Attorneys for Britney Spears and her father sparred at a court hearing over how he should share power with a financial company newly appointed as his partner in the conservatorship that controls his daughter's money.
Battle over Britney Spears finances to return to LA courtroom
City News Service
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LOS ANGELES (CNS) A judge Thursday said she expects Britney Spears father and trust company to work together to develop an investment plan and budget for the benefit of the pop star, despite the singer s stated displeasure with her father s role as the co-conservator of her estate.
Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Brenda Penny set another hearing for March 17 for updates on the progress made by Jamie Spears and the Bessemer Trust Co.
Both Jamie Spears and the trust company are sharing the management of his daughter s business affairs. The 39-year-old singer s lawyer, Samuel Ingham III, said his client would be happier without her father involved.
The judge declined Ingham s request to suspend Jamie Spears as conservator at a dramatic and contentious hearing in November, at which Ingham said that Britney Spears feared her father and refused to resume her career so long as he had power over it. Thoreen said the statements were inadmissible hearsay that did not reflect the reality of the situation.
Penny instead appointed the Bessemer Trust as a co-conservator, leading to the current fight over power-sharing.
Thursday s hearing was more technical and less emotional than November s hearing. The hearing came in the wake of the release of the FX and Hulu documentary “The New York Times Presents: Framing Britney. The documentary has few new revelations. But its historical look at the circumstances that led to the establishment of the conservatorship in 2008 have spurred sympathy for Britney Spears and brought greater attention to the case and the so-called #FreeBritney movement of fans who want to see her released and given c