Britney Spears' father renounces guardianship of his daughter
- The father confirms that he delegates the function to someone else, which would not completely nullify the guardianship of the artist
- Jamie Spears justifies the gesture for the "unjustified attacks" he has received while investigating the mismanagement of his daughter's estate
Jamie Spears, Britney Spears' father, resigned to continue as the singer's legal guardian, a position he held for more than 13 years and for which he came to control all aspects of her life.
In documents delivered this Thursday in the Superior Court of Los Angeles, the artist's father confirms that he agrees to delegate that function to another person, which would not completely annul Britney's guardianship but would leave her out of it. family. "However, even though Mr. Spears is the relentless target of unwarranted attacks, he does not believe that a public battle with her daughter for her service as her guardian is in her best interest," the document states.
Change of lawyer
The TMZ newspaper first released the content of those papers, the existence of which was confirmed by Britney's lawyer, Mathew Rosengart, in a statement sent to the Los Angeles Times. "We are pleased that Mr. Spears and his lawyer have admitted today that he should be removed. It is a vindication for Britney," explained the lawyer.
The father's resignation comes less than a month after Rosengart became Britney's representative, who had asked to advance future hearings, following the resignation of her previous designated attorney. In addition, the new representative is investigating the management of finances by her father, since he would have found some unjustified payments to promoters when the singer left the stage.
An exclusive from the newspaper 'The New York Times' estimated that this lawyer had pocketed 3 million dollars with the case and denounced that he was working in the interests of her father. The alleged waste of money was one of the main arguments used by Britney in her statement of June 23, which she went around the world calling her guardianship "abusive" and comparing it to slavery.
Millions of dollars at stake
"We look forward to continuing our vigorous investigation into the conduct of Mr. Spears and others during the past 13 years, during which he reaped millions of dollars from his daughter's estate, and I look forward to taking Mr. Spears's affidavit in the near future," Rosengart concluded.
On his part, the father denied that there were reasons for his resignation and assured that it only occurred due to the public pressure exerted against him. "In fact, there is no real reason to suspend or remove Mr. Spears as guardian of his estate and it is highly debatable whether a change of guardian at this time is in the best interest of Ms. Spears," he said. Jamie Spears, who assured that he only seeks "the best interest of his daughter," advanced that he will collaborate to transfer his powers to a new tutor.
Change of financial advisor
It is a step forward for Britney's will, whose priority was for her father to be left out of her guardianship, although her intention is to put an end to it altogether. Rosengart asked on July 26 that a financial advisor replace the singer's father in controlling finances, since the medical aspects are supervised by attorney Jody Montgomery.
With the withdrawal of her father, Montgomery is the only one still involved in the case. Before her, Britney's designated lawyer, her artistic representative and an investment fund that controlled her wealth with her father resigned. "This tutelage is paying the salary of many people," was one of the singer's complaints in her June 23 statement, which went around the world (under the #FreeBritney campaign) and has started the process to try to end to the legal guardianship that controls his life for more than 13 years.
It is one more step in favor of Britney's will, that she had been expressing a strong rejection of her father for months and came to assure that she wanted to report him for abuse.
Deputy between father and mother
The announcement of the withdrawal of Britney's father has been accompanied by an attack on the artist's mother, Lynne Spears, whom he divorced in 2002. The mother argued in a request on July 1 that "now, and in the In recent years, the ward is capable of taking care of himself and, in fact, within the parameters of the guardianship, has made literally millions of dollars as an international celebrity. "
But the father recalled that he assumed the role of legal guardian in 2008, when Britney was in "crisis", "desperate for help" and was at risk of losing her money to bad influences. He also added that mother and daughter have not kept in touch for years.
