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Family,
Entertainment & Sports,
Civil Litigation

Nov. 15, 2021

Britney Spears’ lawyer says fans helped free her

“You were essential in terms of the suspension of Jamie P. Spears ... and you were also essential in regards to what happened today,” attorney Matthew Rosengart told a cheering crowd outside the courthouse.

Britney Spears’ lawyer says fans helped free her
A crowd chants "Free Britney" outside the Stanley Mosk Courthouse in Los Angeles, CA, Nov. 12, 2021. (Blaise Scemama/Daily Journal)

LOS ANGELES -- A judge terminated Britney Spears' 13-year conservatorship entirely Friday as a large crowd cheered outside the courthouse.

Superior Court Judge Brenda Penny found Spears' conservatorship no longer necessary after the pop star gave an impassioned speech during a June hearing, describing how her father and former conservator Jamie Spears controlled her finances,...

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