Britney back in unwanted spotlight
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2006-04-12 09:51
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Britney and her son
Britney Spears has come under renewed scrutiny from Los Angeles child-welfare officials.
At least one social worker, accompanied by deputies, visited Spears' Malibu home Saturday afternoon, L.A. County Sheriff's Lieutenant Debra Glafkides said Wednesday.
The call was rather prompted after the pop star's seven-month-old son was diagnosed with a skull fracture, Star magazine reported Wednesday.
A call seeking comment from Spears' publicist was not returned.
The sheriff's department could confirm only that its deputies went to Spears' home to "keep the peace," as Glafkides put it, while the L.A. County Department of Children and Family Services conducted its business. For their part, the deputies didn't take any action or write any reports, she said.
The Department of Children and Family Services could not be reached for comment.
Per the Star, Spears' baby, Sean Preston, was injured Mar. 31 in a high chair mishap while in the care of his nanny in California. Spears and her husband, aspiring rapper Kevin Federline, were in Dallas at the time, the tabloid said.
Last Friday, the Star said, a CAT scan revealed Sean Preston had sustained a "minor skull fracture and a blood clot." As is the routine, the magazine reported, the head-injury diagnosis was red-flagged by child welfare officials, and an inquiry opened.
In February, the Department of Children and Family Services dispatched sheriff's deputies to Spears' home after photographers caught the singer in the act of driving with her young son on her lap, the boy unbuckled and unrestrained.
Initially, Spears said she acted "instinctively" in order to get her baby away from prying paparazzi. Later, she admitted that she "made a mistake."