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13:54 November 7th, 2007

“Gimme More” as ex’s legal bills hit Britney

Posted by: Belinda Goldsmith
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britney.jpgGood thing Britney’s new single “Gimme More” is riding high in the charts. The fallen pop princess has been ordered to pay ex-husband K-Fed’s legal fees of $120,000 in their messy custody battle over Sean Preston, 2 and Jayden James, 1.  The Los Angeles court handling the custody issue said in a ruling there was a “notable disparity” in the income of Spears and Kevin Federline and that both were entitled to full legal representation.   Britney can certainly afford it. According to court documents released last week, She  has a monthly income of about $737,000 and her biggest spending item ($102,000) is for entertainment gifts and holidays. Some $61,000 goes on mortgage payments for her two homes and $16,000 on clothes. She also pays Federline $15,000 a month in child support and $20,000 a month is spousal support, although those payments end on November 15. 

 Meanwhile, Britney’s mother Lynne has been wondering what more she could have done to prevent her daughter’s life turning into a train wreck.  “I blame myself,” Lynne told Life &Style magazine. “I wish I’d been there more while she was touring. But I couldn’t be. I had the other kids [Britney's brother, Bryan, now 30, and sister Jamie-Lynn, now 16] to look after.”  Lynne seems unable to explain exactly what went wrong. “I didn’t raise my children to have Hollywood careers,” she notes. “This all just exploded in my face, and big dreams became big headaches.”

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