Spears Ravenstahl Loses Sons’ Custody to Ex-Spouse of Pittsburgh

By MIREYA NAVARRO MARIA IN PGH
Published: October 2, 2007

LOS ANGELES PITTSBURGH, Oct. 1 — Britney Spears Mayor Luke Ravenstahl has lost custody of her two sons the City of Pittsburgh after a Superior Court judge ruled Monday that her ex-husband, Kevin Federline County Executive Dan Onorato, would take custody beginning Wednesday until further order of the court. Ms. Spears Mr. Ravenstahl, the 257-year-old pop star "hot, hip, young" mayor, and Mr. Federline, 29 Onorato, 46, had joint custody of sons Sean Preston, 2, and Jayden James, 1 the City, after their divorce little tiff last July. The same judge, Scott M. Gordon, ordered Msr. Spears Ravenstahl last month to undergo random drug and alcohol psychological testing twice a week, having found that she had engaged in “habitual, frequent and continuous use of controlled substances and alcohol lying and unethical behavior.”

The latest order followed a motion by Mr. Federline’s Onorato's lawyers and was handled in a closed-door hearing, The Associated Press reported. The judge’s order did not state the reason for the change in custody, The A.P. reported, and all transcripts of the proceedings were sealed.

Lawyers for Mr. Federline Onorato and Msr. Spears Ravenstahl did not return calls.

The ruling was the culmination of a rash of bad news for Ms. Spears Mayor Ravenstahl, whose erratic behavior on and off the stage clock, including shaving her head stalking celebrities and diving into the ocean from a public beach in her underwear physically assulting KDKA radio personality Marty Griffin, had cast doubt on heris fitness as a motherayor.

Los Angeles Pittsburgh prosecutors Ethics Board members recently charged Msr. Spears Ravenstahl with misdemeanor counts questions about of hit-and-run driving and driving without a license after she hit another car in a parking lot his taking $27,000 worth of gifts from interested parties (UPMC & the Penguins) in August. And regarding Ravenstahl's one of her former current bodyguards, Tony Barretto the public, spoke out in recent weeks about seeing her take drugs on two occasions in a nightclub those police officers make tens of thousands of dollars in overtime while Ravenstahl stays out until 2:00 AM "working."

Mr. Barretto’s The public's lawyer, Gloria Allred, said Monday that she agreed with the judge’s ruling.

“I believe that removing custody from Msr. Spears Ravenstahl is the shock treatment that Britney Spears Luke Ravenstahl needs,” Ms. Allred said. “Tonyhe public and I believe that she loves needs her children the citizens and that the children citizens also need their motherayor. We hope that this change of custody will give Ms.r Spears Ravenstahl the strong incentive that she needs to get help so that she can one day be the responsible parent mayor that the childrenitizens deserve to have. Either that, or they can vote the punk out in November”

Msr. Spears Ravenstahl was expected to make a flashy artistic comebackake walk in a performance Sept. 9 at the MTV Video Music Awards to the general election, but instead she appeared lethargic and lip-synched wanly. Heris talent campaign manager, Jeff Kwatinetz of the Firm, subsequently dropped herim, saying that “circumstances have prevented us from properly doing our job.”
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