#FreeBritney: Court Overrules Jamie Spears’ Objections to Joint Conservatorship
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Judge Brenda Penny has overruled Jamie Spears’ objections to his diminished role in his daughter Britney Spears’ conservatorship on Thursday (Feb. 11). Financial company Bessemer Trust will continue to have equal power over Britney Spears’ estate. This development in the ongoing battle to remove the singer’s father from her conservatorship comes after the recent New York Times documentary, Framing Britney, set social media aflame with support for the pop superstar, as many feel the 13-year-long conservatorship is an unjust power grab for Spears’ finances and personal freedom.
Spears’ bid to remove her father from the conservatorship was unsuccessful in November of 2020, but succeeded in changing his position from sole conservator to co-conservator with Bessemer Trust. The small victory comes after Framing Britney provided new insight on Spears’ wishes regarding her own conservatorship, in which lawyer Adam Streisand stated:
Britney was able to make the judgement, “Hey, I get what’s going on. I get that I’m not gonna be able to resist this conservatorship or avoid this conservatorship.” So that’s a pretty sound judgement. The second thing she said was “I don’t want my father to be the conservator.” That was her one request. She wanted a professional, somebody independent.
Streisand was removed from the case after the court decided Spears was incapable of choosing her own counsel. In 2008, Jamie Spears was named co-conservator with lawyer Andrew Wallet, who resigned from the conservatorship in 2019.
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