Britney Spears is facing yet another setback in the battle for her freedom after a recent
court decision, and our hearts are breaking for Brit.
Let’s get into it.
Britney Spears has had a tumultuous few months,
and just last week we heard her literally BEG a California judge for her freedom, since
she’s now been in a strict conservatorship for more than 13 years.
Specifically, Britney asked the court to remove
her father Jamie Spears from his position of control over her life and money.
Britney said she can’t marry her boyfriend,
have kids together, or even ride alone in a car with him.
One of the more surprising moments of her
testimony was when she revealed that she doesn’t have control over her own reproductive system
and can’t even get her birth control method, an IUD, removed from her body, because her
team doesn't want to allow her to have more children.
And a friend of Britney and her boyfriend
Sam Asghari told People that he’s eager to start a family with Brit.
The source said, “He's ready for marriage and kids with Britney and is serious about
the relationship.
She wants to take that next step and have that full life with him…As a couple they've
hidden how they've really felt even from people close to them because they were anxious and
scared, but now it's all out there."
Unfortunately, despite everything Britney
shared, she just faced yet another roadblock in her case because a Los Angeles Superior
Court denied a request from her lawyer to have her dad Jamie dropped as her co-conservator.
In her testimony to the court, Britney described
him abusing his power and getting rich off of her, and said he “loved the control to
hurt his own daughter.”
After her testimony, Brit’s dad actually
filed a petition calling for an investigation into Britney’s allegations of mistreatment,
and he claims he hasn’t been involved in managing her personal or medical decisions
for two years.
This isn’t the first time Britney has asked
the court to remove her dad from his position—back in November, the court denied Britney’s
request to have her dad removed after she said she was “afraid of her father” and
would refuse to perform again until he was out.
At the time, they did allow a wealth management company to help handle her finances.
Singer Igga Azalea, who collabed with Britney on “Pretty Girls” six years ago, spoke
out on social media about what SHE witnessed from Brit’s dad during one of their performances.
She wrote, “I just want to back her up and
tell that world that she is not exaggerating or lying.
I saw her restricted from even the most bizarre and trivial things, like how many sodas she
was allowed to drink.
Why is that even necessary?”
She also described a high pressure situation involving a legal document.
She wrote, “Her father conveniently waited until literally moments before our BMAs performance
when I was backstage in the dressing room and told me if I did not sign an NDA he would
not allow me on stage…Jamie Spears has a habit of making people sign documents while
under duress it seems.”
Twitter reacted to the latest news, with one person posting these side by side wheel of
fortune images, with the caption “American Judicial system be like…”-- pointing
out the irony that Bill Cosby was released from prison the same day Brit was denied her
freedom:
Another Twitter user speculated, “That judge is taking money under the table.”
And another person said, “There needs to
be a petition to investigate Judge Brenda Penny to find out what her motivation might
be for allowing this to go on for so long when Britney is clearly not severely disabled
enough to justify a conservatorship.
There are less draconian ways to help someone.”
Oh man, this is so tough.
Our hearts go out to Britney, and we hope she gets the freedom to make her own choices
soon, as well as a way around this latest roadblock.
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I’m your host Sussan Mourad, you can find me on socials @Sussan_Mourad and I’ll see
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