Britney Spears’ Ex-Manager Hit With 5-year Restraining Order

Britney Spears’ Ex-Manager Hit With 5-year Restraining Order
Britney Spears at the 29th annual GLAAD Media Awards in Beverly Hills, Calif. A Los Angeles, on April 12, 2018. Christ Pizzello/AP Photo
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LOS ANGELES—A judge on Thursday issued a five-year restraining order forbidding Britney Spears’ former manager from contacting the singer or her family or making disparaging statements about them online.

Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Brenda Penny reached the decision after hearing testimony from the ex-manager, 44-year-old Sam Lutfi, and from Spears’ father, James Spears, who has controlled his daughter’s money and affairs via a court-ordered conservatorship for 11 years.