Los Angeles (CNN) -- Former manager Sam Lutfi claims Britney Spears' parents defamed, libeled and cheated him out of millions in a battle for control of the pop star and her career. A book written by Spears' mother painted Lutfi as a "predator" and a "Svengali" who kept Spears drugged and isolated her from her family so he could control her, his defamation lawsuit against the Spears family alleges. Lutfi is suing for millions in defamation damages and for money he said he's owed for being Spears' personal manager, a job he said he lost when a court appointed her father as her conservator four years ago.
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Sam Lutfi was ousted from Spears' life when her dad became her conservator
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Lutfi is suing for millions in damages and pay he says he's owed for being Spears' manager
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A book by Spears' mom painted Lutfi as a "predator" and a "Svengali," his suit says
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The Spears book caused him "hatred, contempt, ridicule and obloquy," Lutfi claims
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