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CHARLES: MOVING ON TO BRITNEY
SPEARS AND MORE DETAIL NOW ABOUT
WHAT SHE WAS GOING THROUGH BACK
IN THAT FEW MONTHS THERE WHERE
SHE WAS IN INCREDIBLE CRISIS AND
ENDED UP BEING HOSPITALIZED.
THIS IS ALL COMING OUT NOW AS
PART OF AN ONGOING CASE WITH SAM
LUTFI, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU
REMEMBER SAM LUTFI WHO WAS --
HARVEY: SHE WAS THE SVENGALI,
BEST FRIEND, AND SOMEBODY THAT
BRITNEY'S PARENTS FEEL ALMOST
KILLED HER.
HE IS INVOLVED IN A LAWSUIT WITH
BRITNEY AND WANTS TO TAKE HER
DEPOSITION AND THE PARENTS,
ESPECIALLY JAMIE, WANTS TO MAKE
SURE SAM DOESN'T EVEN SIT IN THE
SAME ROOM.
SO THEY FILED THESE DOCUMENTS
TRYING TO BLOCK SAM FROM GOING
IN THE ROOM.
NOW, MIKE, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU
WERE THERE.
WE SHOULD GET INTO THIS.
THIS IS ACTUALLY A REALLY
STUNNING THING AND ALSO, TO ME,
VERY WEIRD THAT THIS WAS FILED.
WHY DON'T YOU EXPLAIN.
MIKE: WELL, BASICALLY WITH THE
LEGAL PART, THERE WAS AN ORDER
ISSUED BY THE APPEALS COURT
BECAUSE THAT LAWSUIT YOU'RE
DESCRIBING WENT TO THE APPEAL.
THE POINT IS THERE WAS AN ORDER
WRITTEN BY JUDGES --
HARVEY: A YEAR AGO.
MIKE: EXACTLY, A YEAR AGO
WRITTEN BY THEM DESCRIBING THE
FACTS OF THE CASE.
I WORKED ON THIS WITH YOU,
HARVEY, FOR YEARS.
WHEN IT HAPPENED YEARS AGO, I
HAD NEVER SEEN THIS BEFORE,
SOMEBODY TAKING THIS STRONG OF A
STANCE ON WHAT WAS WRONG WITH
BRITNEY SPEARS.
HARVEY: THIS IS COMING FROM THE
JUDGES, THE APPELLATE JUDGES IN
CALIFORNIA AS A MATTER OF FACT.
THEY WERE STATING THIS AS FACT.
HARVEY: AFTER HEARING BOTH
SIDES.
THEY SAID AT THE TIME THAT SAM
LUTFI MET BRITNEY SPEARS IN
2007, SHE WAS A DRUG ABUSER AND
IT GOTTEN TO A POINT WHERE WHEN
SHE MET SAM LUTFI, ACCORDING TO
THIS DOCUMENT THAT THE JUDGES
WROTE, SAM TOLD HER IT'S
IMPORTANT THAT YOU GET CLEAN.
SO WHATEVER WAS GOING ON WITH
BRITNEY -- THIS WAS THE TIME
THAT WE ALL SAW BRITNEY START TO
GO DOWNHILL.
THEY DESCRIBED SHE WAS GOING
THROUGH A DIVORCE, A CHILD
CUSTODY BATTLE AND THE DRUGS
WERE A MAJOR INFLUENCE ON HER
LIFE.
I HAD NEVER SEEN, HARVEY, AS
LONG AS WE WORKED ON BRITNEY
SPEARS, IT ENDED UP SHE HAD
MENTAL ILLNESS.
THEY TREATED HER, THEY HAD A
CONSERVATORSHIP.
NOW SHE'S FLOURISHING.
HARVEY: THEY'RE GETTING INTO
THESE DRUG ISSUES.
MIKE: THEY ARE CLEAR THAT THAT
WAS THE MAJOR ISSUE AT THE TIME.
HARVEY: SAM LUTFI SAID I WILL
MANAGER YOU, ONE OF THE
CONDITIONS IS A, YOU DON'T USE
DRUGS AND, BEEN, I USE DRUG
SNIFFING DOGS TO MAKE SURE
YOU'RE CLEAN.
MIKE: I CAN TELL YOU THAT WHEN
THIS WAS HAPPENING, THAT'S WHAT
SAM LUTFI WAS SAYING THE ENTIRE
TIME.
THAT HE WAS BROUGHT IN BY
BRITNEY TO HELP HER GET CLEAN
AND GET HER LIFE ON TRACK.
I HAVE TO TELL YOU, HARVEY,
AFTER READING THE DOCUMENT FROM
THE JUDGES, THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT
IT SAYS.
THE PARENTS CLAIM RESTRAINING
ORDERS.
HARVEY: WE SHOULD QUICKLY
EXPLAIN WHAT THE PARENTS ARE
SAYING.
THEY ARE SAYING THAT IT WAS THE
OPPOSITE, SAM LUTFI WAS FUELING
HER WITH DRUGS AND HE ALMOST
KILLED HER AND THERE HAS BEEN
FIGHTING AND LAWSUITS AND
BITTERNESS FOR YEARS.
CHARLES: IN FILING THESE
DOCUMENTS, THEY WANT TO MAKE IT
CLEAR THAT SAM WAS SUCH A
NEGATIVE INFLUENCE ON BRITNEY,
SHE SHOULDN'T BE FORCED TO SIT
IN THE SAME ROOM.
MIKE: THEY GET INTO THAT SO
DEEP, THEY THINK IT'S SUCH A BAD
SITUATION FOR SAM TO BE AROUND
HER WHICH HE SAYS HE HAS A RIGHT
TO DO, THEY DON'T WANT HIM TO
LOOK HER IN THE EYES.
EVEN IF HE 16 TALK TO HER AND IS
ORDERED TO STAY AWAY FROM HER IN
THE DEPOSITION.
THEY WANT HIM IN A COMPLETELY
DIFFERENT ROOM AND FOR THEM TO
USE CAMERAS, LIVESTREAM, SO HE
CAN BE INVOLVED IN BUT THEY SAY
HE WILL INTIMIDATE HER, HARASS
HER, NO MATTER IF HE'S ALLOWED
TO TALK TO HER.
GO BACK FOR A SECOND.
THEY SAY IT WAS SO BAD AT ONE
POINT IN 2007 THAT BRITNEY
SPEARS AFTER SHE LOST CUSTODY OF
BOTH OF HER KIDS, SHE SLEPT IN A
PARKING LOT.
I JUST NEVER KNEW IT WAS THAT
BAD, GUYS.
CALLER: HEY, GUYS, THIS IS NISA
FROM ATLANTA.
FIRST OFF I WANTED TO SAY WE
KNEW IT WAS THAT BAD.
ANYTIME A WOMAN SHAVES OFF SO
MUCH OF HER HAIR, ALL OF IT YOU
CAN'T PUT WEAVE IN IT, YOU KNOW
BRITNEY IS IN A BAD PLACE.
I NEVER THOUGHT I'D BE SAYING
THIS.
IT ACTUALLY SOUNDS LIKE SAM
LUTFI WAS TELLING THE TRUTH ALL
THOSE TIMES.
THAT'S WEIRD.
I THINK HE ACTUALLY MIGHT WIN
THIS CASE BECAUSE CLEARLY
EVERYTHING HE WAS SAYING BACK
THEN, THE DOCUMENTS ARE
SUPPORTING WHAT HE WAS SAYING.
HARVEY: I GOT TO TELL YOU, I
DON'T THINK THESE DOCUMENTS ARE
THE END ALL BE ALL.
I THINK IT'S THE WEIRDEST THINGS
THESE LAWYERS PUT THIS IN.
IT MAKES NO SENSE TO ME NOW WHY
THE LAWYERS PUT IT IN.
I DON'T THINK BECAUSE THE JUDGES
SAID THAT A YEAR AGO, THAT IS
NECESSARILY THE WAY IT'S GOING
TO SHAKE DOWN.