>>> IN FEBRUARY THE NEW YORK
TIMES PRODUCED A DOCUMENTARY CALLED "FILMING BRITNEY SPEARS".
IT IS PAINFUL LOOK AT HER LIFE BEHIND THE SPOTLIGHT.
THIS WEEK SPEARS INFORMS A COURTROOM DESCRIBING IN SHOCKING
DETAIL HER LIFE UNDER THAT CONSERVATORSHIP.
LEAVING MANY TO WONDER HOW P SOMEONE SO RICH, FAMOUS, AND
POWERFUL COULD END UP THERE. WESUPERSTAR WHO HAS
FASCINATED AND STIRRED ON TO THE GLOBAL STAGE AT JUST 16
YEARS OLD. HER MUSIC HELPED SHAPE A
GENERATION. NOW 39 YEARS OLD AND HER
TESTIMONY IS BEING SEEN AS A DIFFERENT KIND OF DEFINING
MOMENT. SHE IS LIFTING THE VEIL OF
SECRECY FOR HER LIFE IN THE LAST 13 YEARS.
"LI "I'VE LIED AND TOLD THE WORLD
I'M HAPPY. I'M TRAUMATIZED.
I CRY EVERY DAY." >> I WAS SIR PRIED BY HOW UNED
UNEDITED SHE IS. INSTEAD OF JUST DIRECTING HER
ATTENTION TO HER MOST IMMEDIATE ISSUE, WHICH IS GETTING HER
FATHER OFF OF THIS CONSERVATORSHIP.
>> AFTER HER PUBLIC BREAK DOWN, A COURT ORDERED THE
CONSERVATORSHIP IN 2008 WHEN IT WAS CLEAR THE SUPER STAR WAS
SPIRALING OUT OF CONTROL. SEEMINGLY EVERY MOVE SNAPPED BY
PAPARAZZI AND SCRUTINIZED. SHE HAD BEEN PLACED ON TWO
INVOLUNTARY PSYCH HOLDS. >> ONLY ONE PERSON REALLY
STEPPED UP AND DECIDED THAT HE WAS GOING TO CARE FOR HER, AND
TAKE CARE OF THE SITUATION, AND THAT WAS JAMIE.
>> WHILE THE STATE LAW IS JUSTIFIED FOR A PERSON WHOSE
MENTAL CAPACITY IS SEVERELY DIMINISHED AND THEY'RE UNABLE TO
MEET THEIR BASIC NEEDS. UNDER JAMIE'S CONTROL SHE WENT
BACK TO WORK. SHE HAD A HIT LAS VEGAS
RESIDENCY AND AMASSING A $16 MILLION FORTUNE ALL THE WHILE
LONGING FOR IT TO BE OVER. IN HER TESTIMONY HER FATHER
FORCED HER TO TOUR AGAINST HER WILL AND WHEN SHE COMPLAINED SHE
WAS PUT ON LITHIUM. A POWERFUL PSYCHIATRIC CONTROL.
JAMIE SPEARS SAYS HE IS SAD TO SEE HIS DAUGHTER SUFFERING AND
IN SO MUCH PAIN. >> THE POP STAR ALSO SAID HER
CONSERVATORS WON'T LET HER GET MARRIED OR HAVE MORE CHILDREN,
PREVENTING HER FROM REMOVING AN IUD.
>> INTIMATE DETAILS THAT STUNNED THE WORLD AND OUTRAGED HER MOST
ARDENT FANS. >> THIS WAS CLEARLY EMOTIONAL
TESTIMONY, WILL THAT SWAY THE JUDGE?
>> I'M NOT SURE THAT IT WILL SWAY THE JUDGE, BUT I THINK THAT
WAS PROBABLY ONE OF THE MOST PAINFUL MOMENTS BECAUSE SHE
ESSENTIALLY SAID SHE HAS BUILT THIS EMPIRE THAT SO MANY ARE
LIVING OFF OF. AND THAT THESE ARE, SHE FEELS,
HER JAILERS LIVING OFF OF HER MONEY.
>> AND ERIN JOINS ME NOW. GOOD MORNING IT'S GOOD TO SEE
YOU. I GUESS THE BOTTOM LINE FOR A
LOT OF PEOPLE ON THIS STORY IS WHY HAS IT BEEN SO DIFFICULT FOR
BRITNEY TO WALK AWAY FROM THIS ARRANGEMENT.
>> LEGAL EXPERTS SAY THAT IT IS EXTRAORDINARILY DIFFICULT TO END
A CONSERVATORSHIP IN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA.
THEY POINT TO HER CASE AS A PRIME EXAMPLE NAP IS BECAUSE
NORMALLY WHAT LEADS TO A CONSERVATORSHIP IS AN UNDERLYING
CONDITION THAT CAN'T RESOLVE ITSELF SUCH AS DEMENTIA OR
ALZHEIMER'S. WE DON'T KNOW WHAT LEAD TO HER
CONSERVATORSHIP. IT IS INTERESTING TO NOTE THAT
HER LAWYER HAS NOT FILED A PETITION WITH THE COURT TO END
THE CONSERVATORSHIP WHICH WOULD BE THE FIRST STEP IN A LENGTHY
LEGAL PROCESS. WILLIE?