Britney Spears' former pal Osama "Sam" Lutfi and one-time boyfriend Adnan Ghalib are now legally required to keep their distance from the megastar. Attorneys for Spears and her father, who is her legal conservator, received a restraining order against the two on Friday. The documents state that Lutfi, Ghalib and attorney Jon Eardley have been trying to gain control of Spears' affairs.
Lutfi was a manager and friend of Spears, whose mother once accused him of grinding pills into her food to control her. Ghalib, a paparazzo, had dated the singer. TMZ broke the story just after the order was granted Friday, alleging that Lufti had sent "anonymous, hara**ing and threatening" messages to Spears' father. TMZ also reports that Lufti had "tried peddling false and hurtful info about Jamie, Britney and others in her family."
Judge Aviva K. Bobb signed a temporary restraining order Friday forbidding Lutfi, Ghalib and Eardley from having contact with Spears, her parents and her young children. A hearing on whether to extend the order is scheduled for next month.
The documents, released late Friday, claim that Lutfi tried to contact Spears in late December by sending text messages to her hairdresser. The documents state Lutfi later started sending text messages to Spears and one of her father's attorneys, Blair Berk, trying to arrange a meeting.
Spears father, Jamie, wrote in a sworn declaration that he has found Lutfi's phone number in his daughter's phone records.
The documents state that Spears continues to inform Ghalib of her travel "and that he then arranges for paparazzi to meet and film her to his financial benefit," the documents state.
A phone message left for Lutfi was not returned Friday. A phone number for Ghalib could not immediately be found.