Britney Spears has been frantically texting her paparazzo ex, Adnan Ghalib, despite a restraining order that’s supposed to bar him access to her for the next three years.

According to insiders, the “Womanizer” star has sent the British photog a series of text messages in the past week begging him to help her get out of living under the control of her father.

“She keeps sneaking messages to Adnan begging him to help her win back her freedom,” says a source with The Sun.

The spy adds, “She says she is lonely and misses being able to date the men she chooses. She feels trapped. She has been begging him to meet her and help her come up with a plan to get out of her dad’s conservatorship. Some messages have got back to her via her hairdressers and style team – but Adnan cannot contact her otherwise he will face jail.”

Adnan is currently facing criminal charges–and deportation–stemming from a January hit and run of a process server who was trying to present him with an order to keep away from Spears.