Britney Spears’ former confidante and self-professed manager failed to prove his libel and breach-of-contract claims against the singer’s parents and her caretakers, a judge who dismissed the case mid-trial has ruled.

A Los Angeles judge threw out a request for a new trial for an air charter service that was ordered to pay more than €12.5m for secretly videotaping Michael Jackson and his lawyers as the pop star was on his way to surrender on child molestation charges.