Britney Spears' father spent more than 1.5 million euros from his daughter on her defense to maintain guardianship
The singer's administrator assures that not all the expenses that have been requested from Jamie Spears, who controls the artist's assets, "have been approved."
In Britney Spears' struggle to regain control of her life and get rid of the guardianship imposed 13 years ago - and held by her father - the singer's administrator, Jodi Montgomery, seems ready to continue fighting the battle next to the artist. This Friday Montgomery presented some documents in which he has attacked the artist's father, Jamie Spears, assuring that it is "ironic" that his father "wants the guardianship to 'reflect his wishes' [in reference to the pop singer], and it's no secret that Mrs. Spears has wanted her father out of her life for years.
" This is collected by the American website TMZ, which has had access to the documents presented by Montgomery's lawyer, Lauriann Wright, and other media such as the British Daily Mail and People. According to the brief, Jamie Spears spent "more than two million dollars from his daughter" (about 1.7 million euros) in his own defense to retain command of the guardianship.
In his allegation, presented in front of a court in Los Angeles, California, Montgomery denies that she is making decisions without having Jamie Spears, as he suggests, since all those that involve the use of the singer's funds go through him and that "everything costs money." “Expenses cannot be made without going through Mr. Spears,” he continues in the document, adding: “Not all requested expenses have been approved, which has raised some of the concerns raised by Mrs. Spears on June 23, 2021 ". On that date, the singer asked the judge for the end of the legal guardianship imposed in 2008. “I'm not happy, I can't sleep. I am very angry and depressed. I cry every day, "said the artist at the time before Judge Brenda Penny. The guardianship imposed in 2008 allows the artist's father to manage a fortune that exceeds 60 million dollars, about 50 million euros and receive 16,000 dollars a month (13,432 euros) as a salary while limiting his daughter's spending to 2,000 dollars (1,680 euros).
Last Wednesday, according to People, Montgomey filed a petition for a guardian ad litem - appointed by a court to best satisfy the interests of the ward - to assist the singer in choosing her lawyer without having to submit to a medical evaluation. A request that came after the singer's so far lawyer, Sam Ingham, and his law firm submitted his resignation and requested the appointment of a new defense attorney. In the documents presented to the court, Montgomery also makes reference to this fact, assuring that Britney Spears does not agree with Ingham's request that her departure take effect at the time the court chooses a new lawyer. . "After 13 years of guardianship, she wants to choose her own attorney without further medical evaluation," she states in the brief.
Ingham is not the only person who has parted ways with the singer in recent weeks. Earlier this week, Larry Rudolph, who had been her manager for 25 years, was leaving office claiming that Spears intends to retire from music. In addition, Bessemer Trust, the investment fund that together with her father, Jamie, co-supervises Spears' estate, has asked to remove her from her legal guardianship in order to "respect" the artist's wishes.
