Britney wants freedom: how a singer fights with her father over custody of her and her assets
'24.08.2020'
Source: Фокус
Britney Spears could not remove her father from control over her business and personal affairs - the Los Angeles court did not change the conditions of her guardianship, reports Фокус.
In the twenties of August, Britney Spears once again tried to defend the right to privacy and break off the protracted custody, which her father James Spears has been carrying out since 2008.
The court session on August 20 was held behind closed doors. The singer's lawyer, before a closed hearing, presented documents stating that Spears was “categorically against” the return of her father to monitor her affairs. But the documents reportedly lacked sufficient justification for her position. Britney Spears' financial guardianship has been extended until 2021.
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Near the courthouse, about two dozen fans of the singer held a rally in support of her under the tag #FreeBritney (#FreedomBritney). The crowd is confident that Britney has been stripped of her basic civil rights when she cannot spend her own money on her own terms.
“Supporters of the campaign believe that Spears is being held captive and that she is sending cryptic signals pleading for her release through her social media accounts, which usually consist of selfies or her dancing at home,” Reuters reported.
In 2007, the pop princess fell off the loop: a difficult divorce from Kevin Federline, the death of her aunt and alcohol and drug addiction led Britney to the Crossroads rehabilitation center, and from there to the nearest beauty salon, where she shaved her bald head on her own.
After a series of hospitalizations in 2008, the court transferred custody of the singer to her father James until the end of the year. Soon the decision was revised, and custody dragged on indefinitely. For 12 years now, the star of the XNUMXs has not had the right to dispose of his own finances, property, negotiate, make decisions, see children and give birth to new ones, drive a car, hire a lawyer and, in general, control life.
The events did not cause much concern to fans until early 2019. In January, Spears wrote an Instagram post about being forced to reschedule several dates on her Britney: Domination tour due to her father's dire condition. The singer disappeared from radar until April.
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TMZ reported that she is being treated in a psychiatric hospital due to the stress of James's health condition. Two weeks later, the Britney's Gram podcast was released, in which a lawyer who previously worked with the family (according to him) reported that James Spears forced his daughter to go to the clinic because she refused to take prescribed medications.
Britney Spears spent three months under the supervision of doctors. During this time, the hashtag #freebritney gained momentum on social networks: many began to suspect that Britney never needed legal custody, but simply became a victim of her father.
The post on the diet_prada account reflects all the fans' claims: Spears has been the object of manipulation by adults and a well-selling brand since childhood (they say, just listen to the tracks "My Prerogative", "Gimme More" and "Overprotected", in which the girl simply shouted about the infringement of her rights) ...
The post also said that the producers did not like Britney's real voice, which was not inferior in range to Christina Aguilera's vocals, and they forcibly retrained her. In addition, the authors asked how a mentally ill and incapacitated person was able to skate three world tours, release four albums, put on stream a line of perfumes and lingerie, and become a mentor for The X Factor show.
Fans demand a revision of the custody order.
The singer's mother, Lynn Spears, is not silent either: in the spring of 2019, she posted an image on Instagram with the caption: “When the Lord's soldiers kneel, the war does not end, but only begins,” and liked comments about her daughter being held hostage.
Then Britney urged fans not to believe everything they read and see.
In July 2020, Lynn filed a request to the Los Angeles court to gain control over Britney's last "free" money, more precisely, over the Revocable Trust SJB, which the artist created back in 2004 to save money and transfer inheritance to her sons. This is the only asset to which the guardian has no rights. #FreeBritney activists did not approve of this step: many believed that the mother, under the guise of kindness and care, wants to gain control over the singer's life and money.
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In July, the worried began looking for secret signs on Britney's Instagram and TikTok. Top comments posted requests to wear a certain color if the singer really needs help. The matching yellow and black clothes scared some fans. In addition, Spears published a post on Instagram with a reference to Arundati Roy - an Indian writer, author of the novel "God of Little Things", whose heroine is trying to escape from her oppressive father. Fans recorded the post as evidence.
And in mid-July, photographer Andrew Galleri, with whom the pop princess worked after 2008, shot a video on TikTok, in which he read a copy of Britney's letter from 2009 (the original, according to him, was destroyed by the guardian). In the letter, the singer informs from a third person that she was forced to divorce Kevin Federline, transfer custody of her sons to him, and she herself was deceitfully declared incapacitated. The singer also admitted that she was scared to talk about it in public.
Celebrities began to join the #FreeBritney movement. Miley Cyrus yelled at the concert: "Free Britney!"
In early August, 68-year-old James Spears, enraged by the movement to free his daughter from custody, said in an interview: “All these conspiracy theorists know nothing. The world has no idea ... A California court must decide what is best for my daughter. This does not apply to the rest. This is our own business. "
