A Brit Knee Memory Problem
 

Oops. Britney Spears' bad memory may have cost her a cool $10 million.

The "Toxic" singer sued eight insurance companies for refusing to reimburse her $9.8 million for her canceled Onyx Hotel Tour last year. The suit was filed Friday in New York State Supreme Court.
The insurers, seven of which are based in London and the other in Paris, are balking at paying the claim because Spears forgot to check a box on a standard insurance form regarding preexisting injuries.

Apparently, Spears didn't recall that she had knee surgery five years prior to embarking on the tour, described in court documents as "a highly crafted production which included the well known music and dancing of Spears, supported by elaborate costumes, complex choreography as well as cutting edge video production, lighting and other effects," according to court papers printed on the Website for Celebrity Justice, which first reported the suit.

Spears had to cancel the U.S. summer leg of the 82-date worldwide tour after blowing out her knee.

The 22-year-old's left knee went out during a show in Moline, Illinois, on Mar. 18, 2004. After missing a few dates, she finished the spring leg of the tour.

Then, on June 8, while filming the video for "Outrageous," she tweaked the knee again. The following day, she underwent arthroscopic surgery and then scrapped the remaining dates on the tour.

According to court documents, the insurers refused to make good on their policies (which set Spears back $1.3 million) because they claim Spears misled them about her bum knee. The blonde singer had forgotten to tell them about a previous surgery on her left knee in March 1999.

Spears' lawyers refer to the memory lapse as an "innocent omission." In the lawsuit, Team Spears says Brit was cleared before the tour by an independent doctor (who, for the curious out there, pronounced her "in sound health and free from disease" and "in a fit condition to tour"). Then, after tweaking her knee last spring, her lawyers say Spears was cleared by the insurers' doctor, who, the suit says, reported the new injury was not related to the old injury.

No immediate comment this weekend from either Spears' camp or the insurers.

The singer, who has fully recovered from her surgery, has been taking a brief hiatus from performing but is keeping herself plenty busy with other, non-court-related matters. Per a recent post on her Website, she directed and choreographed herself in the new video "Do Somethin' " off her Greatest Hits album and found time to decorate a room in her house for her new pet dog. She has begun work on her next album, tentatively titled The Original Doll, and is also reportedly masterminding hubby Kevin Federline's debut album. And, according to the New York Post, she's set to star in a TV ad for anti-acne cream.

Spears will also put in face time next Sunday at the Grammys, where "Toxic" is up for Best Dance Recording. :pimp

like she reallys need another 10 million

i bet it is support her new found coke habbit that her cracked out husband brought with him