Did we need court documents to tell us Britney Spears made more money than Kevin Federline last year?
Maybe not, but the papers that prove it were made public Thursday.
According to financial declarations filed on Aug. 8 pertaining to the estranged exes' ongoing custody battle, Federline earned more than $500,000 in 2006, including $3,300 in royalties for "PopoZão." But after factoring in his business and monthly personal expenses, including $7,500 for rent, $6,000 for security, $5,000 for "entertainment, gifts and vacation," $2,000 per month for clothes, etc., he only made a profit of $7,436. (View the court documents.)
Thank goodness for the $35,000 he was getting from Spears each month, $15,000 for child support and $20,000 for spousal support.
The spousal portion of the arrangement is due to expire on Nov. 15, but because Federline currently has full custody of sons Sean Preston, 2, and Jayden James, 1, Spears' monthly child support payment could increase.
And K-Fed is entitled to child support until the kids are adults because Spears is the main breadwinner.
Per the documents, Federline's attorney, Mark Vincent Kaplan, states that it would be an abuse of the court to force his firm to finance K-Fed's case while the former backup dancer waits until he gets more money from Spears' camp to pay his legal bills.
Federline, having "no cash flow other than spousal support," is in "immediate and dire need of attorney's fees," Kaplan wrote, requesting an immediate $100,000 from Spears to cover costs, citing her "huge estate."
Meanwhile, Spears is banking about $737,000 a month, the papers show. Once again, that could change, considering she's well on her way to having her first number one album in four years, thanks to her surprisingly rock-solid fan base.
Among the pop princess' monthly expenses were $102,000 for entertainment, gifts and vacation; $49,267 for mortgage payments; $16,000 for clothes (she should get her money back for her VMA getup); and $4,758 for eating out.
That is a lot of Taco Bell.
Also confirmed via court documents released Thursday is that Spears lost custody of her sons on Oct. 1 because she had been ordered to refrain from chauffeuring the boys around unless she was properly insured and had a valid California license.
She was photographed a few days later doing exactly not that while driving in Malibu.
Spears finally completed the licensing process at the Van Nuys Department of Motor Vehicles on Oct. 2. She has since been granted supervised visits with her children, had those privileges suspended, had them reinstated, and has rallied to regain joint custody.
That last request was denied Tuesday, as was her petition to "terminate or modify" the court order that requires her to submit to random drug testing twice a week.
As it stands, Spears can see her children three times a week, including one overnight visit. All their time together must be supervised.
And if enough wasn't plaguing Spears right now, her ex-manager sued her on Monday in a Florida court for allegedly not following through with her agreement to pay him commissions until February 2008, despite the fact that they haven't worked together since she was In the Zone.
Johnny Wright, whose Wright Entertainment Group counted Spears as a client up until February 2003, alleges Spears hasn't paid him his rightful share of her pop-star earnings since December 2006. (View the lawsuit.)
The lawsuit states that WEG tried to work with Spears' other reps after they parted ways, but that the troubled singer's erratic behavior made that difficult.