#FreeBritney: US judge denies singer’s request to end father’s role in conservatorship
- Britney Spears’ lawyer had asked a court in Los Angeles to oust Jamie Spears from his position managing his daughter’s multimillion dollar estate
- But Judge Brenda Penny refused the request a week after the singer’s dramatic testimony calling for her freedom
A US judge has denied Britney Spears’ request to remove her father from his role overseeing her conservatorship, a court filing reveals.
The singer’s lawyer, Samuel Ingham, asked a court in Los Angeles to oust Jamie Spears from his position managing the multimillion dollar estate.
When calling for Jamie Spears to be removed in November last year, Ingham said Britney Spears, 39, was scared of her father and wanted him gone from the conservatorship that has controlled her life since 2008.
In court filings, Spears said she wanted private wealth management firm the Bessemer Trust appointed as “sole conservator”.
However, documents filed in Los Angeles show Judge Brenda Penny refused the request while rubber-stamping Bessemer Trust’s role as co-conservator of the estate.
The legal document states: “The conservatee’s request to suspend James P Spears immediately upon the appointment of Bessemer Trust Company Of California, N.A. as sole conservator of estate is denied without prejudice.”
The filing was dated June 30 – one week after the pop princess delivered dramatic testimony calling for the end of the conservatorship.