A judge has ruled that a story claiming Britney Spears and husband Kevin Federline made a sex tape was not defamatory, saying the star had put her sexuality “squarely and profitably” in the public eye.

Pop star Britney Spears saw her libel challenge against a US magazine dismissed yesterday when a judge ruled a report about her sex tape wasn't defamatory.

A Californian judge threw out an arrest warrant after Courtney Love appeared in court on a drugs charge.