Is Britney Spears almost free? Fans rejoice as her father Jamie files petition to end her 13-year conservatorship – here’s what happens next

Sep 9 , 2021

Is Britney Spears finally almost free from her 13-year conservatorship? Photo: AFP/Getty Images/TNS

The #FreeBritney fight might be ending with a new petition filed in the Los Angeles Superior Court – but Judge Brenda Penny still needs to approve the move

In August, the pop star’s lawyer Mathew Rosengart accused Jamie of attempting to extort her for US$2 million in payments by dragging out his stepping-down process

This has been a year where most of our lives have stalled mid-pandemic, right? Fortunately, that hasn’t been the case for everyone. In fact, while the world quarantined, social distanced and Zoomed, Britney Spears has fought hard to get her life back.

And while we waited 13 years for something to happen for her, there are suddenly new updates almost on the daily. And she’s getting close to winning back her freedom.

A woman holds a poster of Britney Spears with her mouth taped shut as fans and supporters gather outside the Los Angeles County Courthouse in Los Angeles during a scheduled hearing in the Spears guardianship case on July 14. Photo: AFP

What’s the latest?

Britney’s father, James “Jamie” Spears, has filed a petition to end his daughter’s conservatorship, which he has controlled at least in part for the last 13 years.

In the petition filed Tuesday, September 7, in Los Angeles Superior Court, Jamie’s legal team cited instances in which the pop star has pleaded in court for the conservatorship that has controlled her life and money to end.

Britney Spears’ father, James “Jamie” Spears leaves the Los Angeles County Superior courthouse in March 2008. Photo: AFP

“As Mr. Spears has said again and again, all he wants is what is best for his daughter,” the document says. “If Ms. Spears wants to terminate the conservatorship and believes that she can handle her own life, Mr. Spears believes that she should get that chance.”

What happens now?

Judge Brenda Penny, who oversees the case, will need to approve the move.