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LOS ANGELES – A judge allowed Britney Spears to hire an attorney of her choosing at a hearing Wednesday in which she broke down in tears after describing the “cruelty” of her conservatorship.
Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Brenda Penny approved Spears hiring former federal prosecutor Mathew Rosengart, who called on Spears father to immediately resign as her conservator.
“We will be moving promptly and aggressively for his removal,” Rosengart said outside the courthouse. “The question remains, why is he involved?”
Britney Spears, taking part in the hearing by phone, told the judge she approved of Rosengart after several conversations with him. Spears said she wanted the conservatorship to end immediately but not if it required going through any more “stupid” evaluations.
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Britney Spears supporters Hayley Herms, foreground, and Jakeyonce, back center, react to the news that Spears was granted permission by a judge to hire a lawyer of her choice in her conservatorship battle at the Stanley Mosk Courthouse, Wednesday, July 14, 2021, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)
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FILE - Britney Spears arrives at the Los Angeles premiere of Once Upon a Time in Hollywood on July 22, 2019. When Spears speaks to a judge at her own request on Wednesday, June. 23, 2021, she ll do it 13 years into a court-enforced conservatorship that has exercised vast control of her life and money by her father. Spears has said the conservatorship saved her from collapse and exploitation. But she has sought more control over how it operates, and says she wants her father out. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP, File)
LOS ANGELES (AP) – A judge allowed Britney Spears to hire an attorney of her choosing at a hearing Wednesday in which she broke down in tears after describing the “cruelty” of her conservatorship.
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