A Los Angeles judge has denied Osama “Sam” Lutfi’s request for the examination on Spears, who he is suing for allegedly unpaid management fees.
Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Zaven Sinanian also ruled that Lutfi is not entitled to drug-test results obtained from Spears in 2008, which his lawyer, Joseph Schleimer, said he needed to refute allegations by the singer's mother that he gave her daughter illegal substances.
The judge also denied Schleimer access to reports filed by Spears' child visitation monitors during the time she was exhibiting bizarre behaviour that led to a court-imposed conservatorship.
Schleimer argued those reports would contradict other Spears family members’ accusations against Lutfi, including that he cut the pop star’s telephone wires.
But Judge Sinanian agreed with the singer's conservatorship lawyers that allowing the psychological examination would run afoul of a 27 April sealed order by Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Reva Goetz, who has supervised the 29-year-old Hold It Against Me singer since imposing the conservatorship three years ago.
Schleimer said he wants to depose Spears to help persuade a jury that Lutfi had an agreement with her concerning his management fees.
According to a declaration by UCLA psychiatrist Joshua Pretsky on behalf of Lutfi, Spears is competent to testify because she granted an interview to Ryan Seacrest earlier this year, in which she “responded logically and coherently to questions, evidencing logical thinking and mental competency”.
Pretsky proposed an interview of Spears and an analysis of her medical records. He also suggested a review of her drug tests and reports from a monitor who supervised her while her two young sons were in her care.
In the same suit, Lutfi sued the entertainer's parents, accusing Lynne Spears of defamation and Jamie Spears of battery.