Britney Spears accuses father of claiming US$2 million before stepping down as conservator
- Spears’ lawyer accused Jamie Spears of attempting to ‘cling’ to power until he extracts US$2 million in payments to his lawyers, himself and others
- Jamie Spears wants his daughter’s estate to cover his US$1.36 million legal bill before he steps down from conservatorship and extra cash for himself
Britney Spears claims she is being extorted by her dad Jamie as he allegedly tries to place “preconditions” on his exit from her “exhausting and terrifying” conservatorship.
In a filing on Tuesday, Spears’ new lawyer Mathew Rosengart accused Jamie of attempting to “drag his feet” and “cling” to power until he extracts US$2 million in payments to his lawyers, himself and others – and gets another chance to “rehabilitate his image”.
According to the filing, Jamie wants an explicit promise his daughter’s estate will cover the US$1.36 million legal bill he racked up between October and June before he steps down.
He also wants some extra cash for himself and an assurance Britney will take care of the “exorbitant” US$500,000 flat fee to Tri-Star Sports & Entertainment that he “unilaterally” approved after she went on hiatus, the paperwork says.
“Mr Spears has no right to condition his departure on improper and extortionate demands for payment or blanket immunity. Instead, the only honourable, decent and humane course of action is for Mr Spears to resign now, provide all necessary information to evaluate his accounting, and, if matters cannot be resolved consensually, to try to defend his accounting,” Rosengart wrote in the nine-page filing.
“Mr Spears and his counsel are now on notice: the status quo is no longer tolerable,” he warned. “Britney Spears will not be extorted.”