Apr 11, 2006 9:54 pm US/Eastern
Child Welfare Visits Spears' Home
LOS ANGELES (AP) ―
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Britney Spears and husband Kevin Federline (File)
AP
A sheriff's deputy joined child welfare officials during a weekend visit to the Malibu estate of pop singer Britney Spears, authorities said Tuesday.
There were no details about a possible investigation.
Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family Services officials asked the Lost Hills sheriff's station at about 1 p.m. Saturday for a deputy to accompany them to the Spears home, Lt. Debra Glaskides said.
"It's a very standard, routine patrol request," the lieutenant said. "We just roll out with them. We stood by, we took no action, no report or anything."
The Sheriff's Department said it was a DCFS matter and it couldn't release any information. The lieutenant said there may not even be a DCFS investigation, noting it may have been only a welfare check.
Louise Grasmehr, director of the Department of Children and Family Services, didn't return a telephone message left at her Los Angeles office. The department routinely refuses to discuss cases, citing confidentiality laws.
Telephone and e-mail messages left for Spears' New York publicist Leslie Sloan weren't returned.
In February, the Department of Children and Family Services visited Spears' home after publication of photographs showing Spears driving with her then-4-month-old son Sean Preston in her lap — rather than in a car seat as required by law.
The 24-year-old pop star later apologized, saying she did it because of a "horrifying, frightful encounter with the paparazzi."
The incident even caught the attention of U.S. Transportation Secretary Norman Mineta, who chided Spears during a Feb. 13 Philadelphia event marking Child Passenger Safety Week.
"Recent photos of Britney Spears driving with her infant son on her lap are troubling. And while Ms. Spears has acknowledged her mistake, her actions still send the wrong message to millions of her fans," Mineta said.
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