Although very few details are available about what caused the fight between Sam Lutfi and Britney Spears last night, it once again raises chilling questions about Lutfi and his relationship with Britney.
Britney met Lutfi last year just after a restraining order was issued against him by a former pal, Danny Haines, who had been a close friend for two years.
Bitten and Bound received an email in December from Haines’ friend, Ken Dungey, asking us to please get word to Britney Spears that her involvement with Sam Lutfi puts her life in danger. Haines has since received an email from Sam Lutfi’s sister’s address which sounds very much like a warning: “One of your friends is writing to some magazines about your history with my brother … I don’t think that’s wise for him to do.” And a threat: “Those pictures and your history isn’t so positive either and I’m sure you wouldn’t want that to be public as well.”
The pictures the email is referencing are some X-rated homoerotic photos that Haines, who is straight, had taken by a photographer he met online. Danny, like Britney, was at a low point in his life when he met Sam on Myspace in 2005. His professional life was in trouble, his ties with family and friends were fragile and he had secrets that he didn’t want anyone to know.
Lutfi offered to help Haines straighten out his life. “I can help you,” he said. “I can help your parents. But you need to be honest with me. If you’re lying to me about anything, I’ll know.’”
Lutfi went from being supportive one day, to being vicious the next, leaving voicemails saying “I love you, man. I love you to death,” to “You’re a worthless motherf***er,” and writing “Everybody hates you,” suggesting that Haines should just kill himself: “Seriously, sleeping pills, LOTS of them … ”
With Ken Dungey’s help, Danny was able to get away from Lutfi, however, the emotional blackmail continued.
He e-mailed naked photographs of Haines to his family, friends, colleagues and employer. Then he texted and called incessantly, telling Haines he hoped his sister would be “raped to death,” according to the restraining order. In an e-mail about Haines’s mother (“that Mormon bitch”), Lufti wrote, “I hope Satan devours her flesh and bones,” and said he looked forward to the day when he would “piss on burial.”
Haines’ restraining order is one of at least three issued against Sam Lutfi which document his violent behavior.
Britney’s parents, Jamie and Lynne Spears, have both expressed concern about Sam Lutfi’s involvement in their daughter’s life, and have urged Haines to go public with his story.
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