This week’s scheduled jury trial involving Britney Spears and her alleged former manager, Sam Lutfi, was postponed after a change of judge.
The parties have ten days from Jan. 24 to contest the new judge or move to trial since early settlement conferences failed.
Lutfi sued Spears in early 2009 for breach of contract. He claims wrong termination and seeks his hare of Spears’ entertainment earnings. He sued her parents at the same time with allegations of defamation, battery and intentional infliction of emotional distress within days of a judge ordering a permanent 3-year restraining order against him in February 2009.
If the parties agree to the new judge, Michael C. Solner, he will rule on the admissibility recently filed court documents by Lutfi. They include sealed records from Spears’ 2007, 2008 child custody case involving confidential court-ordered drug tests and child visitation reports. Lutfi lived with Spears in 2007 and acted as a conduit of communication between her lawyers during Spears’ battle with ex-husband Kevin Federline for custody of their two children. Lutfi obtained the sealed documents.




