Britney Spears' dad Jamie Spears and a lawyer named Andrew Wallet (-- what a perfect name for a lawyer!) have taken over Britney's life after a court order granted them conservatorship over her welfare and money after an emergency hearing Friday.
The temporary powers granted to Mr Spears, which last until a Monday hearing, allow him to restrict and limit visitors to his daughter (who remains hospitalized at UCLA Medical Center), as well as to employ security guards to protect her. The lawyer Wallet serves as an independent overseer.
Mr Spears also gets access to Spears's medical records, and he can communicate with her doctors, though he has no authority regarding her psychiatric treatment for now.
The father also gets temporary control over Brit's finances, in addition to securing her residence, changing its locks, and vacating any people living there. The Commissioner also granted approval for Mr Spears to "take all actions to secure all liquid assets, including credit cards".
The conservatorship move keeps her close pal and manager Sam Lutfi at bay - he's just had a new civil harrassment restraining order placed against him. But Lufti is not going away quietly. Earlier Friday he spoke out against Britney's parents and their arrival in court.
"I object to this. Britney is fully capable of handling her own finances. Her doctors are capable of handling her health care," he said. "You'd think in a time like this, the family would be at the hospital taking care of their daughter, rather than fighting for her money. How sad."
Meanwhile, back at the psych ward, Britney apparently spent two hours screaming at her parents and staff when she was admitted, and then flew into another rage yesterday when told her father had been put in control of her estate.
Britney is said to have made some phone calls from the UCLA psych ward after learning of the court hearing. It said that in the British accent she has recently adopted, Brit screamed: "I'm so sick of all of this. They can have the goddamn house and stick it up their f---ing asses. Actually, no they can't."
TMZ.com claimed she was screaming and incoherent. She shouted: "Nobody's taking my house. Who is my family?"
How much worse can this get?
