>> Martha: BREAKING NEW United States Postal Service.
>> Martha: BREAKING NEW
DEVELOPMENTS IN THE BRITTANY
SPEARS CONSERVATORSHIP.
BRITNEY SPEARS IS FREE FOR ALL
OF YOU THAT HAVE BEEN OUT THERE
WANTING THAT TO HAPPEN.
LOOKS LIKE THE JUDGE JUST ENDED
THIS LONG-TIME CONSERVATORSHIP
AFTER A 14-YEAR BATTLE WITH HER
FATHER.
JEFF PAUL IS ON THIS STORY LIVE
FROM LOS ANGELES.
HI, JEFF.
>> YEAH, THIS HAS BEEN A LONG
TIME COMING.
THIS STARTED SEVERAL MONTHS AGO.
WE STARTED COMING TO THE
HEARINGS IN DOWNTOWN L.A.
LITTLE BY LITTLE, BRITNEY SPEARS
AND HER TEAM CHIPPING AWAY AT
THIS CONSERVATORSHIP.
NOW IT’S ALL OVER.
SHE’S BEEN UNDER THIS STRICT
CONSERVATORSHIP FOR 13 PLUS
YEARS.
IT’S NOW DISSOLVED FOR HER
PERSONAL LIFE AND HER FINANCIAL
ASPECTS OF HER LIFE INVOLVING
HER MONEY.
YOU CAN HEAR IN THE BACKGROUND
THE EXCITEMENT FROM THE HUNDREDS
OF FREE BRITENY FOLKS.
THEY BROUGHT THIS TO ATTENTION
SHORTLY AFTER BRITNEY SPEARS
SAID SHE WOULD GO ON A HIATUS IN
2019.
THEY STARTED LOOKING AT THE
CONSERVATORSHIP.
THERE WAS A DOCUMENTARY AND
BROUGHT THIS MOVEMENT
NATIONWIDE.
BRITNEY SPEARS, THE PIVOTAL
MOMENT IN THIS INVOLVES BRITNEY
SPEARS GETTING AN ATTORNEY TO
REPRESENT HER OWN INTERESTS.
THAT’S WHEN SHE STATED FOR THE
FIRST TIME IN A COURT SETTING
THAT SHE FOUND THIS
CONSERVATORSHIP ABUSIVE AND SHE
WANTED OUT, SHE WANTED HER
FREEDOM.
SO NOW SHE HAS THAT.
ONE QUICK NOTE THOUGH.
THERE WILL BE A CTA INVOLVED IN
HER FINANCIAL POSITION
TEMPORARILY AS SHE GETS BACK ON
HER FEET.
AS IT GOES, BRITNEY SPEARS IS
FREE.
>> Martha: THANKS, JEFF.
THANKS VERY MUCH.
WHAT DO YOU THINK?
>> Greg: I DON’T CARE.
I ABSOLUTELY DON’T CARE.
I’M GOING TO -- THIS IS WHY YOU
GET PAID ON TV.
YOU HAVE TO PRETEND TO CARE.
HOW DOES ANYBODY KNOW ANYTHING
ABOUT WHAT IS GOING ON IN HER
LIFE OTHER THAN HER FAMILY?
YET YOU HAVE THIS MOMENT BASED
ON WATCHING A DOCUMENTARY, ALL
OF THESE PEOPLE -- HOW MUCH TIME
DO YOU HAVE IN YOUR LIFE TO
PROTEST OR SOMEBODY THAT DOESN’T
KNOW YOU EXIST?
YOU’RE OUT THERE PROTESTING.
SHOULDN’T YOU BE SPENDING TIME
WITH YOUR FAMILY AND WORRYIED
ABOUT WHAT IS GOING ON IN YOUR
TOWN?
THIS MOVEMENT HAS THE
INTELLECTUAL DEPTH OF A KIDDY
POOL.
I THINK SHE HAS SERIOUS MENTAL
HEALTH ISSUES AND THEY WERE
DEALING WITH THAT BUT NOBODY
CARES BECAUSE THEY’RE THE BAD
GUY.
>> Martha: JESSE?
>> Jesse: I CARE BECAUSE AS A
FEMINIST, IT’S TOO LONG THAT MEN
IN THIS COUNTRY HAVE INSTITUTION
NATURALIZED WOMEN, FORCED THEM
IN TO CONSERVATORSHIPS AND LIVE
OFF OF THEIRENINGS.
I’M GLAD THIS EFFECTIVE LATER
SWOOPED IN AND TOOK IN THIS
GROSS ARRANGEMENT BECAUSE OF
THIS OTHER BOTTOM-FEEDER
ATTORNEY.
IS SHE THE MOST BALANCED PERSON?
OF COURSE NOT.
HAVE YOU SEEN THE REST OF THE
COUNTRY?
THE REST OF THE COUNTRY IS
CRAZY, TOO.
SHE SHOULD BE ALLOWED TO BE JUST
AS CRAZY.
>> Greg: THAT’S BEAUTIFUL.
>> Jessica: THAT’S HOPEFUL.
I WANT THE LOBOTOMY.
>> Dagen: YEAH, HE WENT BACK AND
FORTH TO TALK ABOUT LOBOTOMIES.
>> Jessica: AN IMPRESSIVE
HISTORICAL TRACK.
I GREW UP A HUGE BRITNEY FAN.
I WAS NOT PART OF THE MOVEMENT.
>> Martha: YOU HAVE OTHER THINGS
TO DO.
>> Jessica: A FEW OTHER THINGS.
I WAS KEEPING TRACK OF HER.
WE WENT TO SEE HER A COUPLE
TIMES.
WHAT IS INTERESTING ABOUT THIS
CASE, IT CHANGED WHEN THE FIRST
DOCUMENTARY CAME OUT.
THE DETAIL THAT SEEMED TO SPARK
SO MUCH CONTROVERSY IS THAT HER
FATHER AND HER TEAM WERE NOT
ALLOWED HER TO TAKE OUT HER IUD
TO MAKE HER OWN DECISION ABOUT
WHETHER SHE WAS GOING TO TRY TO
GET PREGNANT WITH HER LONG-TIME
PARTNER.
AND I THINK THAT THAT REALLY
GALVANIZED THE LEVEL OF SUPPORT
FROM WOMEN AND FROM A LOT OF MEN
THAT ARE LIKE HOW IS THIS
POSSIBLE?
THIS IS GOING ON TODAY IN THE
POST LOBOTOMY TEAM.
>> Jesse: FREE THE IUD.
>> Martha: AND SHE’S OBVIOUSLY
RUNNING A BUSINESS AND I’M
EMPLOYED THESE PEOPLE AND MAKING
MONEY TO SUPPORT THEM --
>> Jessica: AND MISMANAGING HER
MONEY.
>> Martha: AND MISMANAGING IT.
>> Dagen: SHE WASN’T RUNNING A
BUSINESS NUMBER 1.
NUMBER 2, THE IUD STATEMENT WAS
QUESTIONABLE.
>> Martha: REALLY?
>> Dagen: YEAH, CONSERVATORSHIPS
IN CALIFORNIA, IT’S YOUR RIGHT
TO GET PREGNANT AND GET MARRIED.
I AGREE WITH GREG.
SHE HAS A FORTUNE WALKING OUT OF
THIS IN TO THE TENS OF MILLIONS
OF DOLLARS.
IT’S A VERY COMPLICATED
SITUATION.
I WATCHED ALL OF THE
DOCUMENTARIES MULTIPLE TIMES,
I’VE RAD EVERYTHING ABOUT IT.
"THE NEW YORK TIMES" DOCUMENTARY
THAT LAUNCHED THIS, THEY
INTERVIEWED THEIR FANS.
THAT WAS THE DEPTH OF THE
REPORTING.
THEY DIDN’T TALK -- THEY DID NO
REPORTING ON HER ALLEGED
POTENTIAL MENTAL ILLNESS.
THE COVERAGE OF THIS STORY AND
THE COVERAGE OF VIOLENCE IN THIS
COUNTRY AND THE COVERAGE OF THE
MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS DOES NO ONE
ANY SERVICE BECAUSE IT NEVER
TALKS ABOUT ILLNESS AND
TREATMENT.
AND WHAT MIGHT HAPPEN IN A
FAMILY’S LIFE IF SOMEBODY IS SUFFERING, WHETHER IT’S
SUFFERING, WHETHER IT’S
SCHIZOPHRENIA OR BIPOLAR.