Tag: Conservatorship

Britney Spears’ Father Jamie Fires Back Over Social Media Allegations

By Joseph Wilkinson From New York Daily News There will be no Father’s Day reconciliation in the Spears family. Jamie Spears has filed legal documents demanding his daughter Britney sit for a deposition in the ongoing court battle surrounding her terminated conservatorship. Jamie, 69, wants Britney questioned under oath about several things, TMZ reported. He…


How an Elderly Mom’s Guardianship Landed a Former Sheriff in Jail

In the aftermath of the Free Britney Spears movement, a retired sheriff who helped free his friend’s elderly mother from a court-appointed guardianship has landed in Washoe County jail. Stewart Handte—once the Reno-Sparks Indian Colony police chief, a former state trooper with the Nevada Highway Patrol, and a past president of their union—has been locked…


Holiday Best Wishes and Goodbye, for Now

Commentary First, holiday greetings to all. Here’s hoping the joy of the season follows you into 2022! For nearly 14 years I have written this crime and justice column. I believe it is the only weekly column dedicated to those two topics, issues that affect the lives of all of us. I write today to…


Judge Rules Britney Spears Is ‘Independent Woman’ Who Can Sign Her Own Estate Paperwork, Manage Finances

A Los Angeles Superior Court judge on Dec. 8. ruled that Britney Spears can now sign her own estate paperwork and manage her finances for the first time in nearly 14 years. The ruling by Judge Brenda J. Penny hands Spears back the rights to handle her own cash and property and means that the singer “has the…


Britney Spears Speaks out After Conservatorship Is Dissolved

Singer Britney Spears addressed her fans directly for the first time since a judge ended the controversial conservatorship that allegedly controlled her money for the past decade, claiming some members of her family should be “in jail.” “I do know how embarrassing is to share the fact I’ve never seen cash or wasn’t able to…


Judge Suspends Britney Spears’ Father From Conservatorship

A Los Angeles judge on Wednesday suspended Britney’s Spear’s father, Jamie Spears, from the conservatorship that has controlled the finances and much of the pop star’s life for the past 13 years. “The current situation is not tenable. It reflects a toxic environment which requires the suspension of Jamie Spears, effective today,” the superior court…


Britney Spears Formally Asks Judge to End Conservatorship

LOS ANGELES—Britney Spears said in a court filing Wednesday that she agrees with her father that the conservatorship that has controlled her life and money since 2008 should be terminated. The filing in Los Angeles Superior Court from Spears’ attorney Mathew Rosengart says she “fully consents” to “expeditiously” ending the conservatorship, which her father James…


Britney Spears’ Father Files to End Her Conservatorship

Britney Spears’ father on Tuesday filed a petition to end the court conservatorship that has overseen the finances and controlled much of the pop singer’s life since 2008. Jamie Spears, who agreed last month to eventually step down from his longtime role as conservator of his daughter’s estate, asked the Los Angeles Superior Court on…


Britney Spears Can Choose Own Lawyer in Conservatorship Case, Judge Rules

Britney Spears is free to choose her own attorney in her conservatorship case, a Los Angeles judge ruled Wednesday. The pop singer indicated in a petition to the court that she wanted to be represented by attorney Matthew Rosengart, a former federal prosecutor who, in the past, represented Steven Spielberg and Sean Penn. Her former…


Britney Spears’ Day-to-Day Guardian Says ‘Alarming’ Death Threats Forced Her to Hire Security Amid Conservatorship War

By Nancy Dillon From New York Daily News Britney Spears’ harsh rebuke of her conservatorship last month unleashed a wave of “alarming” threats against her court-appointed guardian Jodi Montgomery, a lawyer for Montgomery said Wednesday. In a new court filing, the lawyer said Montgomery now requires around-the-clock security that she can’t continue unless the judge…