Britney Spears 39 years old – and she has been disabled for 13 years. After a series of public breakdowns for the singer, her father, Jamie Spears, took over custody of his daughter in 2008, regulating her legal and financial affairs. Britney Spears has hardly commented on this publicly. But how The New York Times now reports, she has been trying longer and more vigorously than ever before to get rid of her father as the guardian.
The newspaper could see secret court records. Accordingly, Spears insisted years ago that the guardianship had become “an oppressive and controlling instrument” against her. According to an investigator who investigated the case on behalf of a court and presented its report in 2016, Spears said, “there is a lot of control” of the system. According to the “NYT” it also says: “He ‘Tired of being exploited.
In 2019, Spears told the court that she felt pressure within the guardianship framework to seek treatment in a psychiatric facility and act against her will. In late 2020, Spears said, She will not perform again until her father is deposed.
The New York Times reports in detail on the complicated relationship between Britney Spears and her father. Already in 2014, the singer, through her lawyer in court, noted that Jamie Spears should no longer play the role of guardian; He is unfit for this. As a reason, she cited, among other things, her alcohol consumption. Last year, the lawyer said that Britney Spears was afraid of her father. According to the newspaper, Jamie Spears did not want to comment on the allegations.
Britney Spears has rarely spoken out with her father in a guardianship dispute. That will change on Wednesday: At her request, she will testify in court in person. It is still unclear whether their information will be made public.
Interest in the guardianship controversy was recently demonstrated by a documentary in the “New York Times”. Under the title “Framing Britney Spears” Fuel, which discovers the pop star’s legal incompetence. The film shows how Jamie Spears was awarded guardianship and has since been able to not only schedule her daughter’s appointment calendar, financial transactions and contracts, but also earn a lot of money from them.
According to the New York Times, Jamie Spears currently earns around $16,000 a month as a parent and $2,000 in rent. This equates to around 15,000 euros per month in total. This does not include the money earned from Britney Spears’ numerous advertising deals and business deals.
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