Ben Affleck guides wife Jennifer Lopez towards the stairs as they ready to take a trip from a private airport in Los Angeles on Saturday (August 13).
28.07.2022 - 03:23 / deadline.com
The legal tussle with her father and former business manager is far from over, but Britney Spears will not have to face her foes’ lawyers directly any time soon.
At an ongoing hearing in downtown Los Angeles on Wednesday, Judge Brenda Penny ruled that the former Princess of Pop will not have to sit for a deposition in the battle over the fallout from her conservatorship and use of her fortune by Jamie Spears. On the other hand, the former patriarch of the singer’s more than a decade-long restrictive entanglement will have to face his daughter’s attorneys, as the LA Superior Court judge decided earlier this month.
With several more motions on the table in the long-scheduled hearing, the younger Spears’ lawyer Matthew Rosengart told the DTLA court that his client “feels traumatized by what she went through” during the 14-year conservatorship, during which her every move, communication and creative decision were tightly controlled. After an often bitter and emotional legal showdown that started in 2020 and spilled over into 2021, the conservatorship was terminated in mid-November last year.
Additionally today, Penny issued a tentative ruling that the “Oops …I Did It Again” singer’s ex-business mangers at Tri Star Sports and Entertainment Group will have to give a deposition too. As a part of that ruling, the Lou Taylor-run organization has been required to hand over extensive accounting documents related to Britney Spears’ career and finances as a part of the discovery process — an outcome Tri Star was hoping to avoid. There will be a follow-up hearing on this portion of today’s proceedings August 24.
And there will be more to come.
Since the conservatorship came to a conclusion late last year, with allegations of the
Ben Affleck guides wife Jennifer Lopez towards the stairs as they ready to take a trip from a private airport in Los Angeles on Saturday (August 13).
Britney Spears ' ex husband Jason Alexander has been convicted of trespassing, after he managed to find his way into her California property in an attempt to crash her wedding day in June. The 40 year old Baby One More Time hitmaker famously married her childhood sweetheart Jason in a shotgun wedding in Las Vegas in 2005, before her advisors stepped in and got the marriage annulled after just 55 hours.
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Britney Spears has reportedly returned to the studio after six years and joined forces with Sir Elton John to duet one of his most beloved classics, Tiny Dancer. The pop star teamed up with the English composer last week, meeting at a Beverly Hills recording studio to record the track. Tiny Dancer first appeared on Elton John’s 1971 Album Madman Across The Water. An anonymous source told Page Six that this project was “Elton’s idea, and Britney is a huge fan.
Britney Spears' favor on Wednesday, saying that the singer will not have to sit for a deposition in the ongoing legal battle with her father.Britney's lawyer, Mathew Rosengart, argued that she feels traumatized by her experience under Jamie Spears' long-running conservatorship and that exposing her to invasive questioning via a deposition would further re-traumatize her. He asked the court, «What would a decent father do?» Jamie's lawyer, Alex Weingarten, called the plea «theatrics» and «attacks,» saying that Jamie cared for his daughter «beautifully.» He said Jamie deserved a chance to question Britney under oath about her public allegations against him. Judge Brenda Penny ultimately decided that any information Jamie needs to defend himself against allegations of conservatorship abuse could be obtained from other sources, including documents and other witnesses.
Britney Spears was recently handed another win in her conservatorship case as a judge ruled Wednesday that Spears will not have to sit for a deposition Spears' attorney, Mathew Rosengart, argued in court that she "feels traumatized by what she went through" and answering questions from her father Jamie Spears' attorney, Alex Weingarten, would "retraumatize" her, per Page Six. Weingarten reportedly plans to appeal the decision. Jamie Spears will sit for a deposition by Aug.
Britney Spears is ready to reintroduce herself to the music world. Fresh off a wedding and free from her conservatorship, Spears has recorded a remix version of Elton John’s "Tiny Dancer," according to a new report. Per Page Six, John and Spears met in a Beverly Hills studio to record last week. Universal Music will release the track next month. Spears had taken a hiatus from her music, with the most recent release being back in 2016 with her album, "Glory." Britney Spears is teaming up with Elton John for "Tiny Dancer." (Getty Images) She has hinted at recording new music via social media in the past, but nothing has come to fruition. "Tiny Dancer" was originally released in 1971.
Britney Spears just got another win in court.
Britney Spears will not have to answer questions from her father’s lawyer in a deposition, a probate judge ruled on Wednesday.Spears’ father, Jamie Spears, sought the court’s permission to take Spears’ deposition as the two sides continue to war over attorneys’ fees and other costs connected to her 13-year conservatorship.But Judge Brenda Penny ruled that a deposition would not be likely to produce information relevant to the remaining issues in the case.Britney Spears’ lawyer, Mathew Rosengart, said that a deposition would serve only to “retraumatize” his client. He also said that Spears would not be a witness in any future trial or evidentiary proceeding in the case.Spears was put under a court-ordered conservatorship in 2008 by her father, who acted as her sole conservator for most of the 13 years.
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