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Britney Spears files for divorce

Pop-star Britney Spears has filed for divorce from dancer husband Kevin Federline, court documents showed, ending a two-year tabloid guessing game over the teen-idol's stormy marriage.

Lawyers for the 24-year-old multi-millionaire cited "irreconcilable differences" as the reason Spears was seeking a divorce from Federline, 28, whom she married in 2004 after a whirlwind romance.

Spears, who shot to fame in the 1990s with a string of hits including "Oops I Did It Again," will seek custody of the couple's two baby children, documents filed with the Los Angeles Superior Court on Monday showed.

But sources told celebrity news website TMZ.com that Spears -- worth over 120 million dollars according to a 2004 Forbes survey -- was protected against a costly divorce settlement through an "iron-clad" pre-nuptial agreement.

A spokeswoman for Spears was not immediately available for comment as the bombshell development jostled for position with coverage of the US elections on television networks.

News of Spears' divorce came just one day after she made a surprise appearance on "The Late Show with David Letterman," where she laughed and joked with the veteran chat show host but gave no clue of the impending announcement.

Spears shot to superstardom in late 1998, with her smash hit debut album "Baby One More Time," which she followed with another chart-topping success the following year, "Oops!...I Did It Again."

According to Time magazine, Spears has sold over 76 million records worldwide and her 31 million albums sold in the US make her the eighth best-selling female artist in American music history.

Yet while Los Angeles-based Spears is idolised by many teenage fans, her personal life has become a favourite topic for debate from an insatiable entertainment media.

A much-publicised relationship and break-up with singer Justin Timberlake made her a prime tabloid target, and in January 2004 she attracted more headlines when she married childhood friend Jason Allen Alexander in Las Vegas, only to annul the union 55 hours later.

She married Federline three months after meeting him in 2004, but their relationship has been the subject of intense speculation in the celebrity press, with repeated reports the couple were planning to divorce.

In December 2005, Spears' spokeswoman Leslie Sloan denied reports that the couple were to split and that Federline was seeking a 125 million dollar divorce settlement.

"The story is untrue and hurtful," she said. "They are as normal as other couples. They fight, and they make up. They are fine and happy."

In June this year, the British edition of The National Inquirer was forced to issue an apology for two stories that cited unidentified friends of the couple as saying they were heading for divorce.

Spears also said in an interview with NBC that her marriage was in good shape, describing her relationship with Federline as "awesome" and blaming paparazzi for turning her into an "emotional wreck."

"He helps me. He has to. I'm an emotional wreck right now," Spears said, adding she believed the media wanted her marriage to collapse. "If they want it to fail, that's sad. I think everybody should be pro-love," she said.

But doubts about the couple's marriage persisted with tabloids painting Federline, a wannabe rapper, as a talentless gold-digger.

Spears was an enthusiastic cheerleader at Federline's debut public appearance as a rapper at a teenage awards ceremony in September, but the performance was ridiculed by music press.

2 babies later... and she barely now wants a divorce?

I feel for those poor children. I could care less about Britney and her stupidity.

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Britney Spears made headlines when she filed for divorce from her hubby of two years, Kevin Federline, on Tuesday. In the paperwork, Britney asks for the legal and physical custody of the couple's two sons, 1-year-old Sean Preston and nearly 2-month-old Jayden James, allowing Kevin reasonable visitation.

Now Britney's soon-to-be ex, who has now acquired the new moniker of FedEx, has counter-filed with the L.A. courts asking for sole custody of the two boys. Kevin has also requested that Britney provides him with spousal support, despite a rumored iron-clad pre-nup the two signed before their 2004 nuptials.

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Stephanie - I LOL'd at that too. I was laughing so much at the jokes so many people were making.

Kevin is so pathetic though, we all know he just wants those two kids so he can have more of Britney's money, same thing with the spousal support. If he geuninly wanted those kids, he would have also filed for sole custody of his two previous children with Shar Jackson, but since she doesnt have crap, he doesnt want those kids. Jayden and Sean are gold to him because of who their mother is.

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Dh has a friend at work who has a friend that works as a limo driver. He told Dh that 2 weeks ago they picked up K-Fed and his buddies, and then picked up a young girl shortly thereafter. They all F'd her in the limo (except the limo driver - he was left out). K-Fed is a cheating gold-digger and I hope he gets nothing. I honestly don't see what Britney saw in that guy.

Wendy - Oh yeah, I have no doubt that he cheated on her.

I wouldnt be surprised all the girls will pop up claiming he slept with them or who knows, since hes so good at knocking people up, those same girls will come out pregnant.

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It's a shame that that loser has such an easy time making babies and there's all the nice people on this site having trouble. i hope he had sense enough to use a condom - not just for pg, but for std's too.

Wendy - I thought the same exact thing.. its always easy for single women who dont want children or drug addicts to become pregnant but stable and happy couples always have the hardest time.

I wouldnt be surprised if he didnt give Britney something already.

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I sure hope he didn't. She's so young and has her whole life ahead of her. That would totally suck to have to live it with an incurable std. She's probably okay, and I hope she is more careful with her choices next time.