DOCTORS last night ruled BRITNEY SPEARS must stay in a psychiatric ward for an extra 14 DAYS. The troubled singer was due to leave the UCLA Medical Center yesterday after a 72-hour evaluation. But a source said staff decided she must remain. Britney, 26, was rushed to the Los Angeles unit last week amid claims she had turned “psychotic” after three sleepless days, during which she took a cocktail of drugs. Yesterday her parents claimed intimate photos and other items were stolen from her house after she was sent to the ward. LYNNE and JAMIE SPEARS have called in the cops to investigate — and suspect the star’s manager Sam Lutfi of taking the personal belongings. But Lutfi denies the theft and accused her parents of taking “everything” from Britney. He said: “First they take her kids, then her home and money. Britney does not have anything left.” Cops went to Britney’s Hollywood home after her parents reported a theft.
Even after she exits a Los Angelespsychiatric ward - which may not be anytime soon - Britney Spears will face serious questions about her competence handling both her money and her two small sons. The manic ex-Mouseketeer Saturday was coming to the end of a 72-hour hospital stint arranged by her psychiatrist and loved ones, but her stay may be extended by 14 days, the celebrity Web site TMZ.comreported. TMZ said the extension would be an internal hospital process done without a court order. Spears’ father, Jamie, and mother, Lynne, visited her at UCLA Medical Center’s psych ward Saturday, arriving at 1 p.m. and leaving five hours later, People.com said. On Friday, Spears’ dad went to court and gained control of her assets and access to the increasingly irrational pop princess. The decision did not sit well with Spears, who flew into a rage after discovering her father won his fight to take control of her spiraling life, according to TMZ. In a profane outburst, Spears promised to battle her parents in court. “Nobody’s taking my house,” she reportedly screamed. “Who is my family?” Jamie Spears‘ triumph may only be temporary. He’s due in court Monday with lawyer Andrew Wallete for another hearing on whether they should continue as conservators for his troubled daughter. Under the court decision, he was permitted to hire round-the-clock security for his daughter and bar people from her Los Angeles mansion. Show biz manager Osama Lutfi, who remains at odds with the singer’s parents, was also told to stay away from her. In a separate hearing tomorrow, Britney Spears’ lawyers in her custody battle with her ex-husband, Kevin Federline, are due back in court. The lawyers have asked to be taken off the case after Spears twice refused to appear in court. It was unclear if her second hospitalization in a month would change their plans. Lawyer Anne Kiley didn’t return a phone call yesterday. Spears’ bizarre antics led a judge to bar her from visiting sons Sean Preston, 2, andJayden James, 1, who are in Federline’s custody. Spears arrived at the neuro-psychiatric unit Thursday with a police escort that cost taxpayers a reported $25,000.
LOS ANGELES — Britney Spears’ friend Sam Lutfi told Barbara Walters in a phone call over the weekend that the pop star has been to a psychiatrist for “mental issues which are treatable,” Walters said Monday on “The View.”
Lutfi, described by Walters as Spears’ “manager and very good friend,” also said that Spears has been suffering from mood swings and has had trouble sleeping.
Lutfi also told Walters that Spears is in touch with her mother — who arrived in Los Angeles Sunday night — and that she has been very supportive.
Adnan Ghalib, the on and off boyfriend of troubled pop superstar Britney Spears, has compared their relationship to Princess Diana and Dodi Fayed, who died in a car crash Aug 31, 1997, in Paris.Ghalib had dared to speak of his relationship with Spears just after a month, though he’s not sure how long the relationship could last, thesun.co.uk reports.He said that there are similarities between Spears and the late Princess Diana. When the fact about media attention was mentioned as a similarity between Spears and Diana during the interview, Ghalib added, “Or dating an Arab”.
Britney Spears appears to still be in a relationship with British pap’ Adnan Ghalib after they were photographed together!
They spent the weekend apart and sources claimed they had split up.
Adnan has now given an interview to US TV where he claims their recent pregnancy scare was for real.
“She was hoping she was pregnant with my child,” he said. “She was feeling a lot of things she said she felt when she was pregnant.”
He denied the reports that they had broken up: “People don’t want fairytale endings. I don’t think anybody wants her to be happy.”
