[News] Britney Spears: pop star scores victory in fight to shed her father's legal guardianship

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Britney Spears stepped forward on her way to free herself from what she calls a "bondage" situation.

 

The Superior Court of Los Angeles allowed the American singer to choose her own lawyer, a substantial change in the legal guardianship that has controlled her life for more than 13 years and which the singer wants to end. The ruling came on Wednesday, the day the pop star addressed a court for the second time in less than a month. From now on, Spears will be represented by Mathew Rosengart, a lawyer who has handled cases of celebrities such as Sean Penn or Steven Spielberg and whose first objective will be to remove Jamie Spears, father of the artist, from guardianship.

 

The fact that the artist can hire her own representative casts doubt on the validity of her own legal guardianship, a mechanism reserved for severely disabled people who are not supposed to take care of themselves.

Spears went further and announced that she wants to sue her father for "abuse."

 

What happened this wednesday

 

Last month, the singer made a dramatic plea to end the agreement that has been in place since 2008. This Wednesday, in a new hearing, Spears repeated her request in an emotional statement in which she asked that charges be brought against her father for "abuse." "I am here to press charges. I am angry and will resort to that," the singer said, addressing the remote court over the phone of a lawyer.

 

The singer insisted on Wednesday that her priority is to remove her father from the guardianship that governs his personal and financial affairs. In her words to the judge, Spears said she does not want to undergo a "stupid" medical evaluation and that she is fine with co-tutor Jodi Montgomery remaining in her position. "I just want you to understand how much time they have taken from me by forcing me to do these psychological tests that do not yield any results." And he added that he has "serious problems of abandonment" by his father.