After trying to avoid the inevitable, Britney Spears’ former manager Osama Lutfi was finally slapped with the restraining order obtained by the troubled singer’s parents. Moreover, a federal judge just extended the order by nearly a month, as the initial one was supposed to expire on Friday.

In court papers, Jeffrey Wexler, an attorney for the singer's father, James Spears, wrote that "after three weeks of apparently evading service," Lutfi was served at 11 a.m. outside his Los Angeles apartment. Investigators had spent more than 200 hours trying to locate him.

Lutfi must now stay 250 yards away from Britney, and is not allowed to contact by phone or email, at least until March 17, US District Court Judge Philip Gutierrez said. The order is temporary and can be extended further after a March 17 court hearing.

The restraining order was required by Jamie Spears after he was awarded conservatorship over his daughter's affairs following her last hospitalization.

"Mr. Lutfi has drugged Britney. He has cut Britney's home phone line and removed her cell phone chargers. He claims to control everything," the order alleged.

Last week, a mystery attorney claiming to be representing Spears and supposedly linked to Lutfi, filed a motion seeking to have Britney's conservatorship case moved to federal court. Lutfi's publicist filed the petition on behalf of the New York-based lawyer Jon Eardley.

The complaint alleged Britney's civil rights had been trampled by the court's refusal to properly investigate her family's claims that she's unfit to manage her finances, choose what company to keep and make various other decisions regarding her welfare.

On Wednesday, Judge Gutierrez ordered Eardley to clarify his reasons why Britney’s conservatorship case belongs in federal court, also indicating that not all necessary supporting documents were submitted. He has until February 29 to come up with the necessary proof.

However, just in case he succeeds, Jamie Spears' camp, arguing that Britney isn't capable of hiring counsel and, therefore, Eardley is "an attorney without a client," filed a motion Tuesday objecting to Lutfi & Co.'s "brazen, but vain, attempt to strip a probate court of jurisdiction before it could enter Orders" prolonging the conservatorship.