Britney Spears' former manager Sam Lutfi has hit back over the recent restraining order placed against him by the Spears family.

The manager - who has filed a lawsuit for defamation against the entire Spears clan after they accused him of drugging and manipulating Britney - says that he never attempted to sabotage the singer's conservatorship.

Following claims that Sam conspired with Britney's ex-boyfriend Adnan Ghalib to make contact with the singer through her hairdresser, Sam has spoken out. 

"I have not, in any alleged communications with Britney, her hairdresser or any other person, threatened any act of violence against Britney or her family," Sam said in a new court filing.

Sam's lawyer Bryan Freedman said, "I don't think anyone would want to have on public record allegations of behavior that weren't committed.

"A restraining order to is protect someone against stalkers and people who want to commit violence, and that description doesn't fit my client."

See a lost looking Britney in the days of Sam and Adnan below