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On Sept. 28, 2021, Netflix released Britney vs Spears. The documentary investigates Britney Spears‘ fight to remove the conservatorship that has controlled her life for 13 years. The documentary introduces an array of people from the time Britney’s conservatorship began. One name crops up several times: Louise (Lou) Taylor.

For those who have been following Britney’s struggle for freedom, Taylor is a name that will sound familiar. However, the documentary doesn’t go into explicit detail about who she is in relation to Britney. If you’re confused, here’s everything you need to know about Taylor.

Who is Lou Taylor?

Over 28 years ago, Taylor launched Tri Star Sports and Entertainment Group, a business management service that caters to musicians, athletes, actors, writers, producers, and executives. According to Esquire, Taylor previously served as business manager for Britney’s younger sister, Jamie Lynn Spears. In 2008, she started speaking on behalf of Britney. This was the same year that Britney’s conservatorship began.

Britney’s father Jamie had a close personal relationship with Taylor. The two were both Christians, and Taylor’s husband Rob was a pastor at an evangelical church. In Feb. 2008 Britney entered into a temporary conservatorship with her father that would end up lasting 13 years. According to The New Yorker, Taylor had allegedly previously recommended conservatorships for a variety of celebrities, including Lindsay Lohan and Courtney Love.

Esquire also reports that Britney’s mother Lynne alleges in her memoir that Taylor was one of the first people to recommend a temporary conservatorship for Britney. These claims were vehemently denied, The New Yorker Reports. “At no time did Ms. Taylor ever make any effort to put anyone into a conservatorship,” said Taylor’s lawyer Charles Harder.

Lou Taylor in ‘Britney vs. Spears’

Taylor appears sporadically in the Netflix documentary Britney vs. Spears. One thing is apparent, Taylor is not to be messed with. The filmmakers asked Britney’s former assistant, Felicia Culotta, about Taylor. “I will not touch that one,” Culotta replied. “Sorry. She will chew me up and spit me out.” Harder also sent the documentary makers an extensive legal letter regarding any mention of Taylor or her company in the film.

The documentary states that in 2008, a few days after Britney was released from her involuntary psychiatric hold, Taylor went on the TODAY Show as a spokesperson for the Spears family. Taylor also “led business decisions at times over the course of the conservatorship.”

Then, Taylor crops back up at the end of Britney vs Spears. According to the documentary, she had emailed Jamie saying her company had lost $400,000 in billing in 2019 for work as Britney’s business manager. However, this was at a time when Britney was not working. In spite of this, Jamie paid up when he received a bill from Tri Star.

Jamie Spears suspended as Britney’s conservator

On Sept. 29, 2021, the day after Britney vs Spears was released to Netflix, a judge suspended Jamie as the conservator of Britney’s estate. BBC News reports that Jamie had previously acted as both the conservator of the person and estate for Britney, but stepped down as his daughter’s personal conservator in 2019.

Britney’s fans are ecstatic to see the conservatorship removed. Yesterday, the pop star posted a video of herself on Instagram flying a plane for the first time with the captain, “On cloud 9 right now.” Britney is currently engaged to her long-term boyfriend Sam Asghari.

Source: https://www.cheatsheet.com/entertainment/britney-vs-spears-everything-need-know-louise-taylor.html/

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Another one: WHO IS LOUISE TAYLOR, BRITNEY SPEARS’ FORMER BUSINESS MANAGER?

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Following Hulu’s successful Framing Britney Spears, a new documentary about the singer has just dropped on Netflix.

It’s called Britney vs Spears and again, follows the 39-year-old’s conservatorship battle against her father.

Jamie Spears was appointed as her conservator during Britney’s 2008 breakdown, and she’s been in a legal battle to gain back ownership of her finances ever since.

One name that appears a lot in the documentary is Louise Taylor, but who is she? Here’s everything you need to know.

WHO IS LOUISE TAYLOR?

Louise Taylor, or Lou Taylor as she’s often known, is Britney Spears’ former business manager.

She is the CEO of Tri-Star Sports & Entertainment Group, an agency that she founded in 1992 that managed many different musicians including Gwen Stefani and Tina Turner.

Lou was Britney’s manager for over a decade before she suddenly resigned in November 2020.

She started working as Britney’s business manager in 2009 during the “Circus Starring Britney Spear” tour.

LOUISE IS OFTEN BLAMED FOR THE CONSERVATORSHIP

All of 2021’s Britney Spears documentaries paint Louise Taylor out to be a villain, and she is often blamed for Britney’s lack of freedom.

Louise, and her talent agency, have been accused of orchestrating Britney’s conservatorship.

According to Britney’s mother, Louise was the one who first spoke to Jamie Spears about a temporary conservatorship.

“Jamie was going to file for the conservatorship on January 22 … but he and his business manager, Lou, felt God leading them to wait, fast and pray, despite the frustration of a phalanx of lawyers,” she wrote in her book.

However, according to Page Six, Louise denied this in a letter that her attorney recently sent to the Britney vs Spears team.

SHE WORKED WITH BRITNEY’S SISTER FIRST

Louise started working with the Spears family in 2004 as a business manager for Britney’s younger sister, Jamie Lynn Spears.

Jamie Lynn had just fallen pregnant at 16-years-old and Louise allegedly wanted to send her to a faith-based residential facility. However, she stood her ground and refused to go.

Just a few years later, Louise then went on to manage Britney for over a decade before resigning in 2020.

According to court documents obtained by Page Six, Britney’s former lawyer Samuel D. Ingham III said: “Tri Star Sports and Entertainment Group has resigned as Britney’s business manager without prior notice to Britney.”

Source:https://www.hitc.com/en-gb/2021/09/29/louise-taylor-britney-spears/

 

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