Britney Spears vs. Sam Asghari: A Tale of Two Divorce Lawyers

To borrow an expression from Britney Spears, the most high-profile celebrity divorce of the year may prove to be a media “circus.”

Earlier this week, Spears’ husband of 14 months, personal trainer and fitness model Sam Asghari, filed for divorce from the pop star, citing irreconcilable differences. While Asghari made an appeal for gentle treatment—“asking for privacy seems rediculous [sic] so I will just ask for everyone including media to be kind and thoughtful,” he wrote on Instagram—it’s a foregone conclusion that the lawyers retained by the former spouses will be anything but laissez-faire in the legal fight to come.

The swords have already been drawn, at least on Asghari’s side. According to divorce papers obtained by The Daily Beast, he’s asking for attorney fee coverage and spousal support from Spears. The papers also stress that he “has yet to determine the full nature and extent of the separate property assets and obligations of each party,” and that there are “various items of community and quasi-community assets and debts, the full nature and extent of which are unknown to [Asghari] at this time.”

Read more at The Daily Beast.