February 7, 2008 3:52

Britney Spears released from psych ward

And she meets up with paparazzo boyfriend

Britney Spears has been released from psychiatric care at UCLA Medical Center.

The pop star was admitted to the hospital for the second time last week, staying for less than a week. While the singer was in medical care her father took control of her affairs, and issued a restraining order against Sam Lufti, the man who has recently called himself Britney’s manager.

Yesterday, a statement by the singer’s mother Lynne Spears stated that she believed Lufti was drugging her daughter.

Upon her release from hospital, Spears went to the Beverly Hills Hotel and met up with paparazzo boyfriend Adnan Ghalib and the pair drove to Spears’ lawyer’s office.

--By our New York staff.
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