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Britney’s first step to freedom: 9 big bombshells from her court statement, from wanting dad Jamie Spears in jail and being drugged, to hoping for a baby with boyfriend Sam Asghari

STORYAndre Neveling
Britney Spears fans gather outside her Los Angeles conservatorship hearing as she makes an emotional plea to the judge, slamming her parents. Photos: Reuters, @britneyspears/Instagram
Britney Spears fans gather outside her Los Angeles conservatorship hearing as she makes an emotional plea to the judge, slamming her parents. Photos: Reuters, @britneyspears/Instagram
Fame and celebrity

  • The New York Times documentary Framing Britney Spears helped re-energise the #FreeBritney movement opposing her conservatorship in 2021
  • Spears pleaded with Judge Brenda Penny in the Los Angeles court to let her marry Sam Asghari, who showed support with a #FreeBritney T-shirt on Instagram

After 13 years of conservatorship, and amid an international #FreeBritney movement, Britney Spears finally addressed the Los Angeles court hearing her case on June 23. There was plenty of speculation on why she wanted to break her silence, but nothing could prepare us for the bombshells she dropped during her 20-minute speech.
Demonstrators rally during a #FreeBritney protest in front of the court where Britney Spears addressed the court in her conservatorship hearing in Los Angeles on June 23, 2021. Photo: EPA-EFE
Demonstrators rally during a #FreeBritney protest in front of the court where Britney Spears addressed the court in her conservatorship hearing in Los Angeles on June 23, 2021. Photo: EPA-EFE

So why now?

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“They’ve done a good job at exploiting my life,” Spears said, “so I feel like it should be an open court hearing and they should listen and hear what I have to say.”

Here are the most important things we learned from Spears’ emotional statement.

She wants her conservatorship to come to an end

Singer Britney Spears at the 2016 MTV Video Music Awards in New York, in August 2016. Photo: Reuters
Singer Britney Spears at the 2016 MTV Video Music Awards in New York, in August 2016. Photo: Reuters

Finally, after all these years, Spears publicly declared that she wants her freedom back.

“I just want my life back. It’s been 13 years and it’s enough,” she said in the address via video link.

“I’m not happy. I can’t sleep. I’m so angry. It’s insane,” she said, adding that she cries every day.

“I truly believe this conservatorship is abusive. I want changes, I deserve changes,” Spears pleaded with Judge Brenda Penny.

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