
What happened before Britney Spears' father's role as conservator was suspended? Her highs and, more specifically her lows, including mental health battles, have been chronicled in detail and she has faced a barrage of harassment ever since.Īs the legal row over her estate, income, career and social comings and goings has escalated and a viral #FreeBritney social media campaign has been taking place in the background (with celebrities like Madonna, Justin Timberlake and Christina Aguilera supporting her), we've broken down the need-to-know details of the conservatorship. Since she burst onto the music scene at 16-years-old with 'Hit Me Baby One More Time', Spears has been one of the most-watched, written about and discussed women of the past 30 years. However, on July 12, legal papers appeared to show that he had agreed to step down while hitting out at 'unjustified attacks' thrown his way.Īfter years of the arrangement being shielded from the public, the legal case coincided with the release of a New York Times documentary examining the conservatorship earlier this year, which documented the singer's emergence as a teen pop sensation and the ruthless media scrutiny that the star was subject to in a pre #MeToo celebrity gossip industry. On February 11, 2021, a judge declared that her father Jamie would no longer be the sole conservator of her finances and instead, he would retain 50% control. Over the past year, Spears' conservatorship has been in and out of court. It's believed they went on holiday prior to the legal proceedings.

The BBCreports Judge Penny ruled that the singer's care be handed over to an accountant called John Zabel 'forthwith' as it 'is in the best interest of the conservatee'.Ī post shared by Britney Spears Spears nor her fiancé Sam Asghari attended the hearing. A separate conservatorship with an accountant, chosen by Spears' legal team, remains in place. In the court hearing in Los Angeles, Judge Brenda Penny ended the conservatorship between Spears and her father.

On Wednesday, September 29 a judge handed the role of Spears' conservator to an individual appointed by the singer, putting an end to over a decade of what Spears has claimed to be 'abuse' from her father.

Previously, the singer said she was on 'cloud nine' after her father's role as her conservator was finally been suspended after a 13-year-long battle. Meanwhile, the star's sister, Jamie Lynn, has hit out at accusations that she has not been vocal enough about the legal matter. Spears's mother Lynne has come out in support of her eldest daughter during the singer's public conservatorship battle. A post shared by Britney Spears this week, Rosengart has said he hoped the conservatorship would be fully terminated in November.
