What's happening is Britney's old manager, Sam Lutfi, is charging her mother Lynne with something and he wants Britney to give a deposition. Britney's parents, however, are refusing to fulfill this request because they maintain their daughter is "mentally incapable" of testifying. As a result, Lutfi filed some paperwork with the Los Angeles Superior Court that requests a judge order Britney to undergo some psychiatric evaluations to prove that she is capable of making a statement in court. And as evidence of Britney having the ability to testify, he cites an interview that was between Ryan Seacrest and Britney that took place in March. Lufti took tapes of the interview to UCLA Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Joshua Pretsky, and asked him to examine Britney's remarks. Pretsky determined Britney's responses to questions as exhibiting "logical thinking and mental competency."
