Britney Spears and Sam Lutfi in early 2008

A "permanent" restraining order was issued against Britney's ex-manager Sam Lutfi yesterday by an L.A. judge. Lutfi is barred from contacting Spears and coming within 100 feet of her home, work, car, or family until April 28, 2012. A temporary restraining order was issued against Lutfi earlier this year. From E!:

The Spears camp, headed up by dad Jamie, has been looking to keep Lutfi out of Britney's life for nearly 15 months, since her father was appointed coconservator of her affairs and Lutfi admitted to medicating Britney by crushing up pills in her food.

Lutfi had originally agreed to lay low but ultimately fired back in February with a defamation suit, accusing the Spears family of dragging his name through the mud.

Amazing that Sam had the balls to sue for defamation after admitting that he used to medicate Britney by crushing up pills in her food. That'd be like Jeffrey Dahmer suing me for calling him a monster. I think you give up the right to be defamed once you've sauteed someone's heart in herbs and butter.

[WENN]