Cape Town - Britney Spears has been granted a five-year restraining order against the former manager and friend Sam Lutfi.
In May the Toxic singer was granted a temporary order which with this new ruling has now been made permanent.
The order forbids the 44-year-old to make "disparaging public statements" about Britney or her family and to stay 200 yards away from her, reports CNN.
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