Britney Spears breaks free from her father: What does the future hold for the ‘pop princess’?

Britney Spears is flying with happiness. This is how he assured on September 29 in a post on the social network Instagram where he expressed his joy for his first time flying an airplane.

But for the observers and multiple admirers of the ‘princess of pop’, his jubilation had another additional reason: that same day a judge in Los Angeles suspended his father Jamie Spears from judicial protection by which he controlled his personal life and finances from 13 years ago, finally responding to one of the artist’s most frequent requests.

While Judge Brenda Penny’s decision is temporary, it paves the way for the 39-year-old singer to finally end the legal guardianship she has been under since February 2008. Why is one of the biggest Idols of the world found himself deprived of the ability to make the most basic decisions of his life and what is next? Here we explain it to you.

WHY IS BRITNEY IN A LEGAL GUARDIANSHIP?

2007 was a crucial and stormy year in the life of Britney Spears. Not only was she going through a difficult divorce with her children’s father, Kevin Federline, but one of her favorite aunts, Sandra Bridges, also passed away after a battle with cancer.

So after a series of public nervous breakdowns, including one in which the singer attacked a paparazzi with an umbrella, a judge ruled on February 1, 2008 that her father, Jamie Spears, would be given financial and personal control over his daughter.

Although the singer’s erratic behavior indicated that she was not in a good mental state, the details of her ailments have been jealously guarded by her environment. However, a recent documentary titled “Britney vs Spears”Revealed that the artist’s father used a diagnosis of “dementia” as one of his arguments to justify imposing legal guardianship on her.

Thus, medical opinion, which the documentary identifies as coming from Dr. James Edward Spar, considers that Britney “lacks the ability to understand or manage your financial affairs without being subjected to undue influence.”

Additionally, it is known that the singer has been under a medication regimen, since she herself has complained about the effect of some of the medicines that she has had to consume and how they made her feel. During her testimony in June this year, Britney complained about being made to take lithium salts, a drug used primarily to treat bipolar disorder, after refusing to perform in a show in Las Vegas.

It should be noted that her use of medications does not mean that the singer cannot take control over her life. This is how psychiatrist Charles Sophy told TMZ Live on September 28. The specialist revealed that he was contacted by Spears’ team about ten months ago to diagnose whether she had been over-medicated and, while he refused to make the diagnosis at the time because of all the controversy surrounding the singer, Sophy noted that the singer is lucid. “She speaks meaningfully so people can see that she has her feet in reality”, He opined.

This view seems supported by the multiple tours, video clips and television appearances that Britney Spears has had in the last thirteen years.

WHAT WILL HAPPEN NOW?

But going back to September 29, the court not only suspended Jamie Spears’ legal guardianship, but also accepted the request of Britney’s attorney, Mathew Rosengart, to grant temporary control of the singer’s finances to accountant John Zabel. This new arrangement will last until December 31.

Zabel is a Jodi Montgomery, a licensed legal guardian who since 2019 has shared the legal guardianship of the singer and who now handles her health issues. Montgomery has also expressed his wish that legal guardianship be dissolved..

The hearing was also a strange reversal of luck, since while Jamie Spears’ attorney, Vivian Lee, was initially one of the biggest advocates of legal guardianship, on this occasion she asked that it be terminated conclusively, rather than just suspend it. Meanwhile, Rosengart was the one who requested the suspension, in an attempt to have more time to investigate what his client argues was mismanagement of his estate by his father.

Now the destination date will be November 12, when all parties to the trial come together to discuss ending legal guardianship.. Because all parties have expressed their desire for the legal agreement to be dissolved, its days are very likely to be numbered. Additionally, the parties will also meet again on December 13, although in this case it will be to negotiate the fees of several of the parties and has nothing to do with the status of legal guardianship.

BRITNEY SPEARS, RECHARGED

If everything continues on its course, it is very possible that Britney Spears will receive 2022 as a free woman, with complete control over her estate (valued at US $ 60 million) and with the possibility of making her own medical decisions. This last one of his arguments during his testimony to end the legal guardianship last June.

“I want to be able to get married and have a baby. They told me I couldn’t get married. I have an intrauterine device inside of me, but this supposed team won’t let me go to the doctor to remove it because they don’t want me to have any more children. This guardianship is doing me much more harm than good”, He said on that occasion.

The person with whom she wants to form this family is already known, the actor and model Sam Asghari, her boyfriend of more than five years with whom he got engaged on September 12.

Wednesday’s decision could also mean Britney Spears’ return to the stage, as the star previously promised not to perform any more concerts until she was out of her father’s control.

PROBLEMS FOR JAMIE?

The one who has a more uncertain future is Jamie Spears himself, as his daughter has repeatedly expressed her intention to pursue legal consequences for everyone involved in the “abusive” legal agreement.

The singer has repeatedly argued that her father used the power he had over her to profit financially and abuse her, including forcing her to perform concerts against her will.

Seeking legal consequences was one of the reasons his attorney, Rosengart, asked for the suspension and not the termination of the agreement, as Jamie Spears may now be required to file “evidence of its corruption”.

And if these revelations are like the outings in the New York Times documentary “Controlling Britney Spears,” in which it was stated that Jamie Spears had surveillance devices secretly installed in Britney’s room to record her conversations, Jamie Spears could have serious reason to be concerned.