Britney’s dad: Court challenge baseless
Britney Spears’ father said in a court filing that there were “no grounds whatsoever” for removing him from the conservatorship that controls her money and affairs.
James Spears “has dutifully and faithfully served as the conservator of his daughter’s estate without any blemishes on his record”, the filing said.
James Spears’ filing also says that courtappointed professional Jodi Montgomery, who oversees Britney Spears’ life decisions while her father handles her money, called him last month and sought help with his daughter’s mental health struggles.
Montgomery and her lawyer said in response that James Spears “misrepresented and manipulated” the call to use it to his own advantage.
James Spears’ filing came in response to court papers filed a day earlier by Britney Spears’ new lawyer, Matthew Rosengart, which requested an emergency hearing to suspend him from the conservatorship.
James Spears said Rosengart “does not (and cannot) specify what the wrongdoing is” to prompt such a suspension. James Spears stepped aside from the part of the conservatorship that controls his daughter’s life decisions in 2019, with Montgomery taking over.