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.

Afghan photographer Adnan Ghalib has been ordered to stay away from Britney Spears for the next three years…..

A Los Angeles judge has issued a permanent restraining order against the pop tart’s former boyfriend, who is currently awaiting trial on charges that he mowed down a process server with his car after the city worker tried to present him with a temporary order of protection barring him access to Spears.

Adnan Ghalib, the celebrity photographer who briefly dated pop star Britney Spears in 2008, faces the threat of deportation to his war-torn native Afghanistan if found guilty of hit and run.

Adnan, currently out on bail, will appear in an Los Angeles court on April 2 to face charges of assault with a deadly weapon, battery, and hit-and-run. The charges stem from a Feb. 11 incident when Adnan allegedly ran over a court server who was attempting to serve him with a restraining order filed by Britney’s father Jamie.

A Los Angeles police insider says: “The country of citizenship listed on the legal files is where someone convicted of a serious crime will be deported to whether they hold a green card or not.”

“There is some confusion on his court documents over where he comes from. Some list the country as Afghanistan, but another states his nationality as British.”

Britney’s ex is going to the pokey.

Adnan Ghalib, Britney Spears’ paparazzo ex-boyfriend, has been charged with felony assault with a deadly weapon and hit-and-run, the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s office confirmed on Tuesday.

The charges stem from a January 30 incident at his Encino apartment complex, when the photographer allegedly “rammed” his car into a man attempting to serve him with a restraining order obtained by Britney’s father, Jamie Spears.

“The victim was allegedly serving a temporary restraining order obtained by Spears’s father on paparazzi photographer Adnan Ghalib’s Encino apartment complex. Ghalib allegedly got into his car and drove it toward the victim,” according to a statement from the DA’s office.

“To avoid being penned against a trash truck, the victim allegedly jumped on the hood of Ghalib’s Mercedes and hung on as the defendant swerved the car. The victim later fell off, breaking his wrist and sustaining other injuries. The defendant allegedly drove away without stopping,” the statement continued.

If convicted, Adnan Ghalib faces up to seven years in prison.

Maybe someone should tell Adnan Ghalib that he’s no longer dating Britney Spears. The shady paparazzo believes that he is still in a relationship with the pop star.

The British-Afghan met the singer in December 2007 and the two dated until the singer’s emotional breakdown last Spring.

According to Heat Magazine, the photog was recently overheard telling friends that he is Britney’s boyfriend, despite the fact that the singer obtained a restraining order against him just two weeks ago.

“I still love Britney. I’m her boyfriend,” Adnan told a pal. “Britney has a beautiful soul. We share something really special. The truth about us will come out eventually, but it’s not for me to talk about. I love her.”

Britney Spears has obtained a restraining order against former manager Sam Lutfi and ex-boyfriend Adnan Ghalib, TMZ reported on Friday.

According to a spy for the celebrity gossip site TMZ that Britney has told her conservators to “protect” her from the two men, who were associated with the singer during her emotional breakdown last year.

Britney Spears’ photographer ex-boyfriend has blasted a report that he is trying to sell a sex tape featuring the star.

Adnan Ghalib is threatening legal action against Britain’s Heat Magazine, who reported earlier this week that paparazzo had confessed to taping himself having sex with Britney during a vacation in Mexico last Spring.

“There is no sex tape and I’ve never claimed there is one,” Adnan emphatically told Star Magazine on Wednesday.

“I don’t know where these quotes I’m supposed to have said have come from. What I do know is they certainly didn’t come from me and they are completely false. I’m extremely upset and distressed and I’m taking legal action… This story has caused a lot of hurt to my family and people close to me.
There is no sex tape. That is the end of the matter.”

“Her lawyers have been working overtime. They’ve been told to do whatever it takes to stop the video making it onto the Internet,” says a source for The Sun.

In an weekend interview with Britain’s Heat Magazine, the sleazy photog, who briefly dated Spears earlier this year, confirmed reports that he videotaped himself doing the mattress mambo with the troubled singing star while the two vacationed in Mexico last Spring.

“There is such a tape,” he says, “But I won’t discuss prices for hypothetical inquiries.”

“Unless there is a locked-in deal, I will go no further. I am not interested in selling out any other details about Britney.”