Why is Britney Spears a ward of her father? All about the #FreeBritney case
We tell you all about the Britney Spears case and why she is under the guardianship of her father, Jamie.
For just over 13 years, Britney Spears has been under the legal guardianship of her father, Jamie Spears, who is in charge of controlling everything from her finances to personal life, for this reason, the pop star wants to demarcate and regain complete control of her life, which is promoted on social networks with the hashtag #FreeBritney (Britney free).
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A bright and promising career
A bright and promising career Britney Spears was born in 1981 and from a very young age, she participated in the television program The Mickey Mouse Club with Justin Timberlake, Christina Aguilera and Ryan Gosling, and just 5 years later, in 1997, she signed her first record contract, and released her single Baby One More Time that was part of the 1999 album of the same name.
Spears' career was growing, she released her second album in 2000; she was a guest at the Super Bowl in 2001 and starred in her first movie, Crossroads. In 2005 she won her first and only Grammy for Toxic.
The problems begin
However, in 2007 she entered rehab twice and then shaved her hair in Los Angeles. After that, she lost custody of her two children. In that same year, she sang Gimmie More at the MTV Music Awards, but the audience claimed that she was not noticeable
In 2008, things began to take a new direction, as Britney was hospitalized twice for psychiatric reasons, and imposed a legal guardianship in which her father, Jamie Spears, and a lawyer took control of her business affairs and even personal. Under her tutelage, Britney released music albums, participated as a judge on the show The X Factor, and went on to tour and public stage appearances. However, she appeared for the last time in front of the public.
The fight to get out of guardianship
In 2019, she announced an indefinite work hiatus, and canceled a date she had planned in Las Vegas. That same year, she entered a mental health facility and appeared before a Los Angeles judge, where a guardianship evaluation is ordered. That same year, she started the #FreeBritney movement, as her followers considered that the singer is being held against her will by guardianship.
In 2020, a lawyer for Britney asked that she replace her father as her guardian. Already in 2021, the documentary Framing Britney Spears was published, which attracted greater attention to her career and guardianship, the singer expressed on Instagram that she did not finish watching the documentary because she felt "embarrassed by the extreme exposure" and admitted to having cried for two weeks.
In April, Spears asked to personally address the court overseeing her. The #FreeBritney movement in social networks began to grow and she finally spoke to it on June 23, this day, the singer expressed that the only thing she wants is to recover her life; she admitted to being traumatized by it, not being able to sleep, being unhappy and crying every day.
On July 6, it was announced that Britney intends to retire officially, after her representative terminated the employment relationship and explained to her father that her services were no longer necessary as the singer intends not to return. to professional singing.
On July 14, Britney admitted that guardianship controls her life, and prevents her from remarrying or having more children. However, the singer had not presented the necessary legal documents to end the guardianship. Likewise, she again pleaded for the end of the guardianship, through tears. Following the resignation of her court-appointed attorney, Samuel Ingham, Los Angeles Supreme Court Judge Brenda Penny approved that Mathew Rosengart be the new Spears representative, meaning this is the first time the singer has been able to take a decision. She is expected to present the formal documentation requesting the termination of the guardianship.
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