Britney Spears to ask for visitation privileges
Britney Spears has found new legal representation in her child custody case. After Trope & Trope asked to back out again, Britney found new legal representation in the form of celebrity divorce specialist Stacy Phillips.
For today, Phillips will work alongside Trope attorney Anne Kiley as she argues several issues, including visitation privileges and a request for a gag order.
First up today was the issue of the gag order. In a statement to the judge, Kiley claimed that “First Amendment rights aren’t absolute… We are not trying to control the paparazzi. We are trying to control what we can control.”
Kiley then addressed the issue of K-Fed’s blabbermouth attorney, Mark Vincent Kaplan, who regularly makes statements to the media.
I’d wanna gag that douchebag, too. Kaplan argued that the court has sealed most of the documents and the courtroom is usually closed to the public, so there isn’t a need for a gag order. Apparently, the commish agreed, ruling against the request stating that the public has a right to know what the court is doing and to see that it’s fair.
He added, “all the attorneys in this case have proceeded with nothing but dignity.”
Also expected today is a request by Brit’s people for the popwreck to be able to see her boys. They are so young that there is only so much they can understand over the phone.
“She has regular conversations with the boys,” a source close to the Spears family confirms. “But obviously since they’re so young, there’s only so much connecting you can do over the phone.”
Sources say that it’s unlikely that the Commish will grant any change in visitation until they can get a complete psychological workup on Britney.
February 19th, 2008 on 5:06 pm
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