Britney Spears
- Profession: Singer
- Place/Date of Birth: McComb, Mississippi, United States, 02 December 2020
Ill Britney misses custody hearing - Dec 13 2007
Britney Spears has failed to appear at a scheduled meeting in her ongoing child custody dispute with former husband Kevin Federline, saying she did not feel well.
News media and paparazzi were waiting for the singer to arrive at attorney Mark Vincent Kaplan's office.
But Kaplan, Federline's attorney, said he had been told that Spears was not coming.
Kaplan said he was told Britney did not feel well and that she would give her court-ordered testimony at a later date.
Spears and Federline have been arguing for months over custody of their sons, two-year-old Sean Preston and one-year-old Jayden James.
Britney battle: child abuse alleged - Dec 5 2007
Child welfare investigators are looking into "multiple child abuse and neglect" allegations in the custody battle between US pop star Britney Spears and ex-husband Kevin Federline, according to court documents.
In a request to unseal parts of the case file, an attorney for the Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family Services wrote that there are concerns about the safety and welfare of the two toddlers, Sean Preston, two, and Jayden James, one, if they are left in their mother’s care.
Though the agency mentioned investigating referrals relating to K-Fed, the documents do not provide details.
After-hours calls to attorneys representing Britney and K-Fed were not immediately returned.
At the weekend, Britney celebrated her 26th birthday with both of her sons.
The star has also just filmed the video for her new track Piece Of Me, taken from her album Blackout, in Los Angeles.
Britney’s sedate 26th birthday bash - Dec 3 2007
Britney Spears celebrated her birthday rather sedately - there were no tabletop dancing, no near-naked frolics in the sea and no outfit swaps.
The singer, who turned 26 on Sunday, was joined by hotel heiress Paris Hilton, best friend Sam Lufti, and cousin Alli Sims at the party on Saturday at the Scandinavian Style Mansion in Bel Air, Hollywood.
The birthday girl, who sported long blonde hair extensions, blew out candles on a small round chocolate cake as the handful of guests sang Happy Birthday.
"She was smiling and looked really happy," a partygoer told OK!
The group then continued partying at the Four Seasons in Beverly Hills, where Paris was spotted leaving just before 4am.
While it may have been devoid of bizarre antics, it was a night to remember for Brits who received several leather and fur coats, including a $25,000 silver fox fur coat that she wore throughout the night.
Britney spent her actual birthday with her sons, two-year-old Sean Preston and 14-months-old Jayden James.
Britney having Christmas with sons? - Nov 28 2007
Britney Spears is reportedly set to spend Christmas with her sons.
The singer was granted custody of two-year-old Sean Preston and 14-month-old Jayden James for Christmas Day during a closed Los Angeles court hearing on Tuesday, according to E! Online.
It seems the 25-year-old singer was granted custody of the boys for the holiday because her ex-husband Kevin Federline, 29, had the boys for Thanksgiving last Thursday.
"There was a proposal by Kevin that the holidays be shared in a certain fashion," K-Fed’s attorney Mark Vincent Kaplan told People. "That was agreed to. That’s the best for everyone involved.
"It’s important for the kids to spend time with each of the parents - especially on special days. And that is Kevin’s desire."
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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.
Having given birth to son, Sean Preston, Britney seems to have put her career on hold despite the success of a greatest hits album and the launch of her fragrance, Curious. Meanwhile rumours persist about the state of her marriage to Federline with the press accusing him of taking no interest in his wife and son and of cheating on the singing star.
December 2007