In a strange twist to the LeAnn Rimes’  Twitter lawsuit  , an attorney representing teacher Kim Smiley and her daughter Lexi has dropped them as clients, petitioning the court to allow his release from the case, Breaking Celebrity News is reporting exclusively.

Attorney Kenneth Freundlich first attempted to get Smiley to sign a form allowing him to withdraw from representing her. When Smiley refused, he filed a motion in Los Angeles Superior Court and the judge granted his request.

“That’s highly unusual,” one source told Breaking Celebrity News. “Usually a lawyer and client agree to separate and the lawyer doesn’t have to ask the court to let him out.” But Breaking Celebrity News