MALIBU, Calif. - Child welfare officials and a sheriff's deputy visited
Britney Spears' home because her infant son was accidentally dropped from a high
chair, People Magazine and the Los Angeles Times reported.
Six-month-old Sean Preston fell April 1 as his nanny was lifting him from the
high chair and something in the chair snapped, People said Wednesday on its Web
site. The infant slipped from her arms and fell, bruising his head on the floor,
the magazine said.
Though a doctor examined the baby at the house, Spears and husband Kevin
Federline took the baby to the emergency room to have him examined six days
later, the report said.
Spears' attorney, Martin Singer, said in a statement that the hospital made a
report to the Department of Children and Family Services as required by state
law.
"DCFS immediately responded and determined there was no problem and no reason
to open a formal investigation. They determined that the parents weren't
involved in the injury and nothing was improper within the home," he said.
The Los Angeles DCFS and the Lost Hills sheriff's station declined to give
details of Saturday's visit, and would not say if there was an ongoing
investigation. DCFS public-affairs director Louise Grasmehr didn't return a
phone message left Tuesday at her Los Angeles office. The department routinely
refuses to discuss cases, citing confidentiality laws.
"It's a very standard, routine patrol request," Lt. Debra Glaskides said
Tuesday. "We just roll out with them. We stood by, we took no action, no report
or anything."
In February, DCFS visited Spears' home after publication of photographs
showing the 24-year-old singer driving with then 4-month-old Sean Preston in her
lap, rather than in a car seat as required by law.
Spears later apologized, saying she did it because of a "horrifying,
frightful encounter with the paparazzi."