While Britney Spears hospitalized in Los Angeles and being monitored constantly after last night’s psychotic meltdown, her ex-husband has moved to strip her of all visitation rights with their sons, Sean Preston and Jayden James.
Kevin Federline himself snuck into court this morning under the radar but left the area as the hearing adjourned, TMZ reports. He may return later as an emergency hearing in the custody case is believed to be set for 1:30 PST.
K-Fed’s lawyer, Mark Vincent Kaplan, was in court this morning at 8:30 a.m. to ask the Commissioner to strip Britney Spears of all visitation rights – at least for now. Attorney Tara Scott from the law firm of Trope and Trope is representing Britney – awkward, since the firm asked to withdraw as counsel Wednesday.
The hearing ended but is expected to resume this afternoon. Through an assistant, Mark Vincent Kaplan declined comment to reporters.
While Federline asks the court to indefinitely bar Britney Spears from visits with Sean and Jayden, Lynne Spears simply hopes people pray for her daughter.
Spears’ family has been showing their support. Her dad, Jamie Spears, has been at the hospital with his daughter. Brother Bryan Spears was expected to show up today. Spears’ mother, Lynne Spears, who’s been in “constant contact” with the troubled singer, is en route from Kentwood, La., as is Jamie Lynn Spears.
According to Access Hollywood, Lynne Spears was “extremely distraught and crying about Britney on the phone” when contacted by their staff.
“Just say prayers,” Lynne said.
Conspicuously absent from Cedars-Sinai: Mr. Adnan Ghalib, 35, who works for the celebrity photo agency called FinalPixx, and who has checked into a pair of hotels with Britney Spears over the last couple of weeks.
Sources say that as Spears was holed up in her Studio City home during her epic meltdown, Adnan Ghalib was not present – nor has he visited her at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center where she was hospitalized early Friday.
When asked about Spears Friday, Adnan Ghalib would not comment.
UPDATE: As of 2:45 PST, the court hearing is over, and K-Fed has been awarded sole legal and physical custody of the boys until January 14.
We’ll see what contact Britney Spears will have with Sean and Jayden as of that date. Kaplan declined comment on what was decided, but said: “There are no winners here. We are not happy about any of the events that have happened.”