Britney Spears
- Profession: Singer
- Place/Date of Birth: McComb, Mississippi, United States, 02 December 1981
- Associated with: Adnan Ghalib
The support from Britney is to end on November 15.
Britney defied court order by driving kids - Nov 2 2007
Troubled pop star Britney Spears had to temporarily surrender custody of her sons to ex-husband Kevin Federline because she defied a court order, according to legal documents released.
The documents in the divorced couple’s continuing custody battle show Los Angeles Superior Court Commissioner Scott Gordon ordered them both not to drive their children unless they were properly insured and had a valid driving licence.
"At all times, the minor children shall be transported in a properly insured and registered vehicle, which shall be driven only by a properly insured driver who has a current and valid driver’s licence," Gordon wrote in the documents.
The pop star disobeyed the order when she was photographed driving Sean Preston, two, and Jayden James, one, a few days after the September 28 order.
She was ordered on October 2 to relinquish her children "until further order of the court" when she was unable to prove compliance with Gordon’s order, namely proof of a valid California driving licence.
The two previously had joint custody of their sons and Federline was seeking a greater share of custody. After he got temporary custody, Britney went to a motor vehicles department office and got a temporary driving licence.
Britney’s lavish spending revealed - Nov 2 2007
Britney Spears spends lavishly on clothes and entertainment but does not save or invest any of her £368,000 monthly income, according to court papers.
Documents revealed in the singer’s custody dispute with ex-husband Kevin Federline show Britney’s expenses include £8,000 for clothes and £51,000 on entertainment, gifts and holidays.
Although she is often photographed eating fast food, Britney declares she spends about £2,379 a month dining out.
The star’s financial declaration to the court also shows she pays £24,633 per month on mortgage payments for two houses but spends nothing on education, savings and investments and gives £250 a month in charitable contributions.
Britney pays Federline £7,500 a month in child support and £10,000 in spousal support.
Dancer-turned-rapper Federline’s biggest expenses include £3,750 in rent and £3,000 in security, according to his financial papers.
He has a comparably modest monthly budget for clothes - just £1,000. He also spends about £2,500 on entertainment, gifts and holidays, and £750 eating out.
Federline earned more than £250,000 in 2006, mainly from entertainment and endorsement deals, but after business expenses only grossed £3,718 that year.
The documents also show Britney had to temporarily surrender custody of her sons to Federline because she defied a court order.
In a September 28 order, Superior Court Commissioner Scott Gordon banned the divorced couple from driving their children unless they were properly insured and had a valid driving licence. The pop star disobeyed the order when she was photographed driving her sons a few days after the order.
I’m doing my best - Britney Spears - Nov 1 2007
Britney Spears was ready to speak about her new album and her life as a mum.
The troubled singer, who is going through a bitter custody battle for their two children with her ex-husband Kevin Federline admitted that she tries not to let all the negative publicity bother her.
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Born in December 1981, Britney Jean Spears shot to fame in a blaze of pigtails and knee high socks in 1998 with her debut single Baby One More Time. Just seventeen years old Britney quickly became the biggest name in pop following up her success with Oops, I Did It Again, Lucky and Stronger as well as two albums, also called Baby One More Time. However, this wasn’t the first time Britney had tasted fame, she had started her career in American Saturday morning TV’s Mickey Mouse Club alongside pop rival Christina Aguliera and boyfriend Justin Timberlake.
During the early years of her career Britney made millions thanks to merchandising deals and successful hits. But she faced controversy throughout with rumours of plastic surgery and feuds with other stars. Her third album, which saw her take a sexier and more adult turn, was a relative disappointment while her critically panned but box office friendly debut movie Crossroads was a fleeting highlight. Meanwhile her long relationship with Justin Timberlake came to an end in 2002 amid claims that her reputation as a virgin was false and in fact that she had cheated on the N*Sync star. Britney responded by sharing a kiss with idol Madonna on stage at the MTV Awards - an act which saw the pair criticized more than admired.
The kiss signaled the end of Britney’s pop-childhood and with the release of In The Zone and the hit single Toxic she began building a new fanbase. A drunken Las Vegas wedding to childhood friend Jason Alexander ended in annulment after just fifty five hours but, rather than concentrate on her career, Britney continued leaning on the lovelife self destruct button. She, despite advice to the contrary, married dancer, aspiring rapper and all round rat-faced bad boy Kevin Federline in a trailer trash wedding in 2004 and within months announced she was pregnant.
She gave birth to their first son, Sean Preston, in 2005, who was quickly followed by their second child, Jayden James, in 2006.
Following exhaustive media speculation with regard to the state of their marriage, Spears and Federline divorced in November 2006. The announcement saw an ongoing legal battle for the custody of their two sons.
March 2008