Britney Spears Owes a Lot of Money for Questionable Standards of Legal Service We all know what's been happening with Britney Spears in recent times - the vast majority of her life seems to have adorned these very pages over the last couple of years. But no one seems to have put any real thought into how this has affected the girl on a financial level - yes, we'll all happily point out that she's gone mental, we'll laugh (and wince) when we see her ladybits on show in public and we'll wonder why she's such a glutton for punishment when she's rumoured to make a second appearance at the MTV VMAs. Then, when all the other news has run out, when she's calmed down and stopped being as mad, when the kids are safely hidden away with Kevin Federline, people start resorting to cold, hard figures. Namely the ones that say Britney Spears has spent around $700,000 on legal fees trying to get her kids back. Then the smirk about the situation fades and we are left feeling a bit bad for her again. She's got quite good at making us not take the piss out of her, actually. The crafty wench.