Britney Spears' father relinquishes legal guardianship of the singer
Jamie Spears' attorney reports his client intends to work with the court to ensure "an orderly transition to a new guardian."
After more than a year of battles in the courts, the father of Britney Spears has announced this Thursday that he is going to give up legal guardianship of her daughter, although he has not set a date. Since 2008, Jamie Spears, together with a trust, has judicially supervised the finances, the agenda and even the most minuscule details of the life of the 39-year-old pop star, after she suffered a nervous breakdown when she was was in the hurricane of the public eye. "Your Honor, my father should be in jail," said the singer last June before the judge at a hearing in which she denounced the labor abuses to which she had been subjected and where she threatened to sue her family for what she had done. done.
The devastating testimony of Britney Spears offered during the summer set fire to social networks and mobilized the supporters of the music star, who clamored for her father to free her from her. At first, Jamie Spears refused to leave her position, but this Thursday her lawyer filed an affirmative response to her daughter's request to end her guardianship in Los Angeles Superior Court. According to court documents, she will do so once "several matters pending in court" are resolved.
Jamie Spears' lawyer pointed out that "there are no real reasons to suspend or remove him", and has argued that the decision to resign "at the right time" has to do with settling the "public battle with her daughter". He added that he intends to work with the court and the singer's new attorney, Mathew Rosengart, to prepare for an orderly transition "to a new guardian."
Jamie Spears, 68, earns $16,000 a month for being the legal guardian of his daughter. “We are pleased that Mr. Spears and his attorney have admitted today on record that he should be dismissed. It is a vindication for Britney, ”said Rosengart in a statement, in which he also criticized the constant attacks of Spears' father towards the singer. “We will continue to investigate Mr. Spears' conduct over the last 13 years, during which he reaped millions of dollars from his daughter's estate. I look forward to taking Mr. Spears' affidavit in the near future."
The announcement comes days after Judge Brenda Penny rejected a petition filed by the singer's attorney, Mathew Rosengart, to move a hearing on the case from September 29 to the 23rd of this month to expedite her father's impeachment process. . Jamie Spears had become the celebrity's sole guardian in 2019, after attorney Andrew Wallet gave up joint guardianship. On June 24, Britney Spears stated in her statement before the judge: “Before I thought that no one would believe me. That people would make fun of me. But now I want my life back. It's been enough."
Among the demands imposed on her by her father, the singer was forced to go to the psychiatrist three times a week. On one occasion, he forced her into a mental health center as punishment for complaining at a rehearsal, and on another he forced her to give a concert against her will when she had a fever, according to testimony. of the artist. "I want to get married and have a baby," she said during the hearing, "but I have an IUD that prevents me from getting pregnant." Her statement implied that her legal custody prohibited her from having more children than the two she already has.
“The custody did not make any sense from its inception. I pay people to monitor me. I have worked since I was 17 years old and this custody is an abuse”, concluded the singer.
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