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IT IS THE THING BRITNEY SPEARS'S
FATHER ABSOLUTELY DID NOT WANT
TO HAPPEN.
BUT IT IS HAPPENING RIGHT NOW.
>> AS WE SPEAK.
>> BRITNEY SPEARS, FACE TO FACE
WITH SAM LUFTI, HER FORMER
SELF-DESCRIBED MANAGER.
SOME PEOPLE HAVE CALLED HIM A
SVENGALI.
BACK WHEN SHE WAS IN THE WORST
PART OF HER LIFE.
>> IN 2007 WHEN BRITNEY'S
PARENTS, ESPECIALLY HER DAD,
SAID THAT LUFTI WAS FUELING HER
WITH DRUGS.
HE SAID HE WAS TRYING TO SAVE
HER FROM DRUGS.
BUT THEY ARE IN A VERY BITTER,
ACRIMONIOUS LAWSUIT RIGHT NOW.
AND BRITNEY TRIED TO GET THE
JUDGE AND JAMIE, HER DAD, TRIED
TO GET THE JUDGE TO SAY, LOOK,
SHE MAY HAVE TO SIT FOR A
DEPOSITION THAT SAM LUFTI WANTS
TO TAKE.
BUT HE CAN'T BE IN THE ROOM WITH
HER, BECAUSE HE INTIMIDATES HER.
HE WILL FREAK HER OUT.
SHE IS IN A FRAGILE STATE RIGHT
NOW.
THE JUDGE SAID SAM HAD A RIGHT
TO BE IN THERE, BUT HE ATTACHED
STRINGS.
>> SO WHAT THE JUDGE SAID IS,
YES, SAM LUFTI CAN BE IN THE
SAME ROOM AS BRITNEY SPEARS
DURING THE DEPOSITION BUT THERE
HAS TO BE A LONG CONFERENCE
TABLE.
SHE'S GOING TO SIT AT ONE END
WITH HER LAWYERS.
HE'S GOING TO HAVE TO SIT ON THE
OTHER END WITH HIS LAWYERS.
>> THE JUDGE ACTUALLY SAID A
LONG TABLE.
>> SPECIFIED THE TYPE OF TABLE.
>> YOU'VE SEEN THEM IN
CONFERENCE ROOMS.
THERE ARE SHORT ONES THEN THERE
ARE THESE LONG-*** ONES WHERE
THERE ARE LIKE ROYAL FAMILIES AT
DINNER.
>> DID HE SAY A LENGTH?
>> NO.
HE JUST SAID LONG-*** CONFERENCE
TABLE.
>> THEY'RE GOING TO PUT A CAMERA
IN THE ROOM, A FIXED CAMERA, IN
CASE ANYTHING HAPPENS THAT IS
HARASSMENT --
>> IT WOULD CATCH SAM TRYING TO
INTIMIDATE HER.
>> AND FINALLY, THEY'RE GOING TO
MAKE SURE THEY GO IN AND OUT AT
SEPARATE TIMES.
EVEN DURING QUESTIONING, SAM
WILL TALK TO HIS ATTORNEY, THE
ATTORNEY WILL ASK THE QUESTION,
BUT HE WILL BE ABLE TO BE THERE
AND LOOK HER IN THE EYES,
EXACTLY WHAT THEY DIDN'T WANT.
>> EVEN IF HE DOESN'T SAY
ANYTHING, HE CAN JUST LOOK AT
HER A CERTAIN WAY --
>> THAT'S WHY THEY HAVE THE WIDE
CAMERA, THEY WANT TO SEE WHAT
HE'S DOING.
SHE HAD HER MELTDOWN IN 2007.
AND IT'S LIKE THIS IS
UNBELIEVABLE.
WE'RE NINE YEARS OUT AND THIS IS
STILL GOING ON.
IT'S UNBELIEVABLE, ACTUALLY,
WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT IT.
UNBELIEVABLE THAT IT'S STILL --
THEY'RE STILL EMBROILED IN THIS
HUGE FIGHT.
>> STEPHANIE FROM NORTH
CAROLINA.
I DON'T THINK WE SHOULD BELIEVE
THIS SAM GUY, SIMPLY BECAUSE HE
RUINED HER LIFE AND I THINK HE'S
TRYING TO RUIN BRITNEY'S LIFE
TOO.
LIKE SHE SAYS, WE DON'T BELIEVE
YOU.
WE NEED MORE PEOPLE.
>> IT'S INCREDIBLE TO ME IT'S
BEEN NINE YEARS.