Spears Needs Fewer Phones, or More Sleep

Nov 09, 07:52 AM

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By Solvej Schou

The Associated Press

LOS ANGELES

Britney Spears must provide a single, working telephone number to be called in for drug testing, a court commissioner ruled Thursday after her ex-husband's attorney said she has repeatedly failed to respond to calls for the court- ordered screenings.

Of the 14 such calls placed to Spears, she failed to respond eight times, Mark Vincent Kaplan, Kevin Federline's attorney, told Superior Court Commissioner Scott Gordon earlier in the day.

Spears' lawyer, Anne Kiley, argued that Spears hadn't responded within an hour, as ordered , because she was sleeping and asked that she be given a six-hour time-frame instead. But Gordon said time wasn't the problem, noting Spears had lost and changed telephone numbers.

Federline has temporary custody of children Sean Preston, 2, and Jayden James, 1, because Spears has defied court orders.

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