Britney Arranges Annulment Hours After Wedding

[joeunderdog]

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Pop star Britney Spears (news) made arrangements to annul her Las Vegas marriage to childhood friend Jason Allen Alexander just hours after the two were wed in a chapel there on Saturday, friends and relatives said on Sunday.


George Maloof Jr., owner of the Palms Casino and Hotel, where Spears was staying over the New Year's Eve holiday and weekend, confirmed Spears and Alexander, both 22, were wed around 5 a.m. PST (8 a.m. EST/1300 GMT) on Saturday at a Las Vegas wedding chapel. He declined further comment.


However, a friend of Spears who spoke on the condition of anonymity, told Reuters that by late Saturday afternoon, all the annulment papers had been signed by both Spears and Alexander in the presence of an attorney, a notary public, Spears' brother Brian, her manager Larry Rudolph and Maloof.


The annulment papers were expected to be filed when the courts open on Monday morning, the friend said.


http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=638&ncid=762&e=1&u=/nm/20040105/en_nm/people_spears_dc

and they said it wouldn't last...

[rooboy]

1. America needs a REAL "defence of marriage" act...

so that the youth of today wouldn't feel sooooo disillusioned :):)

[yellowdog]

2. These people are just too freakin' weird.

Why does anyone give a damn about them???

[PartyPooper]

11. Celebrity worship.

That's why. Just ask Arnold, he'll tell ya'!

:eyes:

[BiggJawn]

3. So will they consumate the annulment, instead?

Celebrities...BAH!

[DS1]

4. 5 in the morning eh? Yeah, they're both early to bed, early to rise

That's the ticket!

[laruemtt]

5. and this should cause

a blip on my radar screen why exactly.

[soothsayer]

6. Yay! I win the "which celeb couple will break up in 2004" thread

as I was first in with britney and her new hubby!!

what do I win?

[truthisfreedom]

7. a copy of her latest record, apparently. download it free now that RIAA

has been blocked from subpoenaing ISPs.

[Dover]

8. I guess Madonna's kiss was wearing off. A new headline was in order.

What a repulsive narcisistic glamour culture. Tragically hip.

[PinkTiger]

9. Sounds like family interference.

I've known a lot of cases like this -- girl marries a guy the family doesn't approve of, and next thing you know, forced annullment. they are probably afraid he will get hold of her money.

[Gman]

10. Dennis Rodman and Carmen Electra did the same thing

although they weren't as quick. I think it took a couple of weeks to get the annulment filed. I don't remember which one wore the wedding dress.