A court commissioner has awarded sole custody of Britney Spears' two young sons to ex-husband Kevin Federline. He has also suspended the troubled US pop star's visitation rights. Los Angeles commissioner Scott Gordon issued a ruling the day after Spears was hauled away from her home to a hospital by paramedics after police had to intervene when she refused to return the children to Federline after a court-monitored visit.
Mr Gordon ordered another hearing to be held on January 14. Federline had previously been awarded temporary custody of two-year-old Sean Preston and one-year-old Jayden James because Spears has defied court orders, resulting in limitations on her visitation.
"I'm not happy about any of these events," Federline's attorney Mark Vincent Kaplan said when he left a closed-door emergency hearing on Friday afternoon.
"There's no winners here." Mr Kaplan said Federline was not in court for the hearing. The 26-year-old pop star remains in hospital. Her latest troubles began late Thursday when officers were called to her home to help resolve a dispute over her refusal to turn the children over to Federline as dictated by their custody agreement. It took two to three hours to resolve the conflict, said officer Ana Aguirre.
Early police reports said officers thought Spears might have been under the influence of some substance but Ms Aguirre said there was no evidence of that.Metro
