GABRIELLE - GABRIELLE: 'SPEARS NEEDS TO GET HELP'

Pop star GABRIELLE has accused BRITNEY SPEARS' family and friends of using the troubled singer as a cash cow. Spears' ex-husband Kevin Federline was awarded 'physical custody' of Sean Preston, two, and Jayden James, one, in a closed-court hearing on Monday (1Oct07). The latest blow comes after a series of personal disasters for the pop singer - and Gabrielle believes it time Britney escapes from her entourage. She says, "It's down to Britney. It seems her friends and family have used her as a cash cow. She has been allowed to fail because people are scared to tell her. "They need to push her back in the cupboard and get her well then she will return better than ever. There have been lots of examples of people making great comebacks."