Spears case under fresh scrutiny
LOS ANGELES: The Britney Spears legal case was back in court yesterday with little progress on the increasingly controversial issue of how much longer the pop star will have her personal and business affairs controlled by other people.
Los Angeles Superior Court judge Brenda Penny said the singer's father and a newlyappointed financial trust company must work together to develop an investment plan that will benefit Spears.
Spears has made clear in the past year she no longer wants her father Jamie involved in her affairs, but the judge in December extended his conservatorship until September 2021. Jamie Spears was appointed conservator in 2008 after the singer was admitted to hospital for psychiatric treatment.
Yesterday’s hearing, which Spears did not attend in person, followed the broadcast of a television documentary last week that brought new scrutiny to the case and to the widelypublicised breakdown of the former teen phenomenon.