Britney Spears to Speak in Court on Conservatorship Case

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Perez Hilton believes Britney Spears “would be dead” if she wasn’t under her conservatorship.

Britney Spears is not expected to petition for an end to her conservatorship when she comes face to face with a judge next month. Instead, a report states, she'll ask a judge to permanently remove her father, Jamie Spears, from the conservatorship, which has guided her life for the past 13 years.The TMZ report claims Britney does not feel trapped in the conservatorship and has no issues with the current conservatorship of her person.

Britney Spears has been placed under a conservatorship for nearly 12 years, following a battle with mental health.The 39 year old Toxic singer’s father Jamie is legally responsible for Britney’s finances and life, which was explored in an eye-opening documentary Finding Britney Spears released earlier this year. Now, a new documentary has claimed that unearthed court documents say she could be living under the legal restraints because Britney suffers from dementia.

It makes Sam Asghari “very proud” that Britney Spears is “deciding that she wants to talk about her conservatorship in court,” a source close to Britney’s boyfriend EXCLUSIVELY tells HollywoodLife. Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Brenda Penny scheduled a hearing for this to happen on June 23, marking the first time in two years since Britney has talked about her conservatorship, which last happened in May of 2019 (even that time, her words didn’t leave the courtroom).

A major update has arrived for the Free Britney moment as the singer is all set to address the court for the first time in relation to her conservatorship hearing. As per a report in US Weekly, Spears’ lawyer, Sam Ingham, asked the court during a Tuesday, April 27, hearing, if Spears could herself speak to the court on “an expedited basis.” Fans of the Toxic singer are sure to celebrate this as a major step forward in their Free Britney campaign.

Britney Spears will in June personally address a Los Angeles court in a hearing regarding her ongoing conservatorship case.According to Reuters, a judge agreed to the request from Spears’ legal team and set a hearing date for June 23.

The court-appointed attorney for Britney Spears said during Spears’ latest conservatorship hearing on Tuesday that the pop star wants to address the judge in court.