Thursday, September 9, 2010

Security Guard Sues Britney Spears For Sexual Harassment; Spears Camp, K-Fed Hit Back

  LOS ANGELES, Calif. -- Britney Spears is being sued by a man who she sexually harassed when he served as a security guard for the pop star earlier this year.
In the lawsuit, filed on Wednesday in Los Angeles Superior Court, Fernando Flores, claims he was hired in February 2010, and the alleged sexual harassment on the part of the singer started almost immediately.


However on Thursday morning, a statement on behalf of Spears was posted on her website, calling the lawsuit an "unfortunate situation" and suggested Flores was trying to "make a name for himself."
"This lawsuit is another unfortunate situation where someone is trying to take advantage of the Spears family and make a name for himself," the statement read. "The Department of Children and Family Services conducted a proper investigation surrounding Mr. Flores' accusations and have closed the case without any further action. Ms. Spears and her attorneys have every expectation that this matter will be dismissed by the courts."


As for the suit, Flores claimed in his graphic court filing that he found Spears unclothed on multiple occasions.
In one instance, Flores claimed that during a Saturday day shift, Spears ordered him to "knock on her bedroom door in 15 minutes and to not be late."
Flores claims that when he went to the door, he "found... Spears standing in her bedroom completely nude." Flores went on to claim that "after an awkward silence, during which [Spears] just stood naked" before him, he asked "if she needed anything." "After some hesitation... Spears asked [him] to get her two bottles of 7 Up."


On another alleged occasion, Flores claimed Spears was sporting a "see-through white lace dress and nothing else" and while bending down to pick up her lighter, she exposed "her bare genitals" within his "view."
He also claimed Spears "engaged in numerous sex acts in front of" him.


Flores said he reported the incidents to his management, "but his complaints were ignored or mocked, and no action was taken to rectify the situation."
In July, Flores filed a complaint with the California Department of Fair Employment and Housing.
A message left for Sam Ingham, the court-appointed attorney representing Spears in her conservatorship on Wednesday evening by Access Hollywood, was not immediately returned.
On Thursday, Spears' ex-husband, Kevin Federline came to the pop star's defense, and suggested that Flores' suit was based on financial reasons.
"He is satisfied that the allegations are a product of economic motives," Mark Vincent Kaplan, K-Fed's lawyer told the AP. "They are as baseless as they seem."

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