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"&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img alt=\"1017_lynne_spears_sam-lutfi_tmz\" src=\"http://ll-media.tmz.com/2012/10/17/1017-lynne-spears-sam-lutfi-tmz-2.jpg\" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Britney Spears&lt;/strong&gt;' mom&amp;#160;is afraid &lt;strong&gt;Sam Lutfi&lt;/strong&gt; will paint her an anti-Semite during their imminent trial&amp;#160; -- so she just got an order blocking him from making Jew-hating allegations ... TMZ has learned.&lt;strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The order stems from &lt;strong&gt;Lynne Spears&lt;/strong&gt; calling Sam Lutfi a \"Svengali\" in her book -- a name used to describe a person who controls others through deceitful means.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;But the word arguably has anti-Semitic roots as well, referring to the \"Wandering Jew\" character in Christian mythology.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Lynne was afraid Sam -- who is Jewish -- would run with the \"Svengali\" reference and use it to label her an anti-Semite during the defamation trial -- by calling an expert witness to testify about the anti-Semitic roots of the word.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Lynne filed papers asking the court to block Sam from calling such an expert witness -- and the judge signed off because it's not relevant and ridiculously prejudicial.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The case is currently mired in jury selection."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
<http://www.tmz.com/2012/10/17/lynne-spears-sam-lutfi-britney-spears-defamation-lawsuit-svengali-anti-semitic/>