Britney Spears Granted Right to Hire Own Lawyer; Accuses Father of ‘Conservatorship Abuse A hearing Wednesday in Spears conservatorship case was expected to deal with the sudden departure of her court-appointed attorney.
Published July 14, 2021
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Britney Spears was granted a request to hire her own attorney on Wednesday, a development that could mark a major shift in how her 13-year conservatorship case has been handled.
The pre-scheduled court hearing was forced to address the sudden departure of her court-appointed attorney, Samuel D. Ingham III, who has handled her case since 2008. Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Brenda Penny approved Ingham’s resignation and his replacement with Spears’ chosen attorney, former federal prosecutor Mathew Rosengart.
Britney Spears legal battle heads back to Los Angeles court
By AFP - Jul 14,2021 - Last updated at Jul 14,2021
A poster from the Free Britney Movement (AFP photo by Frederic J. Brown)
LOS ANGELES Three weeks after Britney Spears sensationally called for an end to her “abusive” guardianship, the pop singer’s legal battle returned to court on Wednesday in Los Angeles.
Spears gave explosive testimony on June 23 in which she pleaded with a California judge to allow her to end the conservatorship long controlled by her father, and to choose her own lawyer.
Her 20-minute emotional and almost breathless monologue ramped up worldwide interest in a case that was already the subject of a frenzied #FreeBritney campaign by her adoring fans, who are were outside court again on Wednesday.
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Three weeks ago, when
the performer first laid out her anguish at the impact of the arrangement on her life, the feed from a system designed to let people listen in remotely during the pandemic was streamed illegally online. The system has since been shut down.
So, as she embarked on round two of her assault on the legal system, it was just those packed inside Department 4 at the Los Angeles County Superior Court who could hear her plea for freedom.
What is perhaps most illustrative of the complexity of the conservatorship web surrounding Britney Spears is how long it takes to get all the relevant parties together in the same courtroom. More than a dozen lawyers appeared remotely or in-person at the hearing.
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Britney Spears Granted Right to Hire Own Lawyer; Accuses Father of ‘Conservatorship Abuse A hearing Wednesday in Spears conservatorship case was expected to deal with the sudden departure of her court-appointed attorney.
Published July 14, 2021
Axelle/Bauer-Griffin/FilmMagic via Getty Images
Britney Spears was granted a request to hire her own attorney on Wednesday, a development that could mark a major shift in how her 13-year conservatorship case has been handled.
The pre-scheduled court hearing was forced to address the sudden departure of her court-appointed attorney, Samuel D. Ingham III, who has handled her case since 2008. Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Brenda Penny approved Ingham’s resignation and his replacement with Spears’ chosen attorney, former federal prosecutor Mathew Rosengart.