Justin Timberlake break-up caused Britney breakdown

Lawyer's claim in court

BRITNEY Spears takes her barefoot boys out shopping as a court hears Justin Timberlake blamed for the singer’s troubles.

The American X Factor judge let Sean Preston, seven, and six-year-old Jayden James go shoeless as they ran errands in LA.
As she enjoyed the day with her sons – from marriage to Kevin Federline – childhood sweetheart Justin was being blamed for her breakdown and past drug addiction.
Family lawyer Leon Gladstone told a court that her 2002 split from the singer – who wed Jessica Biel in Italy yesterday – was the start of her troubles.
Acting for the singer’s father, Jamie Spears, in a case brought be her former manager Sam Lufti, Gladstone said that she spiralled out of control, marrying twice and using drugs to get over her heartbreak.

Lost love ... Justin Timberlake and Britney Spears

He said: “They had a big relationship, and it ended painfully.
“In 2003 her parents noticed that she had changed over the break-up of her and Justin and noticed she was depressed … she went to Vegas and got married to a childhood friend for 55 hours and they saw that she was becoming distant with her parents and become concerned she was using illegal substances.”
Lufti is suing the singer for breach of contract, claiming she agreed to give him 15 percent of her earnings.
He’s also suing her mother Lynne for defaming him in her book Through the Storm – in which she claimed he drugged Britney — and her father Jamie for allegedly punching him.

Family affair ... Britney's parents, Lynne and Jamie Spears, arrive at court

Britney has been under a "guardianship order" controlled by her father since a breakdown in 2008 and the lawyer only ever acted in Britney’s best interest.
He said: “This is a story of a close family, but not a perfect one.
“It’s a story of a man who actually wanted nothing more for his daughter than to live and be well.
“It’s a story of a father who has had to step up and take action that he never thought he would have to take....actions that didn’t perhaps endear his daughter to him.”
Earlier this week, Sam Lufti testified that Britney popped up to 30 ampthetamine pills a day. He said: “She liked to use amphetamines. Mostly everything that went wrong was because of this drug.”