Britney Spears has turned to California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger in a bid to get herself an attorney, it’s claimed.

A U.S. website is reporting that her self-proclaimed manager, Sam Lutfi – who incidentally has a restraining order out against him, preventing him from coming anywhere near the singer -  contacted Arnie’s former publicist to seek help with her legal woes.

A source “with firsthand knowledge of the conversation” tells Gatecrasher: "Britney says her civil rights have been violated and she wants to talk to Arnold about it."

According to the insider, "She wants the governor to look into why she can't get an attorney. Sam was chewing on his dinner while he was saying all this into the phone."

Apparently Lutfi refused to give out Brit’s number but “wanted Schwarzenegger to call him, and he said he'd hand Britney the phone."

This week Brit’s legal team applied for the second time to withdraw as her counsel in her ongoing custody battle with ex-husband, Kevin Federline.

The troubled singer is said to view her inability to keep a lawyer for more than five minutes as a "civil rights" issue and not "an absolute nightmare to deal with" issue.