Why does Britney Spears have a conservatorship? ‘Free Britney’ saga explained after her father keeps control

Britney Spears’ new attorney, Mathew Rosengart, has declared he’s working “aggressively and expeditiously” to have the singer’s father, Jamie Spears, removed as her conservator.Rosengart – a former federal prosecutor who’d previously worked with Sean Penn and Steven Spielberg – was appointed Spears’ lawyer last week, after a judge granted the singer permission to appoint her own legal representation in the legal battle over her conservatorship.Following a brief hearing in the Los Angeles

Billie Eilish has discussed Britney Spears‘ ongoing conservatorship battle, calling it “really, really horrible”.Earlier this month, Britney told a Los Angeles court earlier this week that she wants her father, Jamie, to be removed as co-conservator and to “charge him for conservatorship abuse”.

A judge allowed Britney Spears to hire an attorney of her choosing at a hearing Wednesday in which she broke down in tears after describing the “cruelty” of her conservatorship.

During the latest hearing for Britney Spears' ongoing conservatorship case on Wednesday, the 39-year-old singer addressed the court again. Speaking over the phone, Britney got emotional, crying as she told Los Angeles judge Brenda Penny that she wants her father, Jamie Spears, charged with conservatorship abuse.Judge Penny also granted Britney approval to hire her own legal counsel for the conservatorship case, a request the singer made during her testimony at a hearing on June 23.

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Britney Spears‘ lawyer, Sam Ingham, is stepping down as her court-appointed counsel. Sam officially filed the application on Tuesday, July 6, in Los Angeles, HollywoodLife has confirmed. He has also requested that the court appoints a new attorney to represent Britney in her ongoing battle to end her 13-year conservatorship.

The fallout from Britney Spears’ court testimony continued on Tuesday with the resignation of her longtime manager Larry Rudolph.

Another one down. Britney Spears‘ lawyer Sam Ingham III resigned after a report that he’s “loyal” to her father, Jamie Spears, and leaks her “movements and activities” to him.

Britney Spears’s request to remove her father from his role overseeing her conservatorship, a court filing reveals. The singer’s lawyer, Samuel Ingham, asked a court in Los Angeles to oust Jamie Spears from his position managing the multimillion dollar estate.

Britney Spears‘ co-conservator of her estate Bessemer Trust’s request to resign from her conservatorship has been approved.

Britney Spears' co-conservator of her estate Bessemer Trust's request to resign from her conservatorship has been approved.In court documents obtained by ET on Friday, Los Angeles judge Brenda Penny granted and signed the request.

Britney Spears’s request to remove her father from his role overseeing her conservatorship, a court filing reveals. The singer’s lawyer, Samuel Ingham, asked a court in Los Angeles to oust Jamie Spears from his position managing the multimillion dollar estate.

Britney Spears detailing her conservatorship, her father will remain her conservator, for now. A Los Angeles Superior Court judge signed an order Wednesday denying her request to have her father, Jamie Spears, removed from her conservatorship.

Britney Spears’s request to remove her father from his role overseeing her conservatorship, a court filing reveals. The singer’s lawyer, Samuel Ingham, asked a court in Los Angeles to oust Jamie Spears from his position managing the multimillion dollar estate.

Britney Spears and her team's most recent efforts to remove her father from her conservatorship were unsuccessful.

A Los Angeles judge has denied Britney Spears' request to have her father Jamie removed from his role of overseeing her conservatorship.The 39 year old virtually appeared in court last week, sensationally claiming her 68 year old father "should go to jail" for his treatment of her during the conservatorship, which was introduced in 2008. Britney stated that she wanted private wealth management firm The Bessemer Trust as the sole conservators, ousting Jamie from his role.

Britney Spears’ father Jamie will remain the pop singer’s conservator of her estate after a judge denied a request from her attorney to have him removed.According to Variety, documents filed by the Los Angeles Superior Court on Wednesday (June 30) show a judge has denied a ‘months-old’ request to remove Jamie as conservator, as submitted by Britney’s lawyer Samuel D.

Britney Spears‘ dad, Jamie Spears, will remain on her conservatorship, after a judge denied the singer’s request to have him removed.