Spears defends baby car photos

Pop star Britney Spears has defended photos of her holding her baby son on her lap while driving, saying she was trying to escape the paparazzi. The singer issued the statement after several photos of the incident were circulated on the internet. "I instinctively took measures to get my baby and me out of harm's way, but the paparazzi continued to stalk us," Spears said. The photos (that you see one of them here) how Spears driving in traffic with one arm round Sean on her lap, rather than strapped into a baby car seat, while a passenger sits next to them. In her statement, Spears described the moments when the photographs were taken as a "horrifying, frightful encounter".