Britney Spears’ lawyer claims ‘reckless’ report that singer is ‘on meth’ is ‘false and defamatory’

Britney Spears’ high-powered legal professional, Mathew Rosengart, is slamming a “false and defamatory” report linking the “Poisonous” singer to crystal meth use.

Web page Six has solely realized that Rosengart despatched the Every day Mail a authorized letter on Sunday — which we reviewed — during which he calls for an inner investigation happen regarding the exploitation of utilizing Spears’ minor youngsters, Sean Preston, 17, and Jayden, 16, whom she shares with ex Kevin Federline.

“The Every day Mail, by Daphne Barak, posted a narrative yesterday containing quite a few false and defamatory fabrications regarding my consumer Britney Spears which are attributed to Kevin Federline and his youngsters, particularly relating to ‘crystal meth,’” the letter started.

Rosengart famous that Federline, who was married to Spears, 41, from 2004 to 2007, “acknowledged the falsity of Ms. Barak’s story” when he spoke to TMZ earlier Sunday.

Britney Spears' lawyer slammed a Daily Mail report linking her to crystal meth.
Britney Spears’ lawyer slammed a Every day Mail report linking her to crystal meth.
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Mathew Rosengart despatched a authorized letter to the outlet.
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“I’ve individually learnt that on a number of events, Ms. Barak sought to contact Britney underneath false pretenses, once more her minor youngsters, which is exploitative, harassing, and outrageous,” Rosengart’s letter continued.

“And furthermore, Britney’s representatives had been by no means contacted previous to the publication of the story, additional demonstrating precise malice and reckless disregard for the reality.”

The letter concluded, “Britney is certainly a public determine, however this conduct is past the pale and fully unacceptable. It’s shoddy even by right now’s requirements of ‘journalism’ and the unfair scrutiny she has confronted.”

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He described the story as “false and defamatory.”
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Rosengart stated he would “comply with up individually” however requested the outlet to “please verify” that they’d “instantly delete and retract that false and defamatory story and conduct an inner investigation relating to this matter and the abuse of Britney and her youngsters.”

On the time of publishing, the story was nonetheless stay on Every day Mail’s web site.

When contacted for remark, Barak instructed Web page Six partly, “There are 12 days filming with Federline, his spouse, his household and others. All – By his request.”

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Spears’ ex Kevin Federline additionally slammed the report earlier on Sunday.
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She claimed that solely a “small proportion” of the footage she allegedly documented “has been launched and made headlines.”

Earlier Sunday, Federline additionally known as out Barak for “fabricating” his quotes, alleging to TMZ that she “lied” in a “distressing” report revealed by each The Solar and Every day Mail.

“It saddens our household that Daphne Barak and Erbil Gunasti have determined to manufacture lies and publish the guts ache our household has endured, together with the trauma of our minor youngsters within the Every day Mail and The Solar,” Federline, 45, instructed the outlet, referencing Gunasti, who has labored on a number of initiatives with Barak.