{"id":397,"date":"2024-04-29T20:10:26","date_gmt":"2024-04-29T20:10:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatrustedlawyers.com\/blog\/britney-spears-settles-legal-dispute-with-father-over-conservatorship\/"},"modified":"2024-04-29T20:10:26","modified_gmt":"2024-04-29T20:10:26","slug":"britney-spears-settles-legal-dispute-with-father-over-conservatorship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatrustedlawyers.com\/blog\/britney-spears-settles-legal-dispute-with-father-over-conservatorship\/","title":{"rendered":"Britney Spears Settles Legal Dispute With Father Over Conservatorship"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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\n\tBritney Spears has settled an outstanding legal dispute with her father that arose following the termination of the pop star\u2019s 13-year conservatorship in 2021, Billboard <\/em>has confirmed. Terms of the settlement were not disclosed.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cIt has been our honor and privilege to represent, protect, and defend Britney Spears,\u201d said Spears\u2019 attorney, Mathew Rosengart<\/strong>, in a statement sent to Billboard<\/em>. \u201cAlthough the conservatorship was terminated in November, 2021, her wish for freedom is now truly complete. As she desired, her freedom now includes that she will no longer need to attend or be involved with court or entangled with legal proceedings in this matter.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tIn his own statement, Jamie\u2019s attorney, Alex Weingarten<\/strong>, said, \u201cAt the insistence of counsel for Ms. Spears, the settlement is confidential and I cannot discuss it. Jamie has nothing to hide and would be happy to disclose everything about every aspect of the conservatorship so that the public knows the actual truth. Jamie loves his daughter very much and has always done everything he can to protect her.\u201d\u00a0 <\/p>\n

\n\tA legal scuffle ensued in the wake of the conservatorship\u2019s dissolution in November 2021, when Rosengart vowed to investigate alleged misconduct by Spears\u2019 father, Jamie Spears<\/strong>, during the years he served as his daughter\u2019s conservator \u2014 including claims that he took millions from her estate, tried to control her with drugs and denied her the freedom to remove a birth control device. <\/p>\n

\n\tConflict also arose over Jamie\u2019s request in December 2021 that Britney\u2019s estate continue paying his legal fees, arguing that the conservatorship\u2019s termination did not end his ongoing \u201cfiduciary obligations\u201d and that he could face \u201cpersonal bankruptcy and ruin\u201d if his request was turned down. Rosengart responded by calling the request \u201cnot only legally meritless, but an abomination.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tBritney was placed in a conservatorship controlled by her father in 2008 following a string of public breakdowns. The legal arrangement came under scrutiny beginning in 2019, when a pair of documentaries and a movement dubbed #FreeBritney launched by the superstar\u2019s fans went viral, ultimately leading Britney to speak out on her own behalf in public court testimony.<\/p>\n

\n\tYou can read Rosengart\u2019s full statement below.<\/p>\n

\n\tIt has been our honor and privilege to represent, protect, and defend Britney Spears.<\/em><\/p>\n

\n\tAlthough the conservatorship was terminated in November, 2021, her wish for freedom is now truly complete. As she desired, her freedom now includes that she will no longer need to attend or be involved with court or entangled with legal proceedings in this matter.<\/em><\/p>\n

\n\tBritney Spears won when the court suspended her father, and Britney Spears won when her fundamental rights and civil liberties were restored.<\/em><\/p>\n

\n\tSince obtaining her freedom in late 2021, Britney Spears has achieved remarkable success on several fronts, including her August, 2022 collaboration with Sir Elton John on the smash hit Hold Me Closer (which debuted at number one on the Billboard Hot Dance\/Electronic Songs chart and became her 24th top-ten single), followed by her landmark book deal with Simon & Schuster for her memoir The Woman in Me, an immediate NY Times #1 bestseller, which received universal, breathtaking praise and would not have been possible during the conservatorship.<\/em><\/p>\n

\n\tWe repeat our gratification for being in a position to help restore the civil rights and liberties of Britney Spears and the honor and privilege it has been to serve and protect Ms. Spears and obtain her goals in resolving various legal matters pursuant to her thoughtful and wise instruction and requests, which once again are to her credit.<\/em><\/p>\n

\n\tUPDATE: <\/strong>This story was updated at 1:41 p.m. on 4\/29\/24 with a statement from Jamie Spears\u2019 attorney.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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