Tuesday, October 30, 2012

Britney Spears vs. Sam Lufti Trial


Even though it the whole situation occurred over five years ago, many can still recall the infamous breakdown of Britney Spears, and to this day she is still dealing with it. Although she is still living with the repercussions of her mental breakdown, the biggest haunting comes from her former manager, SamLufti. After being accused of several legal issues involving the pop star, he decided to file a defamation lawsuit against Britney and her family, as well as to fight for fifteen percent of her earnings while he was working for her. Just like any individual, I'm sure all Britney wishes for is for all of these issues to be put behind her so she can continue on with her private life and career; unfortunately, Sam Lufti is not allowing her to do so, forcing her and her family to relive the past events that occurred. The allegations being presented by Lufti in the court room each day, are becoming more and more shocking to the public eye, but are quickly denied by either family or other past employees of Britney.

For those of you who hadn't heard about Britney's meltdown, she had essentially went on downward mental spiral, which had people wondering if she had been abusing drugs or if she needed be to diagnosed with a mental disorder. The breakdown found the star on the streets during the middle of the night, talking and having fights with the paparazzi, shaving her head, as well as many explicit shots of the singer in little clothing or without her undergarments. All of this leads to two different rehab stints at Promises Rehab Center in Malibu, with her checking out after a month of treatment; her erratic behaviour still continued. After much speculation about her condition, Britney was set to make a "comeback" at the MTV Video Music Awards, the expectations were put extremely high, but she didn't deliver the way people had been expecting her to; the performance was unrehearsed and once again had people talking about the singer and her issues. It wasn't until the beginning of 2008 that the public fully realized the extent of her condition when emergency crews were called to her house after she refused to return her children after a custody visit. This was when she was placed on psychiatric hold and evaluated at the UCLA Medical Centre. All of these events are what have led to claims made by former manager, Lufti.

 

Lufti recently claimed that the pop star had been addicted to crystal meth, which he also claims was the reason behind her highly talked about head shaving incident. It doesn't happen often in a celebrity's life, but an individual came forward and stood up for the pop star, claiming that Lufti was lying about the drug claims. Leah Frand, who was Britney's former Nanny, came out and claimed she had lived in the house during the months of her breakdown and slams his claims; saying that any individual would have went "crazy" with him constantly controlling their life and living in their home.


As I have said in previous blogs, I am a huge Britney Spears fan, and honestly, I find all of these claims to be absolutely atrocious. Whether or not what Sam Lufti is claiming is true, it is absurd that this has all come back to haunt her after five years of recovery. She has finally been able to get her life back on track and continue her always successful career, and it has really caused me to wonder if that is why he has suddenly tried to come back into her life; is he just here for the fame, now that she is back on top again, or are his acts really just for the money he claims he earned? I know that being a celebrity comes with its downfalls, but I think that they should be able to live their lives, just as we get to on a day to day basis. Hopefully all of this blows over and doesn't affect Britney in the way her past life with Sam Lufti had. Whether you're a Britney fan or not, deep down I think that everyone is rooting for her to be successful and come out on top, as in the end her well-being is what is most important.  As fans of Britney, or not, what do you think about this lawsuit and her past breakdown?
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