Britney Spears reached a settlement with her estranged father more than two years after the court ordered the termination of a conservatorship that had given him control of her life, her lawyers said.
Terms of the settlement were not disclosed by lawyers for the pop star and her father, who confirmed the deal to CNN.
“It has been our honor and privilege to represent, protect and defend Britney Spears,” the singer’s attorney, Mathew Rosengart, said in a statement to CNN.
“EM. Spears is and always will be a brilliant and courageous icon and artist of historic and epic proportions,” Rosengart’s statement continued. “Although the conservatorship ended in November 2021, her desire for freedom is now truly complete. As she desired, his freedom now includes that he will no longer need to attend or be involved in court in this matter.”
Alex Weingarten, a lawyer for the singer’s father, told CNN: “Jamie is thrilled this is all over.”
“Jamie loves his daughter very much and worked tirelessly to protect her,” Weingarten said. “He wants the best for Britney, nothing less.”
Spears’ conservatorship ended in November 2021. But legal battles have persisted, with attorneys for the singer and her father clashing in frequent court visits over attorney fees and accusations of inappropriate behavior in handling the conservatorship. guardianship. Her father has consistently denied the accusations.
The star was placed under court-ordered conservatorship in 2008 and her father acted as her guardian for most of the 13-year arrangement, overseeing and controlling all of his adult daughter’s finances and medical decisions.
The guardianship ended in 2021
In June 2021, Spears gave explosive testimony, marking the first time she had spoken in public in 13 years. She begged the judge to release her from her guardianship, which she described to the judge as “abusive.”
In her testimony, Spears claimed that while she was under conservatorship, her management forced her to go on tour against her will, gave her lithium that made her feel “drunk,” and did not allow her to get married or have a baby. her as she wanted her and she was forced to use an IUD as a method of contraception.
“I just want my life back. It’s been 13 years and it’s enough,” Spears said during the emotional hearing.
After that testimony, Spears was granted the ability to hire her own attorney, rather than working with a court-appointed attorney, as she had done for the previous 13 years. That’s when she hired Rosengart, a former federal prosecutor and attorney who has represented many Hollywood stars.
In September 2021, less than two months before her conservatorship ended, a judge suspended Spears’ father, Jamie, as his daughter’s conservator.
Since her conservatorship ended in November 2021, Spears has been very active on her social media, frequently posting videos of herself dancing and writing lengthy captions for her fans. She has released two songs, “Hold Me Closer” with Elton John” and “Mind Your Business” with Will.i.am. She also published an instant best-selling memoir, “The Woman In Me.”
In her memoirs, she wrote about the “heartbreaking” years of her tutelage, writing that she felt “like a shadow of myself.”
“The conservatorship stripped me of my womanhood and turned me into a child,” Spears wrote in the book. “I became more of an entity than a person on stage. I had always felt music in my bones and in my blood; “They stole it from me.”