This September 29 the case of the guardianship of Britney Spears returns to the US courts. It will be a key audience to begin the process of finalizing the legal agreement that for more than 13 years controls the life of the singer.
After years of dispute, Jamie Spears, Britney’s father, surprisingly requested the end of the guardianship, which is expected to happen legally these days. At least let the instance begin.
At the same time, Britney got engaged to her boyfriend and Netflix, knowing that the case was returning to court (and to the media), premiered “Britney vs Spears”, where it is revealed that the singer has spent years seeking to recover her own guardianship in court, a process that occurred in parallel to her career.
In the documentary it is exposed that the father intervened the telephone and Britney’s bedroom as part of the actions as guardian of the $ 60 million inheritance from the singer.
It is unclear if Wednesday’s hearing in Los Angeles Superior Court will only discuss the case or if the judge, Brenda Penny, will make decisions immediately.
Mathew Rosengart, the singer’s attorney, wants Jamie Spears immediately removed as conservator and a transition period agreed to end the guardianship by 2022.
Britney’s father has controlled his daughter’s businesses since 2008, when he placed her under guardianship after a psychiatric collapse that led to hospitalization.
The guardianship he obtained allowed him to determine his personal, medical and financial matters.
The documents that have been revealed, some in the Netflix documentary, reveal that Spears had gone far beyond what was allowed, monitoring her daughter’s phone calls, emails and text messages, including messages with her previous attorney. .
In addition, he placed a listening device in his room.
Several of these revelations were made public earlier in the documentary of the New York Times, “Controlling Britney Spears”, published last week on the website of that medium and on FX.
Jamie Spears, for his part, says that what he did was within what authority as a curator allowed him.
The support of the public, under the hashtag #FreeBritneyNOW helped to expose the situation since in the last months some of the restrictions were relaxed.
Now the singer can drive her own car and has an iPad.
In early September, the pop star announced her engagement to 27-year-old Sam Asghari, her boyfriend and personal trainer of more than four years. They hope to get married after negotiating a prenuptial agreement.
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