Britney Spears Just Won't Go Away

[Krom]

Originally Posted by prhoshay

Didn't I hear that she had taken several written tests but never passed? I can't believe they do not have to take a road test.

She got bored in the middle of the test, y'all! Brit-Brit's a star, why should she have to waste her time on something when she gets bored by it?

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[Harmony2000]

Well why didn't she just hire somebody to take it for her? Isn't that what "they" do?

One of the morning shows actually spent time.. like 15 minutes.. on this mess and had two lawyers weighing in with their opinions. One basically was defending her and saying that he hoped that the judge didn't take those kids away just because of her driver's license. And the other (who knows the judge and the lawyers involved in the case) said that the judge would never do that and pretty much that it was ridiculous to even suggest it. He (the one who knows the judge) said that more than likely Brit either failed the mandatory periodic drug testing or refused to take the test (which is an automatic failure) or refused to take the parenting classes.

Either way.... I can't believe that the news would take so much time out to report on her. 5 minutes tops is all she deserves.

[Margaritaville]

According to People.com - she couldn't provide a driver's license and was accused of missing a drug/alcohol test. This was according to her attorney.

L.A. Superior Court Commissioner Scott Gordon didn't outline his reasons in the written ruling, but Spears's attorney, Sorrell Trope, says, "We weren't able to prove compliance with what the judge ordered." "Specifically," Trope says, "the judge ordered that by 10 a.m. (Monday) morning, both parties show valid California driving licenses. I've been unable to produce evidence of that."

It would seem to me that if she actually wanted to keep custody of her children, she would have at least tried to comply with the orders of the court. Clearly, she does not want to be a mother - it interferes with her lifestyle too much (cramps her style).

[Adult Beverage]

Maybe an Anna Nichole Smith edit? We'd have to deal with the following two week media onslaught, but then we could get on with our Paris/Nichole/Lindsay watching.

[BoBoFan]

She doesn't seem too worried to me. Heck, now she can come and go as she pleases. She doesn't have to give her kids baby bottles of caffeine to keep them up til all hours. She has much more freedom now, which is what I think she wanted in the first place. She's probably relieved. She'll be out on the town before tomorrows sunrise. That will give the media something else to talk about.
A Wake-up call for Britney? No, it's more like wake-up America, wake-up Judge Wapner or whoever... she doesn't care. Afterall didn't she say those kids were "mistakes?" "Here's your sign!"

E! News - Source: Custody Loss May Be "Wake-Up Call" for Britney - Britney Spears | Kevin Federline

Source: Custody Loss May Be "Wake-Up Call" for Britney
by Gina Serpe and Tina Dirmann
Tue, 2 Oct 2007 10:06:01 AM PDT

Britney Spears may not be a bad mother, but she's a pretty sucky direction follower.

A source close to the beleaguered pop star tells E! Online that her ongoing refusal to listen to advice or instructions—be it from her parents, publicists, managers, assistants or attorneys—is what has cost Spears so dearly in recent months, culminating Monday with the loss of primary custody of sons Sean Preston and Jayden James.

"So, when a judge now comes in and tells her what to do, she just isn't going to do it," the source said. "It's part of a long pattern of behavior from her. She's become a spoiled brat, to put it mildly."

The source said Spears felt she didn't need parenting classes, so she blew off the request. And she just didn't want to "deal with" the bother of getting a new license—or the humiliation of drug testing.

"And when Brit doesn't want to do something, she just doesn't," our source said. "Even when her kids are at stake. That's the saddest part of all."

Spears' attorney echoed those remarks.

Speaking to People, Sorrell Trope, the latest attorney to make his way through the revolving door that is Spears' legal representation, Los Angeles Superior Court Commissioner Scott Gordon granted custody to Kevin Federline because "we weren't able to prove compliance with what the judge ordered."

Spears failed to take a random drug and alcohol test, one of the stipulations of her maintaining joint custody. "There's no evidence that she actually failed a drug test," Trope said, but added that judges consider missed tests the same as failed tests.

The "Toxic" singer was also unable to provide the court with proof of a California driver's license by 10 a.m. Monday, something both she and Federline were required to do.


An Aug. 6 fender-bender Spears was involved in resulted not only in two misdemeanor charges against her but also in the revelation that Spears was not licensed in the state of California, despite it having been her primary address for the better part of a decade.

Spears not only failed to submit to drug testing, she also neglected to meet with a drug counselor, enroll in parenting classes or even so much as sign the judge's initial order. Meaning she may not have actively done anything wrong, but she also did nothing right.

"That's another example of she does what she wants, but she can't thumb her nose at the judge, at the court," Gloria Allred, the attorney who repped the singer's former bodyguard Tony Barretto, told E! News anchor Ryan Seacrest on his morning radio show Tuesday. "[Gordon] is going to make her accountable, and one of the ways she's being made accountable is she's not going to have her children. She needs to get help if she wants them back.

"And this was a foreseeable consequence of her not doing what the court told her to do."

While there's no official word on whether the 25-year-old will make good on the judge's order to undergo drug and alcohol testing, Spears is already working on her to-do list.


On Monday afternoon, shortly after Gordon issued his ruling and Spears handed off her sons to Federline at a local Carl's Jr., she went to the Department of Motor Vehicles in Van Nuys, where she took a written test as part of an application for a license. That is, after a pit stop at a local shopping mall.

A source close to Federline told E! News that the custody hand-off took place Monday, rather than Wednesday, as that was Federline's regularly scheduled custodial time to be with his kids. While he would ordinarily hand the children back to Spears tomorrow as part of their initial 50/50 split, he will instead simply keep them in his custody until the court rules otherwise.

Meanwhile, Spears' parents are cheering the judge's decision.

"Not because they want to punish Britney, but because they are hoping this will be the wake-up call she needs to get her life in order," another Spears family friend tells E! Online.

"So far, nothing else has worked. Not advice from her relatives, business handlers, legal representatives. No one can get through to her these days. Maybe losing her babies will finally do the trick."

Allred seconded the sentiment.

"We're hoping this change of custody will give her the strong incentive that she needs to get help so that she can one day be the responsible parent the children deserve to have," the attorney said. "The court's really given her a chance. The court really gave her a second chance."

According to Allred, how Spears chooses to use that second chance is entirely up to her.

"If she doesn't have the children, if she wants to at least have visitation, she's going to take control of her life and get some help. If she doesn't want to have anything to do with the children, then nobody's going to be able to help her...She does seem to be spiraling downward and that is a concern. A lot of people feel very sympathetically toward Britney, you know I do. But she has two young children, she has to really understand what her responsibilities are."

Another custody hearing is set for Wednesday afternoon.

For now, Spears is trying to ride out her latest rough patch in luxury. She is holed up at the Peninsula Hotel in Beverly Hills, where she was spotted arriving Monday night with several suitcases.

[Margaritaville]

Unfortunately, you cannot wake someone up if they do not wish to be awakened. She clearly wants to continue living in the drug/alcohol induced haze that is her life.

[Krom]

Originally Posted by Margaritaville

Unfortunately, you cannot wake someone up if they do not wish to be awakened. She clearly wants to continue living in the drug/alcohol induced haze that is her life.

Right. There's a lot of talk about psychological maladies she might have. People have worried over her being bipolar, or in some kind of semi-permanent postpartum depressive. But you know what she really is? A narcissist.

[BoBoFan]

Originally Posted by Margaritaville

Unfortunately, you cannot wake someone up if they do not wish to be awakened. She clearly wants to continue living in the drug/alcohol induced haze that is her life.

I totally agree! Not long after she was ordered to give up her kids, not only did she not wait until Wednesday, she pretty much took them to Fed-Ex right away, then went tanning and shopping. Like I said, she's relieved!

[Adult Beverage]

Have to wonder when she hits bottom, just how deep that will be.

[BoBoFan]

Originally Posted by Adult Beverage

Have to wonder when she hits bottom, just how deep that will be.

Dead... 6 Ft. under.