Does father really know best? Not according to Christina Lutfi.

Who's that you may be asking. Ready for this six degrees of separation?

Christina is the sister of Sam Lutfi who was the former "manager" of Britney Spears. Got it?

O.K. let's move on.

Christina testified Wednesday that the pop singer said in recent months that she was afraid of her father and wanted help hiring her own lawyer. Attorneys for Spears’ father and conservatorship are seeking a long-standing restraining order against her brother who was a close confidant of the singer during her personal meltdown.

Christina said Brit told her that she was afraid of her father and needed her brother’s help to hire her own attorney. The 25-year-old was introduced as a surprise witness Wednesday, moments after a judge rejected a motion to dismiss the restraining order.

Christina said her brother gave her a prepaid cell phone, which she secretly gave to Spears at a hotel sauna, so that the two could contact each other. She said she repeatedly called the number, trying to make sure the singer was safe.