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Pop star Britney Spears has been dropped by her management company, one month
after employing their services.
Los Angeles-based The Firm said: "We have terminated our professional
relationship with Britney Spears.
"We believe she is enormously talented, but current circumstances have
prevented us from properly doing our job," the statement continued.
Spears hired the company for the run-up to her comeback album, which is due out
in the US on 13 November.
Sacked
Meanwhile, Spears has parted company with her lawyer in an ongoing child
custody battle with ex-husband Kevin Federline.
Laura Wasser, who represented the singer until Monday, said she would be in
"excellent hands" with her new legal representatives.
No reason was given for the change.
A former bodyguard for the star, who was due to support claims of erratic
behaviour in the case, failed to testify at the hearing in Los Angeles.
Tony Barretto arrived in court but was unable to give evidence before lawyers
held debates in a closed session.
His lawyer Gloria Allred said: "Our client was prepared to testify on issues of
nudity by Ms Spears, drug use and safety issues involving the children."
Mr Barretto was hired by Spears in March after she left a rehabilitation
facility, but was sacked two months later.
According to Ms Allred, he lost his job because "he didn't hear her when she
asked him to pick up her hat".
Spears' former lawyer Ms Wasser commented that Mr Barretto was a disgruntled
employee.
The singer, whose divorce with Federline was finalised in July, currently has
joint custody of their two sons Sean Preston and Jayden James.