You’ve undoubtedly heard by now that Britney Spears officially lost custody of her boys to Kevin Federline. Yesterday afternoon the judge upheld an earlier ruling that K-Fed will have full custody, with visitation rights for Britney. She must be accompanied by a social worker whenever she is in the presence of her children, and she is allowed to see them about every other day.

While K-Fed showed up at court for the judge’s ruling wearing a suit (and an eyepatch for some unknown reason), Britney could not be bothered to turn up and just sent her lawyer. She was not required to attend, but it sent a final message to the judge that she really couldn’t give a shit if she received custody or not. She didn’t take a required drug test or produce a valid driver’s license at the judge’s request, and those two factors are said to have lost her custody, along with all the other ways she defied court orders.

There was an article in the National Enquirer this week that Britney even walked out right in the middle of a custody hearing on September 17 when things weren’t going well for her. She stormed out without permission, and K-Fed was able to tell the judge after she left that he was “worried about her, and that’s why he had to fight for the kids.”

People are speculating that she’ll go back to rehab, and there’s even talk that she’ll return to the tough as nails facility in the Caribbean, Crossroads, where she left after a day in February, promptly returning to California to shave her head. I really doubt that’s true, given how she professed that she was forced into the much more luxurious Promises rehab by her manager and family, and said afterwards that she never needed treatment.

There was a story that her assistant, Alli, quit yesterday, but they were seen out together last night so that seems to be false.

Last night Britney checked into the Beverly Wilshire Hotel wearing a rumpled silky flower-print tank and shorts combo with white peep-toe pumps and carrying a fuschia purse. She looked fug and oblivious as usual, courting attention at any cost.

It’s unknown what Britney will do next, but she’ll surely try to top herself in one way or another as she continues to spiral out of control.

There is news of a sex tape taken without her knowledge, and while I doubt that story I can’t help but think she wouldn’t mind if something like that got out. She’s getting plenty of attention now, but it never seems to be quite enough for her.

Thanks to WENN for these pictures of Britney yesterday.