Britney’s Overdose, As Told By Her Bodyguard
Boy, howdy. If Britney wasn’t in trouble before, she is now. (How many times in a month can I say that? It seems like something new has been coming to light each day about Britney, and I don’t know what percentage of these rumors are true, but there are A LOT of them.)
This time, it came by word from Britney Spears’ former bodyguard, Tony Barretto. He gave a statement to “News Of The World? (Uh, how much was he paid for that “statement”?) accusing Britney with some serious allegations. Namely, that he believes Britney was under the influence of drugs and alcohol while with her children. (Which may be a contributing factor to the judge’s ruling last week.)
A Portion of Tony Barretto’s statement according to NewsOfTheWorld.co.uk:
“She went on a date with musician Day, 26—who she’d met in rehab—telling her worried protection team she didn’t need them. We did security checks on Howie and told her he was trouble. But she ignored us.
“Hours later hysterical Britney called aides, claiming Day was refusing to let her leave their hotel room. She said she wanted to cancel the tour. She was very confused. We asked her if she was OK and reminded her she had a show to do. Then Howie came on the phone and started arguing with us. We knew we had to get to her fast.”
According to Tony’s testimony, he raced to LA’s plush Mondrian Hotel with another bodyguard and Britney’s best friend (and personal assistant) Alli Sims. When they got to their room they found the door open and an “appalling” scene inside.
Tony said: “We could see Britney all red-eyed from crying. Howie was lying in his boxers asleep on the bed. The hotel room was trashed.
“There were half-eaten plates of food everywhere. There were blankets all over the floor, clothes strewn everywhere. The trash was emptied everywhere over the floor.
“The entire place was littered with empty beer bottles and liquor bottles, small glasses of ice and cigarette butts everywhere.
“On the surface of the dresser, I could see mounds of white powder and a straw on top. I suspected it was cocaine or powdered methamphetamines.
“By the side I spotted a glass pipe, which I knew from my drugs training was often used with crystal meth.?
(NOTE: From what I understand, crystal meth has similar effects to amphetamine and ecstasy. Overdosing can cause heart failure.)
Tony went on: “I couldn’t believe what I was seeing.”
AND THERE’S MORE. Read it at Newsoftheworld.co.uk.
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September 25th, 2007 at 3:42 pm
This bodyguard is a real sleeze. If he was really concerned for Britney or the kids he would have intervened earlier, or only discussed this in court, not blather to the news media.
I’m really feeling sorry for Britney now. And I worry for her well being. If this keeps up I’m afraid she’ll end up either dead or too damaged to come back to the top again.
September 27th, 2007 at 8:12 am
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September 27th, 2007 at 5:31 pm
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