(yahoo.com) - Britney Spears is reportedly at serious risk of losing custody of her two children, as early as this morning (September 17).
Gloria Allred, lawyer for Spears's ex-husband Kevin Federline, is bringing a "secret" witness to court at 8.30am Los Angeles time today for a closed hearing, which could see the removal of Jayden James and Sean Preston from Spears's care.
According to a report on Foxnews.com , the witness in question is a man who has had close observation of Spears with her children, and likely observations from him are that the toddlers witnessed drug use by Spears in their home.
The witness signed a declaration, effectively a written testimony, which was filed to Commissioner Scott Gordon, the judge in the case, who accepted the declaration and supposedly praised the work of Allred.
The witness will not have to testify in court unless Spears and her lawyers question the information in the declaration.
Spears and her team would have discovered the identity of the witness on Friday when the declaration was filed.
The witness will be with Allred when she goes to court to fight for Federline's custody of the kids this morning in Los Angeles.
Allred told Foxnews.com that despite that fact that he may be recognized as he enters the court, the witness is "not famous" and is "just someone who is concerned about the kids."
Meanwhile, reports that Spears would apologise at the Primetime Emmy's last night (September 16) proved unfounded. Rumors had been rife that Spears would appear live to address her disastrous performance at the MTV VMAs last week (September 9).