Britney Spears Is Dating Manager Jason Trawick

Now that the queen of pop's comeback tour is in full swing, Britney Spears is starting to heat things up off-stage as well.According to E! Online, the star has secretly been on dates with her longtime talent manager, Jason Trawick, 37.A rep from the William Morris Agency, Trawick joined Spears on the first four shows of her Circus tour, but the two are supposedly getting cozy outside of work as well.

Though Trawick and Spears' rep declined to comment, Trawick's assistant at WMA confirmed that he had been traveling with Spears on the Circus tour and is now back in L.A.Another insider on the Spears team insists that the singer has a "close professional relationship"with Trawick and that it is "ridiculous"to suggest the pair is "romantic."Despite this, the pair have been spotted together several times over the previous years, including in May 2008 when they jetted to Mel Gibson's Costa Rica retreat and were photographed smiling and boogie-boarding at the beach.

Meanwhile, things for an ex of the "Womanizer" songstress are starting to look grim.Adnan Ghalib, the infamous paparazzi photographer and ex-boyfriend of the star, faces a jail sentence and could be deported to Afghanistan if he is found guilty of some assault charges, reports Britain's Daily Mail.The 36-year-old is charged with assault with a deadly weapon, hit-and-run and battery.Ghalib made headlines most recently when Jamie Spears, the pop star's father, decided to issue a restraining order against the pushy photographer.