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Tarnished pop princess Britney Spears is back in rehab after angrily attacking a photographer's car with her umbrella after estranged husband Kevin Federline refused to let her see their two children.
Shortly before checking back into the Promises Malibu Treatment Centre for the third time in a week, Spears was pictured taking out her anger on a group of paparazzi, repeatedly spearing one photographer's SUV with her umbrella before being restrained by her mother and a bodyguard.
The centre specialises in treating drug and alcohol abuse. Her father, Jamie Spears, said his daughter was "a sick little girl".
She entered a rehab center in Antigua a week ago but left less than 24 hours later and flew back to the States, where she shaved her head, then went to get a series of tattoos.
She checked herself into the Malibu rehab centre but left within a few hours.
Spears and Federline currently share custody of their children, 5-month-old Jayden James and 17-month-old Sean Preston.
Spears reportedly flew into a rage after Federline refused to let her in to see her children and told her to go and seek treatment for her problems.
- HERALD ON SUNDAY
