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Britney Spears’ father again calls for his daughter’s conservatorship to be terminated ASAP
By Chris Cooke | Published on Wednesday 3 November 2021
Britney Spears’ father Jamie has filed new legal papers again asking for his daughter’s long-running conservatorship to be terminated. Spears Senior wants the legal arrangement that has controlled his daughters affairs for thirteen years to end as soon as possible, insisting he isn’t making any demands that could delay termination.
The conservatorship that has controlled Britney’s career and personal life for thirteen years was put in place in 2008 following the musician’s very public mental breakdown. Jamie played a key role in running the legal arrangement for most of that time as his daughter’s conservator. However, he temporarily stood down due to ill-health, and on his return it started to become clear that Britney was not happy with her father running her affairs.
A subsequent legal back and forth led to Britney delivering a headline-grabbing testimony in court in which she was incredibly critical of the conservatorship in general and her father in particular. Various people involved in the conservatorship then resigned, including Britney’s court-appointed attorney.
The lawyer she hired in his place, Matthew Rosengart, then began making various demands, calling for the conservatorship to ultimately be terminated, and – in the meantime – for Jamie to be urgently removed from his role as conservator of Britney’s estate, claiming that there was “evident and ongoing” mismanagement of the pop star’s finances.
Jamie initially resisted calls for him to resign, but then said he would step down from the conservatorship when the time was right, insisting a smooth transfer was required to any new conservator. And then, out of the blue, in early September Jamie filed new legal papers calling for the entire conservatorship to be terminated.
Rosengart welcomed that development, but also argued that Jamie should still be removed as conservator as soon as possible, even while work began to end the entire conservatorship. The judge overseeing the whole thing ultimately agreed that Jamie continuing as his daughter’s conservator was no longer tenable, formally removing him from his role within the conservatorship in late September
Prior to that decision, Jamie argued that his removal was a distraction, and that Rosengart and the court should be focusing on terminating the conservatorship. In the new legal papers, Jamie confirms that he still wants the conservatorship to be terminated without delay, insisting that he isn’t causing any hold ups in that domain. That follows claims that Jamie and his advisors were seeking a final payment of $2 million from the conservatorship.
According to Fox News, the new legal filing states: “Jamie unconditionally loves and supports his daughter. Full stop. As he has done for her entire life, Jamie will do everything he can to protect and care for her. For the last thirteen years, that included serving as her conservator. Now, it means ending her conservatorship”.
“Jamie sees no reason why the conservatorship should continue for any amount of time and asserts he has no interest in the conservatorship continuing”, the filing adds. “Jamie does not seek to and will not serve as conservator again. Jamie already petitioned this court to terminate the conservatorship and has offered to stipulate to its immediate termination without reservation or exception”.
“Accordingly, Jamie hereby affirms his request to terminate the conservatorship and his willingness to stipulate to the same. To be clear, this request is not subject to any caveat. Jamie does not make this request subject to a demand for releases or compensation – it is unconditional”.
Jamie’s new filing also again denies any wrong-doing or mismanagement on his part regarding the conservatorship, adding that he supports complete transparency regarding how things have been run over the years. “Jamie has nothing to hide regarding his administration of Britney’s estate and will therefore hide nothing”, the filing goes on.
“Indeed, Jamie believes that every aspect of the conservatorship should be made available for public examination – not the targeted leaks and misinformation that have resulted in such tabloid fodder. Accordingly, Jamie affirms that he will unconditionally cooperate in transferring all files regarding the estate to Britney’s counsel without delay”.
As reports on this latest development in the winding down of her conservatorship began to circulate, Britney took to Instagram to confirm she was smiling knowing that the legal arrangement that has controlled her life for so long was now very close to ending. In the since deleted Instagram post, she also blamed her mother for the creation of the conservatorship in the first place.
According to Page Six, the post read: “My dad may have started the conservatorship thirteen years ago, but what people don’t know is that my mom is the one who gave him the idea. I will never get those years back. She secretly ruined my life. And yes I will call her and [business manager] Lou Taylor out on it. So take your whole ‘I have NO IDEA what’s going on’ attitude and go f–k yourself! You know exactly what you did. My dad is not smart enough to ever think of a conservatorship”.
