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Media might see Spears files
15/08/2007 09:25 - (SA)
Los Angeles - A court commissioner
on Tuesday agreed to hear arguments that legal filings in the
bitter child custody battle between troubled pop star Britney
Spears and her ex-husband Kevin Federline should be open to the
media.
Los Angeles Superior Court Commissioner Scott Gordon set a
September 14 hearing date for lawyers from celebrity magazine
People and local television station KNBC to argue that court
records should be made public.
Lawyers for Spears and Federline oppose the idea and on
July 30, when the couple's divorce was finalised, their
attorneys won a conditional order to keep the records sealed.
That order stays in place for now.
Spears and Federline are battling over custody of their
sons, Sean Preston and Jayden James, who turn 2 years of age
and 1 year old in September, respectively.
But in recent months, the public behaviour of Spears has
grown ever more erratic, and on Tuesday, Federline's lawyer
Mark V Kaplan confirmed his client was seeking greater custody
than the current 50:50 agreement.
'Isolate boys from risk'
Outside the hearing, Kaplan told reporters Federline wanted
the two boys "isolated from risks," and denied recent published
reports that Federline was seeking more money from the former
teen singing sensation.
"This has nothing to do with money," Kaplan said.
A separate hearing on modifying the child custody
arrangement was set for September 17.
Spears, 25, rose to pop stardom as a child on cable
television's The Disney Channel and as a teenager and young
adult became a singing sensation, recording hit songs like
Oops?I Did It Again.
She married Federline, 29, in October 2004, and filed for
divorce in November of last year.
Recent published reports have had Spears firing staff,
fighting family members, cancelling photo shoots, lip-syncing
songs and stripping down to bra and see-through panties for an
ocean swim.
A spree of high-profile partying landed her in rehab this
past spring.
- Reuters
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