“I’m eloping with Sam,” pop tart Britney Spears defiantly shouted in a recent exchange with her ex-husband Kevin Federline. The singer spilled a secret scheme to run off to Las Vegas and marry shady friend Sam Lufti.

“[Sam] has a really bad reputation around Hollywood. He tries to pass himself off as a producer, but he hasn’t produced much. He’s always scheming to make a quick buck,” a source close to Spears reports to Star Magazine.

“Britney is completely under Sam’s spelll. It’s not like she hasn’t eloped before.”

(As you may recall, Brit married married childhood sweetheart Jason Alexander in a quickie Vegas wedding that was annulled fifty-five hours later.)

“Sam has wrapped Britney around his oily little fingers. She pays for his food, his bar and restaurant tabs and his clothing.”

“They begged her to at least get a prenup, but she didn’t seem to be listening.”