New details have come to light over just how dangerous Britney Spears' family believes her manager-pal Sam Lutfi is.
Father Jamie Spears, acting as conservator for Britney's estate while she remains hospitalized in a psych ward, requested and was granted a temporary restraining order against Lutfi on Friday. A court commissioner affirmed that order on Monday.
Now, a day later, the court has released the documents related to the order, including a wrenching declaration by mother Lynne. Her firsthand account of what purportedly transpired behind the doors of Britney's home is chilling, painting a sinister picture of the person who was, until recently, the troubled pop star's constant companion as someone who would do anything to control Britney, even if that meant drugging her, cutting her phone lines and systematically "inserting himself" into all aspects of her life. (View the declaration.)
In her request for a harassment order, Lynne says her daughter met Lutfi, whose full first name is Osama, "in or about October 2007" and that he has "essentially moved into Britney's home and has purported to take control of her life, home and finances."
"Mr. Lutfi drugged Britney," Lynne Spears' affidavit reads. "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."
Lynne goes on to say that Lutfi boasted to her directly that he ground up pills, among them Risperdal and Seroquel, and put them in Britney's food. Per the document, Lutfi also claimed Britney's doctor was attempting to get the "Toxic" singer into a sleep-induced coma.
Lutfi is also was willing to do anything to remain a fixture in her daughter's life, according to Lynne's delcaration. "If you try to get rid of me, she'll be dead and I'll piss on her grave," he's quoted as saying.
Such remarks have terrified the Spears family.
"Immediate relief is necessary to avoid the risk of physical harm to Britney by Mr. Lutfi and to allow her to undergo necessary medical treatment without interference by Mr. Lutfi," the restraining order request concludes.
A judge signed off on the harassment order Friday, ordering Lutfi from coming within 250 yards of the UCLA Medical Center, where Spears is in the midst of an extended 14-day stay, Spears' parents' homes, her siblings' homes, her children's homes and any homes owned by Spears herself.
The order is good for 21 days, though it was revealed during a conservatorship hearing Monday that Lutfi has not yet been served with the official order, as he has refused to answer the door to his Westside apartment, and that he contacted Britney over the weekend.
Speaking to Us Weekly, Lutfi said the Spears family's attempt to keep him away from Britney "won't last" and that she will ultimately distance herself from them.
"They're never gonna be able to rule her forever," he said.
Regarding Lutfi's MIA status, a source close to the situation says Lutfi has been avoiding his apartment. "Jamie's attorney knows who Sam's attorney is and where to find him. If he wants to serve Sam, he should give it to Sam's lawyer," the insider said.
Lynne Spears' declaration also includes a detailed blow-by-blow of what went down Jan. 28, prompting Britney's parents, who had largely been estranged from their daughter during Lutfi's tenure, to reinsert themselves back into her life.
Lynne claims Britney was "crying" when she called about a "big fight" between the 26-year-old and her one-man handler.
Concerned for Britney's safety, Lynne and Jamie arrived at their daughter's gated community, only to ascertain that, supposedly at the urging of Lutfi, a paparazzo friend had whisked Britney away from the house. Lutfi wanted to short-circuit any contact between parents and daughter, per the declaration.
Lynne says that, based on Lutfi's conversation with the paparazzi, "Sam disabled all of Britney's cars."
During the evening, Lynne claims Lutfi referred to her as "an unfit mother, a piece of trash and a whore," that Britney cared more about paparazzo beau Adnan Ghalib than her children and that "she does not deserve her kids."
"I'm the one who spends 24/7 with your daughter," he said, per the declaration. "I sleep in cars outside her house so she can't leave. You people throw everyone under the bus...if you don't listen to me, I'm going to make your name s--t in the papers."
Lynne says paparazzi were freely invited into Spears' home by Lutfi, treating him "with great respect" and, at times, "like a general."
As for Ghalib, Lynne says he confided to her he feared for Spears and that Lutfi not only hides the singer's phones (blaming her for "losing" them) but also denies her access to her dog, London.
Lutfi is no stranger to restraining orders, having been on the receiving end of at least three others since 2004; one was requested by a former condo neighbor, the second by a woman overseeing his escrow account and the third by a former friend in a money dispute.
- For more on Lynne's staggering declaration, check out our recap in The Hum.