Britney Spears' hairdresser said on Wednesday that the pop superstar said that he feared his former boss and friend Osama "Sam" Lutfi.
The testimony came as lawyers for Spears' father to seek long restraining order against Spears' ex-boyfriend Adnan Ghalib, attorney Jon Eardley and Lutfi. A judge on Wednesday extended a temporary restraining order against men and more plans to hear testimony on April 1.
Barber said Roberta Romero comments came after Spears repeatedly Lutfi sent text messages in late December. Lutfi said he was trying to convey their messages to the singer, including that he was making efforts to "free" from it.
Romero, who has worked as Spears' stylist for over a year, said the singer said Lutfi told to leave alone. Romero Spears and security staff reported the singer Lutfi on text messages.
Romero said that he spoke only once Lutfi, Spears weeks before security to participate. She said he was not threatened by telephone, but the singer told him to avoid his former friend.
"He told me that the fear of him and not talk to him," said Romero.
Joel Boxer, a lawyer for Spears' father Jamie, read some of the text messages in court Wednesday. One message said: "Very close to getting its free now."
Lutfi's attorney, Bryan Freedman, declined comment after the hearing about the text messages.
Romero was the third witness to testify in the case. Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Aviva K. Bobb also has heard the testimony of Spears' father, a security guard who allegedly recorded messages sent to Lutfi Romero and Geraldine Wyle, Jamie Spears of lawyers.
Jamie Spears said Monday that he did not know if her daughter had spoken with Lutfi since last February. But he also repeated a claim which Lutfi put drugs in her daughter food in efforts to control it.
Wyle testimony Wednesday about an agreement reached last year between Jamie Spears and Lutfi in which the former manager agreed not to attempt to contact the singer by any means.
Freedman said earlier this week that the only direct contact was a call that Britney Spears was apparently Lutfi.
Attorneys for Jamie Spears Lutfi tried to call as a witness on Wednesday, but their lawyers said they had not served a summons. He said he did not know whether Lutfi that appear at the hearing in April.
Most of the testimony so far has affected Lutfi and Ghalib, who is not represented in the event of a restraining order. Ghalib appeared in a Van Nuys court Wednesday and pleaded not guilty to three felony charges that he struck a server process with his car last month.
The server was attempting to deliver the documentation about the restraining order. Prosecutors filed felony charges Tuesday, saying that the server broke his wrist after clinging to the hood of Ghalib's car to avoid serious injury.
Roger Diamond, an attorney representing Eardley, said his client has had no involvement in the Spears case a year. He has repeatedly tried to get Eardley dismissed the case, but has refused Bobb.
"I see poor Ms. Britney Spears is being bled dry by these procedures," Diamond said in court Wednesday. "This is just a nightmare for Mr Eardley.
Spears is not expected to testify in the case. She opens a tour of his hit album "Circus" on March 3 in New Orleans. (Source: Yahoo)
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