Britney demands end to conservatorship to have kids
BRITNEY Spears has asked a judge to end her “abusive” conservatorship so she can get married and have more children.
The pop superstar delivered explosive testimony during a virtual hearing in Los Angeles and told the court she “deserves” to be freed from the arrangement that has controlled her life for 13 years.
“This conservatorship is doing me way more harm than good,” Spears, 39, said. “I deserve to have a life, I’ve worked my whole life. I deserve a two to three-year break.”
She condemned the arrangement as abusive and criticised those who have controlled it - including her father, Jamie.
Spears’s finances and personal affairs have been controlled by the conservatorship since 2008.
Last year the singer said she was “afraid” of her father, 68, and would not return to the stage while he managed her estimated £43million estate.
Spears told judge Brenda Penny she wants the conservatorship ended without a further medical assessment. She said the law should be changed and she should not be under a conservatorship while she is able to work and provide for herself.
Spears, who is in a relationship with actor and model Sam Asghari, said she wants to be able to get married and have more children.
Spears told the court the conservatorship requires her to use birth control to prevent her getting pregnant.
Following Spears’s testimony, Judge Penny praised her for speaking out saying: “I certainly am sensitive to everything you said.”
The hearing, attracted crowds of #FreeBritney protesters outside court.
Vivian Thoreen, a lawyer for Spears’s father, read out a brief statement on his behalf and said: “He is sorry to see his daughter suffering and in so much pain. Mr Spears loves his daughter and misses her very much.”