LOS ANGELES, CA – After nearly 14 years of being held under the constraints of a conservatorship, 39-year-old pop star Britney Spears has been freed of said conservatorship following a Los Angeles judge’s termination of the previously court-ordered arrangement on November 12th.
Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Brenda Penny put an and to the conservatorship – effective immediately – that previously forced Spears to leave decisions related to her work, finances, and even who she could have contact with to her father and his team.
Spears’ attorney Mathew Rosengart said that “The time has come after more than a decade for the conservatorship to be terminated in its entirety.”
National interest over Spears’ conservatorship that spawned the “#FreeBritney” hashtag online can be traced back to the release of the documentary “Framing Britney Spears” that was released back in February of 2021.
The documentary shed extensive light on the control Spears’ father, Jaime Spears, had over her life and estimated net worth of $59 million since 2008. Spears had been fighting for years to end her conservatorship, but traction seemed minimal in her efforts until the public became both aware and heavily supportive of said effort.
Back in June of 2021, Spears made headlines during an emotional court hearing where she appeared virtually and called the constraints imposed by the binding conservatorship to be “demoralizing” and “embarrassing” when pleading with the Los Angeles County Superior Court to put a stop to the control exerted over her life.
“I just want my life back.”
It was during this June court appearance that the public learned just how far-reaching this conservatorship extended, noting that Spears wanted to be able to get married and have another child – but the conservatorship literally barred her from making a doctor’s appointment to have her IUD removed.
The pop star detailed the time she was forced to live in a Beverly Hills home that served as a rehab center for her purportedly failing a psych evaluation arranged by those maintaining the conservatorship, being under 24-hour surveillance – even while getting dressed – and denying her access to her money and phone.
Spears told the judge during that June hearing that “my dad and anyone involved in this conservatorship and my management who played a key role in punishing me, ma’am, they should be in jail.”
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— STEPHANIE K. BAER (@SKBAER) NOVEMBER 12, 2021
Following the news of Spears being released from her conservatorship on November 12th, a crowd that had been outside the courthouse in her support had erupted in cheers when the judge’s decision was announced.
