2007 - Troubling Pop Princess Britney Spears!

2007

» January 5: The panty-less partying doesn't stop — nor do Spears' apologies. "Trust me, I get it," she writes. "I know I've been far from perfect" (see "Britney Tells Fans 'I Get It ... I Know I've Been Far From Perfect' "). Later that month, the couple agree to a temporary joint-custody arrangement which included a three-days-a-week visitation schedule for Federline.

» February 14: Britney checks into Crossroads Centre, a rehab facility on the Caribbean island of Antigua, only to check out a day later.

» February 16: Britney shaves her head in Sherman Oaks, California (see "Britney Spears Shaves Head, Gets Tattoo").

» February 20: Britney checks into Promises Malibu Alcohol and Drug Rehab Treatment Facility in Malibu, California, only to check out less than 24 hours later (see "Britney Spears Leaves Rehab; Federline Requests Emergency Hearing").

» February 22: Britney checks back into Promises, as Kevin asks the court for an emergency hearing to help sort out custody issues (see "Britney Back In Rehab Yet Again").

» March 20: Britney completes her program at Promises, as Kevin celebrates his 29th birthday (see "Britney Spears Leaves Rehab").

» March 29: Britney and Kevin reach a settlement "on all issues of their marriage and child custody," in which the couple are to split custody 50/50 (see "Britney Spears, Kevin Federline Reach Divorce Settlement").

» April 16: Britney fires her manager Larry Rudolph after mocking him in a paparazzi video. "Like, my management totally knew what they were doing when they sent me to rehab," she tells X-17's camera guy in a mock Valley Girl voice. Or was it her real voice?

» May 17: Britney fires bodyguard Tony Barretto for failing to pick up a hat. He later files a deposition in her child-custody case claiming to be witness to "nudity, drug use and safety issues" involving her kids.

» May 29: Britney posts her now-infamous "I was so lost" letter (see "Britney Spears Admits 'I Was So Lost' In Online Letter"). "Till this day I don't think it was alcohol or depression," she writes of her behavior prior to rehab. "I was like a bad kid running around with ADD. I had a manager from a long time ago try to come in and direct me and my life after I got my divorce ... I think it is actually normal for a young girl to go out after a huge divorce."

» June: Britney's personal publicist resigns.

» July 26: Britney takes the kids out of state (a no-no when it comes to the custody agreement), only to have a tussle with a paparazzo outside the Wynn hotel and casino in Las Vegas. Her bodyguard Cesar Julio Camera is later charged with battery in connection with the incident. Strangely enough, the only post on the singer's Web site for the month — and ever since — has been an apology to another paparazzo, one she attacked with an umbrella. The singer blamed her actions on a movie role. "I was preparing a character for a possible movie role where the husband doesn't play his part so they swap places," she writes.

» July 30: The divorce is finally made official ...

» August 2: ... but nothing is settled, as Federline's team starts to serve a series of subpoenas to Spears' friends and employees, starting with her assistant Alli Sims.

» August 6: Britney has a minor fender-bender when she hits a parked car. Well, minor except for the fact that she doesn't have a driver's license in the state of California, and she leaves the scene — while being photographed and videotaped.

» September 9: Britney performs on the VMAs, while Kevin throws a birthday party for the kids.

» September 17: A Los Angeles judge orders Britney to do random drug testing, counseling and parenting classes as he evaluates the couple's opposing custody wishes (see "Britney Spears Must Undergo Regular Drug Testing, Parenting Classes In Custody Case"). Kevin is also ordered to take parenting lessons. Britney swaps lawyers.

» September 18: Britney parts company with her management and swaps lawyers once again.

» September 21: Britney is charged with two misdemeanor counts of hit and run causing property damage and driving without a valid license (see "Britney Spears Charged With Two Driving-Related Misdemeanors"). She continues to drive anyway, and is photographed and videotaped driving with the kids in the car.

» October 1: A Los Angeles judge orders Britney to give the kids to Kevin, by Wednesday, at least temporarily.

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