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		</div><p><a href="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/britney-mum-loses-lutfi-case-appeal.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full" title="Britney Spears' mum has lost her defamation case appeal" src="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/min-britney-mum-loses-lutfi-case-appeal.jpg" alt="Britney Spears' mum has lost her defamation case appeal"/></a></p>
<p>Britney Spears&#8217; mother has lost her bid to have a defamation claim by the pop princess&#8217;s former manager thrown out.</p>
<p>A three-member panel of the Second District Court of Appeal refused to rule that plaintiff Sam Lutfi had such a tarnished image that he could not sue for defamation.</p>
<p>Britney&#8217;s mother, Lynne Spears, had asked the justices to become the first California court to adopt a &#8220;libel-proof doctrine&#8221; that a person cannot sue for defamation if their reputation is so bad that it cannot be further damaged by potentially false statements.</p>
<p>Sam sued Britney and Lynne for libel and defamation in February 2009, claiming he had been falsely accused of controlling the singer and grinding pills into her food during a turbulent period.</p>
<p>The lawsuit cited numerous passages from Lynne&#8217;s book, Through The Storm: A Real Story Of Fame And Family In A Tabloid World, in which she described him as a &#8220;Svengali&#8221; and &#8220;predator&#8221;.</p>
<p>Many of Lynne&#8217;s claims had been contained in court filings that led a judge to establish a conservatorship involving the singer in February 2008. At the time, Sam was expelled from Britney&#8217;s inner circle.</p>
<p>The singer&#8217;s father won a three-year restraining order in 2009 after he said Sam violated an agreement not to contact his daughter.</p>
<p>The appeals court noted that Lynne&#8217;s court statements regarding Sami&#8217;s actions and how they were reported by many news outlets made clear they were allegations.</p>
<p>&#8220;We find that Lutfi&#8217;s reputation was not so badly tarnished by the allegations in (Lynne) Spears&#8217; court-filed declarations as to be immune from further damage,&#8221; the court opinion stated.</p>
<p>Sam&#8217;s defamation lawsuit will now return to Los Angeles Superior Court, where a status hearing is scheduled Feb. 25.</p>
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