Britney Spears was a no-show. Shocking
Britney Spears was nowhere to be seen Monday as a court hearing convened in her child custody battle with ex-husband Kevin Federline.
Federline and his lawyer were on hand as Superior Court Commissioner Scott Gordon began the hearing, which was scheduled after Gordon earlier this month suspended Spears’ right to visit her two sons.
Gordon allowed reporters into the courtroom for about one minute before he announced that the hearing was being closed.
The commissioner granted a motion from Spears’ attorneys to quash a subpoena, but there was no information given about what the subpoena involved or to whom it had been issued.
Spears has had trouble making recent court dates: On Dec. 12, she called in sick for a court-ordered deposition, then arrived nearly two hours late on its rescheduled date, Jan. 3.
“I don’t know if she will be there” on Monday, Federline attorney Mark Vincent Kaplan told The Associated Press. “You can’t phone this one in.”
Police and emergency medical technicians who were summoned to her home the night of Jan. 3 in a standoff involving her refusal to return the boys to Federline will testify Monday, Kaplan said.
If Spears comes to court, Kaplan said she would be expected to testify. “She will have the opportunity to persuade the court that she can have some visitation under monitored conditions,” he said.
Phone and e-mail messages requesting comment from Spears’ attorneys Sunday afternoon weren’t immediately returned.
Kaplan said he knew it was only a temporary measure when he obtained emergency court orders two weeks ago granting sole physical and legal custody to Federline.
Police were called by a court appointed monitor on Jan. 3 when Spears refused to hand over Jayden James, 1, and Sean Preston, 2, to Federline’s security guard. She locked herself in a room with one of the boys.
Spears was taken to a hospital in an ambulance chased by photographers and was placed on an involuntary hold on grounds she was a danger to herself or others. Spears left Cedars-Sinai Medical Center a day and half later.
The day after the incident, Kaplan presented papers to Commissioner Scott Gordon, who awarded sole legal and physical custody of the boys to Federline and suspended Spears’ visitation rights.
Kaplan said if visitation is restored, it would be under more restrictions than those originally imposed by Gordon.
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January 14th, 2008 at 11:45 am
She is proving how important those boys are to her isn’t she? As a mother she makes me sick. I am a mother to 2 girls and if I was in her position, I would have been waiting on the courthouse doorsteps at 8 AM for my chance to get visitation to see my kids. She don’t deserve those kids at all. She needs to just stay with her nasty pap boyfriend and hang out all day and night. Keving deserves them boys she don’t.
January 14th, 2008 at 12:30 pm
Christy M I agree I am also a mother. I can’t see how people can feel sorry for this chick. She started to dig her own grave when she started acting crazy, now her grave is deeper than 6 feet, she won’t be able to dig much further pretty soon.
January 14th, 2008 at 1:38 pm
I agree people have issues and she may have mental issues but as a mother your kids come first. If she can’t get the help she needs or even make it to court it is probably best they are with KFed. Maybe she can grow up and get the kids back someday it’s just too bad it’s taking her this long. I have kids close in age to hers and they would be wondering what the heck happened to me if I disappeared. It breaks my heart they probably cry for their mommy not knowing she is a total screw up.
January 14th, 2008 at 1:53 pm
Maybe you should update this article. Britney did show up for the afternoon session of the hearing.