BREAKING: Jamie Spears is willing to step down as Britney's conservator

[sweeetyme]

1 minute ago, ComeAfterMeRat said:

I hate the discrepancies here. TMZ is so reckless & irresponsible. 

But isn't that good for Britney anyway? If every single news outlet in the world reports that he's stepping down... He will be pressured to step down. How would it look if he made a statement tomorrow saying it's not true?

Maybe it was a rosengart move?

[pieceofphil]

He will wait for judge penny to say he needs to step down. I bet if she asks him as she did last time Vivian will ask the court of she wants him to step down. It will be a we're open for you to make the decision.

[Musicandsoul]

Well i hope no one clicked that article… tmz should just be totally cancelled

[Corruptured Colon]

16 minutes ago, Onyxgirl17 said:

Well CNN reported it as breaking news so they suck then.

That's where I heard it first, too. I was literally watching garbage television when I saw the notification on my phone. I shot outta bed and ran to my computer so fast!

[jossy12]

Everyone, wether he's resigning immediately or not, can we just take a minute to reflect and celebrate what the #FreeBritney movement has expedited.

Without the movement, I feel this abusive arrangment would have rattled on for YEARS, despite Britney clearly expressing her desire to get out from under it, which we weren't necessarily privy to until we started really digging and slowly, but surely, changing the public's and media's opinion. The items that people on here uncovered was phenomenal work. Big shoutout to the paralegal and BritneysGram for creating this unprecented pivot.

Of course, the biggest warrior in all of this is Britney herself. The strength and resilince she has shown, despite what they have taken from her is nothing short of Nobel Peace Prize-worthy.  She did it all for her children. That speaks to the very nature of who she is - an incredibly loving person who just wants to be happy, nothing else.

The majority of us knew something was wrong, but we didn't have all the pieces to realise the full picture. The sad fact is, it took them forcing her into an instution to wake us all up. Their arrogance of using extreme measures was their undoing in the end.

Now investigate them all!  I don't know what the aftermath of all of this entails Britney, but I hope it's a life of absolute peace, happiness and fulfillment. Tragically, but trutfully, none of that needs to include family members.

 

[Barajas]

***** I'm so happy!!

❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️🌈🌈🌈🌈🌈😆😆😆😆

[Jamiea1112]

https://instagram.com/stories/samasghari/2638932038035716245?utm_source=ig_story_item_share&utm_medium=copy_link
 

It’s definitely a good day either way 

[PokemonSpears]

Just now, Isla said:

I'm so confused. Why would TMZ even try and push that narrative then? 

so we can all appreciate how noble and good man Daddy is, willing to do anything to make his racehorse daughter happy 

[websurfer22]

I hate TMZ, Jamie, and TeamCon.

[JessicaS89]

If he's saying he'll step down when the time is right I have one thing to say to you Jaime:

 

THE RIGHT TIME IS NOW YOU MORON!!! THE RIGHT TIME IS NOW YOU MORON!!! THE RIGHT TIME IS NOW YOU MORON!!!!!

 

Have I made myself clear? Good. That will be all.

[SlayOut]

Here’s the full text of the New York Times article, explaining what’s happening: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/12/arts/music/britney-spears-dad-conservatorship.html?smid=tw-share

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“In an abrupt reversal after more than a year of fighting in court — and a much longer battle behind the scenes — Britney Spears’s father has agreed to eventually step aside from his long-running role overseeing the singer’s finances as part of the unique conservatorship that has governed her life since 2008.

Ms. Spears has called the conservatorship abusive and said she is afraid of her father, James P. Spears, vowing not to perform as long as he remained in charge. A new lawyer for the singer recently filed in court to have Mr. Spears immediately suspended or removed from his position as conservator of her estate.

Initially, Mr. Spears objected to the request and defended his work on behalf of his daughter. But in a new filing in Los Angeles probate court on Thursday, lawyers for Mr. Spears said that, while there were “no actual grounds for suspending or removing” Mr. Spears, he intended to work with the court to assure “an orderly transition to a new conservator.”

The lawyers did not provide a timeline for the change, and they steadfastly maintained that Mr. Spears had “saved Ms. Spears from disaster, supported her when she needed it the most, protected her and her reputation from harm, and facilitated the restoration of her career.”

“It is highly debatable whether a change in conservator at this time would be in Ms. Spears’ best interests,” the lawyers wrote. “Nevertheless, even as Mr. Spears is the unremitting target of unjustified attacks, he does not believe that a public battle with his daughter over his continuing service as her conservator would be in her best interests.”

Mathew S. Rosengart, a former federal prosecutor and Hollywood lawyer who took over as Ms. Spears’s representative last month, said in a statement, “We are pleased that Mr. Spears and his lawyer have today conceded in a filing that he must be removed.”

Mr. Rosengart added: “We look forward to continuing our vigorous investigation into the conduct of Mr. Spears, and others, over the past 13 years, while he reaped millions of dollars from his daughter’s estate, and I look forward to taking Mr. Spears’s sworn deposition in the near future.” The lawyer also reiterated his call for Mr. Spears to “step aside immediately.”

Mr. Spears, 69, first petitioned the probate court for legal authority over his daughter’s personal life and finances in early 2008, citing concerns about her mental health and potential substance abuse. By the end of that year, the arrangement, typically reserved for people who cannot take care of themselves, was made permanent.

Since then, Mr. Spears has controlled his daughter’s finances, including an estate worth around $60 million, sometimes with a professional co-conservator. Recently, a wealth-management firm that was set to join the arrangement as co-conservator with Mr. Spears requested to withdraw, citing Ms. Spears’s objections to the guardianship. Mr. Rosengart requested last month that a certified public accountant in California, Jason Rubin, be named conservator of Ms. Spears’s estate.

Mr. Spears had also largely overseen Ms. Spears’s personal and medical care until a personal conservator, Jodi Montgomery, took over in September 2019 on an ongoing temporary basis.

For years, Ms. Spears, 39, bristled behind the scenes at the strictures of the conservatorship, calling her father and his oversight over her oppressive and unnecessary given her continued success as a musician, according to confidential court records recently obtained by The New York Times. The singer also raised questions about the fitness of her father — who has struggled with alcoholism and faced accusations of physical and verbal abuse — as conservator, and she began officially seeking substantial changes to the arrangement in court last summer.

But the urgency of Ms. Spears’s requests ratcheted up in June, when the singer publicly addressed the conservatorship in detail for the first time, calling in court for it to end and singling out her father as “the one who approved all of it.” The singer said that those in charge “should be in jail.”

On Thursday, Mr. Spears said he would step down “when the time is right.” But in their largely defiant filing, his lawyers also criticized Mr. Rosengart for what they called his failure to “review the history of this conservatorship in order to understand factually what has actually occurred” or to “resolve matters cooperatively” in the weeks since he took over the case, noting that he had not yet been given full access to the court files.

“If the public knew all the facts of Ms. Spears’ personal life,” lawyers for her father wrote, “not only her highs but also her lows, all of the addiction and mental health issues that she has struggled with, and all of the challenges of the Conservatorship, they would praise Mr. Spears for the job he has done, not vilify him. But the public does not know all the facts, and they have no right to know, so there will be no public redemption for Mr. Spears.”

Mr. Spears also dedicated more than half of the 13-page filing to targeting his ex-wife and Ms. Spears’s mother, Lynne Spears, who has recently supported the singer in court after years outside the periphery of the conservatorship. Lawyers for Mr. Spears accused her of not accepting “the full extent to which Ms. Spears has had addiction and mental health issues or the level of care and treatment she needs.”

“Instead of criticizing Mr. Spears, Lynne should be thanking him for ensuring Ms. Spears’ well-being and for persevering through the years-long tenure requiring his 365/24/7 attention, long days and sometimes late nights, to deal with day-to-day and emergency issues,” the lawyers wrote.

Mr. Spears’s lawyers added that “regardless of his formal title, Mr. Spears will always be Ms. Spears’ father, he will always love her unconditionally, and he will always look out for her best interests.”

The next status hearing in the case is scheduled for Sept. 29.

 

[Joman82]

[Matou]

1 minute ago, bitbitboi said:

SO WHAT IS THE TRUTH AND WHY DO WE KEEP LISTENING TO TMZ 

I guess we need to learn again

[Isla]

Just now, PokemonSpears said:

so we can all appreciate how noble and good man Daddy is, willing to do anything to make his racehorse daughter happy 

Yeah fair point. Eurgh, it just sucks cause like every other media outlet had picked up on their report now. Now they have to retract it. 

[W0rkBish]

JAIL IS COMING FOR Y ALL ! AMAZING NEWS!

[Ghoulia]

1 minute ago, Isla said:

I'm so confused. Why would TMZ even try and push that narrative then? 

clickbait!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 

[Onyxgirl17]

1 minute ago, HeyWhatsUpItsBrit said:

That's where I heard it first, too. I was literally watching garbage television when I saw the notification on my phone. I shot outta bed and ran to my computer so fast!

Saaaaame 

[AnonBritStan01]

1 minute ago, sweeetyme said:

But isn't that good for Britney anyway? If every single news outlet in the world reports that he's stepping down... He will be pressured to step down. How would it look if he made a statement tomorrow saying it's not true?

Maybe it was a rosengart move?

Wow, I didn’t even think about that 

 

 

 

 

 

I honestly just want to know when I should start getting my pitchforks & torches ready 😂.

[generation glory]

Rosengart deposing Jamie has me excited but read this entire thread too, y’all!!

[Marcanthony]

What is going on?

Has he asked to resign or is that also fake news?