An illness apparently prevented Britney Spears from giving a court-ordered deposition in her ongoing custody trial at an attorney's office. When the singer didn't show, the lawyer started without her, taking testimony from the singer's former assistant Alli Sims and ex-manager Larry Rudolph, among others. The lawyers says, "I was told of a general (medical) condition, and Spears felt she couldn't attend."
A new date for Spears' deposition has been chosen, but not made public.
The attorney is hoping to determine whether Spears drinks alcohol or uses drugs in front of her young children.
