam lutfi, SamLutfi, text message, text messaging, TextMessage, TextMessaging, violence
Posted Feb 23rd 2009 5:59PM by TMZ Staff
There's a hearing underway in the Britney Spears restraining order case against Sam Lutfi and Adnan Ghalib.
Daddy Jamie Spears is on the stand right now, explaining that Britney somehow got her hands on a pre-paid cell phone which caused him fits because they have been strictly monitoring the phones she's able to use.
The nanny heard Britney talking to Sam and Adnan on the pre-paid phone in the wee hours of the morning one day. It appears Jamie believes Sam and Adnan got her the phone in an attempt to poison her against Jamie and to torpedo the conservatorship.
If Sam did have any contact with Britney, he would have violated a court order to stay the hell away from her.
Jamie is trying to make the temporary restraining order against the dynamic duo permanent.
Filed under: Celebrity Justice, Britney Spears
Tags: adnan ghalib, AdnanGhalib, britney spears, BritneySpears, sam lufti, sam lutfi, SamLufti, SamLutfi
Posted Feb 23rd 2009 2:15PM by TMZ Staff
Sam Lutfi is fighting back against Britney Spears' permanent restraining order against him, saying he never threatened her in any way.
Spears got a temporary restraining order last month claiming Lufti threatened to expose Spears family secrets, which they say have no basis in reality.
Sam claims in legal papers, "I have not, in any alleged communications with Britney, her hairdresser or any other person, threatened any act of violence against Britney or her family."
It's a confusing statement, because Brit never accused Sam of threatening violence.
Lutfi claims he received anonymous text messages saying Jamie Spears was about to release a letter written by Brit "making serious accusations" against him.
Sam says he called Jamie to discuss the letter.
The Spears clan didn't see it that way, especially since Lufti was supposed to cease all contact with Brit.
UPDATE: An L.A. judge just extended the restraining order against Sam, Adnan Ghalib and Jon Eardley until Wednesday, so Poppa Spears could have time to testify.
Filed under: Britney Spears
Tags: britney spears, britney spears restraining order, BritneySpears, BritneySpearsRestrainingOrder, restraining order, RestrainingOrder, sam lutfi, sam lutfi and britney spears, sam lutfi restraining order, SamLutfi, SamLutfiAndBritneySpears, SamLutfiRestrainingOrder
Posted Feb 10th 2009 2:26PM by TMZ Staff
The lawyers in Britney Spears' conservatorship case went to court this morning to ask the judge for... what else???? They want to hire more lawyers to defend Britney.
Brit's mouthpiece claims the singer needs two civil lawyers to defend her in Sam Lutfi's defamation case against Britney and her family. Here's the deal. The two lawyers will cost a grand total of $935 an hour. The judge gave the green light, so the Bank of Brit is fully open for business.
Spears is expected to keep the legal profession afloat during these hard economic times.
Filed under: Celebrity Justice, Britney Spears
Tags: attorneys, Britney Spears, BritneySpears, civil lawyers, CivilLawyers, conservatorship, lawyers, Sam Lutfi, SamLutfi
Posted Feb 4th 2009 12:30AM by TMZ Staff
It's not hard to see why Sam Lutfi is suing the Spears clan -- he's got a debt collection agency on his back.
According to documents obtained by TMZ, a lien was slapped on Lutfi's condo back in April. Lutfi never paid the debt, which grew to $18,507.58 by November.
The lien was filed by a debt collection agency on behalf of the homeowner's association where Lutfi has a condo.
According to docs, Lutfi has until February 10 to pay up or the condo could be forced into foreclosure.
And Lutfi has other financial issues. A bank that issued Sammy boy a Discover Card filed a lawsuit against him last month, claiming he owes $7,966.98.
Lutfi filed a lawsuit against Britney and her parents yesterday, claiming, among other things, libel, defamation and battery.
Filed under: Celebrity Justice, Britney Spears
Tags: Britney Spears, BritneySpears, debt collection agency, DebtCollectionAgency, financial issues, financial problems, FinancialIssues, FinancialProblems, foreclosure, Sam Lutfi, SamLutfi
Posted Feb 3rd 2009 3:17PM by TMZ Staff
Sam Lutfi has filed a lawsuit against Britney Spears and her parents, Jamie and Lynne, claiming they defamed him and also alleging Britney lived in fear of her father.
In his lawsuit filed today, Sam boldly claims, "Resentful of Lynne and afraid of Jamie's controlling, violent, and often unpredictable behavior, Britney began inquiring about obtaining restraining orders against Jamie and Lynne." It was under those circumstances that Sam met, and eventually worked for, Britney.
Sam goes on to accuse Jamie of physically assaulting him. He says he was standing in Britney's kitchen on January 29, 2008 when Jamie stormed into the house. Lutfi alleges Jamie yelled at him, claiming Sam made a rude comment to Lynne the night before. Then, Sam claims, Jamie "intentionally punched him in the chest" and threatened to kill him if he ever heard Sam make a rude comment about Lynne or any member of the Spears family again.
All the claims of libel and defamation spring from Lynne's book, "Through the Storm." Lutfi says since the publication of the book, he "has been subjected to unfathomable amounts of ridicule and public scorn."
Lutfi also claims Britney broke a contract with him and owes him unpaid management fees. He claims he had an oral agreement with Spears to be her manager for four years, earning 15% commission.
Last Friday, Britney got a restraining order against Lutfi and Adnan Ghalib, barring them from having any contact with her, her parents or her kids.
Filed under: Celebrity Justice, Britney Spears
Tags: Adnan Ghalib, AdnanGhalib, Britney Spears, BritneySpears, Jamie Spears, JamieSpears, Lynn Spears, Lynne Spears, LynneSpears, LynnSpears, Sam Lutfi, SamLutfi, Through the Storm, ThroughTheStorm
Posted Jan 31st 2009 10:54AM by TMZ Staff
Check out alleged co-conspirator Adnan Ghalib, sporting his soul patch, last Thursday in Hollywood, the day before Britney's conservators got a restraining order against him and his buddy Sam Lutfi.
We broke the story that Adnan and Sam allegedly tried to undo Brit's conservatorship by threatening to divulge personal and hurtful info about the Spears clan. We're told Brit is now so pissed at them, she wants the duo to rot in jail.
Filed under: Paparazzi Photo, Britney Spears
Tags: Adnan Ghalib, AdnanGhalib, Britney Spears, BritneySpears, conservatorship, restraining order, RestrainingOrder, Sam Lutfi, SamLutfi, soul patch, SoulPatch
Posted Jan 30th 2009 7:11PM by TMZ Staff
TMZ has just obtained declarations from Jamie Spears and others in the latest Britney Spears case -- Britney's lawyer says Sam Lutfi had inserted himself and tried peddling false and hurtful info about Jamie, Britney and others in her family.
Sam allegedly was calling lawyers saying that Britney wanted to hire her own lawyer, presumably to fight the conservatorship. Sources tell TMZ that is definitely not what Britney wanted.
As we first reported, the conservators for Britney Spears obtained a restraining order today against Sam Lutfi, Adnan Ghalib and attorney Jon Eardley. We're told Brit herself is furious at Lutfi and Ghalib and would like to see them jailed.
Here's the most interesting part....According to the legal papers, late last month Lutfi sent text messages to Brit's hairdresser, saying he wasn't responsible for the conservatorship. A week or so later, Britney received "instant messages from a person with the screen name ____....The person -- who posed as the mother of a daughter with autism -- made a number of utterly false and hurtful assertions concerning Mr. Spears and his family, threatening to go public with such purported 'information' unless Mr. Spears spoke with that person." Almost immediately after Brit got those messages, Lutfi began calling Jamie.
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Filed under: Britney Spears
Tags: Adnan Ghalib, AdnanGhalib, Britney Spears, BritneySpears, conservatorship, Jamie Spears, JamieSpears, Lynn Spears, Lynne Spears, LynneSpears, LynnSpears, restraining order, RestrainingOrder, Sam Lutfi, SamLutfi, secrets, Through the Storm, ThroughTheStorm
Posted Jan 30th 2009 4:33PM by TMZ Staff
We've learned Britney Spears conservators have just obtained a restraining order against Sam Lutfi and Adnan Ghalib.
Britney's lawyers went to court this morning to obtain the injunction.
A source close to the conservatorship tells TMZ Britney asked her conservators to "protect her from Sam and Adnan." We've also learned Britney told her conservators she was afraid of them both and hoped they could be locked up in jail.
A source tells TMZ the conservators believe Lutfi and Ghalib conspired to try and undermine Britney's conservatorship in a way that would have been extremely harmful to her. We're also told attorney Jon Eardley -- the dude Lutfi used early last year to mount a bizarre, baseless attack on the conservatorship -- was allegedly also in on the conspiracy and the TRO is against him as well.
Filed under: Celebrity Justice, Britney Spears
Tags: Adnan Ghalib, AdnanGhalib, Britney Spears, BritneySpears, conservatorship, Jamie Spears, JamieSpears, Lynn Spears, Lynne Spears, LynneSpears, LynnSpears, restraining order, RestrainingOrder, Sam Lutfi, SamLutfi
