Entertainment Desk: Following the ongoing battle of conservatorship, singer Britney Spears is to address the situation in Los Angeles court this Wednesday June 23.
Once a pop sensation, Spears has been undergoing a conservatorship for the past 13 years, as a result of which she has lost a majority of control of her financial, and other major life decisions.
However, following the release of the New York Times’ documentary, “Framing Britney Spears” and the #FreeBritney movement, the case of her conservatorship has been brought under a new light in court.
It all began when Britney was appointed her conservator in 2008 following her mental breakdown caught by the paparazzi, as the court believed her diminished mental capacity would render her unable to make financial decisions and life choices for herself.
Her father, James "Jamie" Spears, 68, was appointed her co-conservator back then along with lawyer, Andrew Wallet, who resigned in March 2019.
Jaime Spears however, continued being the sole conservator of estate and person until September 2019, when he stepped down as conservator of person while continuing controlling her estate.
After Jaime had to step down from his position due to assumed health-issues, judge-appointed Jodi Montgomery replaced him as Britney’s conservator to care for Britney Spears’ security, visitors and medical treatment.
During the November court hearings Britney Spears’ lawyer, Samuel Ingham told the court that the singer did not want to remain under her father’s protection and refused to perform again if he continues his control over her.
She even went forward and requested the resignation of her father as her conservator, seeking to permanently replace him with Montgomery.
Legal experts like Zoe Brennan-Krohn, a staff attorney in San Francisco with the Disability Rights Project of the ACLU, have weighed in on the issue of Britney’s conservatorship saying that it is “very easy to get into and extremely hard to get out of,’ with the core problem of the decision of imposing conservatorship lying in ‘stripping a person of all her civil rights and liberties,’
"It can seem to be a sort of benign process if the conservator is well-meaning. But even if it seems benign, the person does not have their rights about basic things." Brennan-Krohn added.
As of Wednesday’s case, no one knows what the singer plans to talk about as neither Britney nor her attorneys have mentioned anything. The court hearing is to be done via audio and/or video link even though the singer will be there in person. Britney is presenting at court after a year since May 2019, where her hearing was closed to the public with her testimony sealed.
Sunnews/NT
Copyright © Sunnews24x7Newsletter
Subscribe to our newsletter and stay updated.
