"I'm traumatized": the most heartbreaking phrases of Britney Spears' statement
Britney Spears is not happy, she cannot sleep at night and she wants to put her father in jail. Jamie Spears has been the legal guardian of her daughter for 13 years and controls all aspects of her life. The singer pleaded with the courts on Wednesday that she come to an end for her.
"I want my life again," Britney Spears implored during a wiretap in a Los Angeles courthouse. It is the first time that the singer testifies and publicly opposes her father being her legal guardian, as established in 2008, after a media stage marked by erratic behavior.
It was the singer herself, who is currently 39 years old, who asked to speak. No one knew what the pop princess was going to say in her first appearance in court since 2019. "I had not intervened again because in the previous hearing I did not feel heard," Britney Spears began by saying.
Her accelerated 23-minute speech spun a list of shocking statements that neither the fans nor the press present in court were expecting. "This guardianship is paying the salary of many people. I am fed up," she continued.
"I am not happy, I do not sleep and I cry every day"
The artist questioned the meaning of legal guardianship, a figure that in the United States is reserved for people with disabilities or serious illnesses who cannot take care of themselves. "It makes no sense for a person under legal guardianship to earn money," argued the artist after denouncing that she was forced to work against her will in her successful Las Vegas show, which between 2013 and 2017 was one of the main attractions from the city.
Britney Spears portrayed the guardianship as a kind of kidnapping that benefits her family and a group of lawyers who have been receiving the money she has earned from her "hard work" for years. The singer's fortune, valued at more than 50 million dollars, pays all the costs derived from this legal figure. "I AM NOT HAPPY, I DON'T SLEEP AND CRY EVERY DAY". Likewise, the Toxic interpreter affirmed that she does not have the freedom to speak to the press, give interviews, marry or start a family with her current partner.
"I've lied to everyone saying I'm fine and I'm happy," Britney explains before saying, "I'm in shock, I'm traumatized. I'm so angry she's crazy."
Britney Spears is not allowed to remove the IUD
At that moment, one of the most shocking statements came from her: "I have an IUD (intrauterine device) in my body right now that is not letting me have a baby, and my guardians do not let me go to the doctor to have it removed. ". In her speech, Britney Spears recalled that while she was preparing in 2018 for another show - which finally did not premiere - her medication became so strong that she felt drugged and was unable to have a conversation with her mother, but still he had to go to rehearsals.
"I have an IUD that won't let me have a baby and my guardians won't let me go to the doctor to have it removed"
"I would like to sue my family and share my story with the world," said the singer, who believes that her father and others involved in her should end up in prison. The judge overseeing the guardianship, Brenda Penny, had to repeatedly ask Spears to slow down to take note of everything she was saying. "I just want to have my own money and put an end to this, have my boyfriend drive me in his fucking car," the star pleaded.
"They are exploiting my life"
For her part, the judge only thanked Britney Spears for testimony, which she described as brave, and agreed with the different parties involved a new session whose date is yet to be determined. The artist's attorney, Samuel Ingham, will then be able to formalize the petition to end the legal guardianship. For its part, the legal team of the father, Jamie Spears, refused to respond to the testimony of his daughter to "preserve her privacy" and not to bring to light "details of her state of health" in a public hearing and with the presence of journalists. We remember that Jamie had a perforation in the colon in 2019 and since then his health is delicate.
"They have already done a good job exploiting my life," the singer shouted, interrupting one of the lawyers.
"I am afraid of people"
The singer also wanted to make it clear in court that she did not know that she could request the end of the guardianship and that they told her that she would have to be evaluated again in order to do so. Faced with the possibility of seeing a new specialist in psychiatry, he said: "I am afraid of people. I do not trust people with what I have been through. It is not right to force myself to do something that I do not want to do ... this guardianship is abusive. I don't feel like I can live a full life. "
While waiting for the new session that will determine if the guardianship of Britney Spears is ended, fans applaud the artist's decision to tell the truth about her before the judge who is handling the case.
