Friday, September 19, 2008

Britney Spears Driven to Trial...Almost


We're guessing this wasn't the kind of Circus Britney Spears was thinking of while plotting her vaunted comeback.

A Los Angeles judge today set an Oct. 15 trial date for Spears for driving with an invalid license, E! News confirms.

But there's a chance that trial may yet be averted, with one last preliminary hearing scheduled for Oct. 8 for prosecutors and the pop tart's lawyers to reach a compromise in the case.

Spears' attorney Michael Flanagan tells E! that the judge has pushed the proceedings to next month to allow more time for all sides to consider their options: go to trial, cut a deal or reduce the misdemeanor charge to a vehicular infraction—the last of which Flanagan has always considered a no-brainer.

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