Britney Spears will have an audience with the judge overseeing her conservatorship arrangement amid the star’s long-running legal battle.
The I’m Not a Girl, Not Yet a Woman hitmaker requested the meeting on Tuesday, April 27, via her lawyer Sam Ingham, and it is believed she wants to personally challenge the hold her father, Jamie, has over her.
Jamie has been Britney’s conservator since the arrangement was put in place in 2008 but, since Jodi Montgomery was made co-conservator in 2019 when she stepped in to replace Jamie as he battled health issues, the singer has requested he relinquish complete control to her.
Britney has never argued against her conservatorship, but now that her father and mother Lynne are squabbling over financial arrangements, it is believed the Toxic star is planning to step in and have her say on the issue.
Judge Brenda Penny appointed officials at Bessemer Trust as co-conservator alongside her father last year, but that arrangement has not yet taken effect.
A hearing has been set for June 23.
Britney has been the subject of headlines in recent months as she fights to have her father Jamie removed from her controversial conservatorship arrangement.
Her fight was the subject of the New York Times documentary ‘Framing Britney Spears’, which prompted fans and high-profile figures to continue to fight for Britney’s freedom.
A new hour-long special, titled ‘The Battle for Britney: Fans, Cash and a Conservatorship’, fronted by Mobeen Azhar, debuts on BBC iPlayer in the UK on Sunday, May 1.
It sees the presenter travel to Los Angeles and Spears’ home state of Louisiana and meet people involved in the Stronger singer’s lengthy court battle.
Mobeen also interviews people who know Britney, including her former choreographer and ‘The X Factor USA’ co-star Brian Friedman, her make-up artist Billy Brasfield, her lawyer Lisa MacCarley and celebrity blogger Perez Hilton.
He says: “I went to LA in search of the truth of how Britney Spears, one of the biggest pop stars on the planet, ended up in a conservatorship.
“I found myself in a world of lawyers, superfans and paparazzi and spent time with many of the people who’ve had a front row seat in Britney’s life.
“This film taps into the energy of the #FreeBritney movement and questions the industry, fandom and the laws that facilitate conservatorships.”
