The film about the singer continues to create a storm, and this time there is a response from her stepfather, whose lawyer claims: "He saved her life" • Were the avid fans convinced by his arguments?
From left to right: Brittany, her father Jamie, her brother Brian and her mother Lynn
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The New York Times documentary in question "Framing Britney Spears" continues to stir up a storm, and this time Spears' father's lawyer is sent to the front on his behalf to calm the winds.
As you may recall, earlier this month the documentary "Release Britney" aired on the HULU streaming network, which is actually part of a documentary series of investigations from the New York Times.
The film, which reviews Spears' life, unexpectedly became one of the most talked about in the series, and received extensive media coverage throughout the world and in Israel.
At its center is the guardianship arrangement that gave her father Jamie almost complete control over her life from 2008 until today, when she herself has no ability to make decisions.
While Britney refrained from providing an official response to the storm caused by the film, Jamie's lawyer, the father, has now been sent to speak on his behalf and try to minimize damage: "I understand every story needs a villain," Vivian Lee Thorin said in an interview with Good Morning America abc last Thursday, "but people are just wrong."
Thorin, who as mentioned is part of the legal team representing Jamie, took part in the film in question and even stated as part of it that she had never witnessed a person who managed to break free from guardianship.
"It's a story about a loyal, loving and devoted father who saved his home from a life-threatening situation. People hurt her and harmed her. They took advantage of her. He saved her life," she declared, adding that Jamie was able to increase Britney's fortune from $ 2.8 million Which were in her possession at the time the guardianship began, to more than 60 million today.
"He collaborated with her in the fight to restore custody of her children. He saved her finances from doom, and created for her a safe environment to live her life as she wants away from the media that caused and caused her so much pain. After Britney's media breakdown in 2007 that included psychiatric hospitalizations "Loss of custody of her sons, incidents with paparazzi photographers and problematic behavior, the court in 2008 appointed her father as guardian to manage her money and assets and take care of her personal well-being and the restoration of her life and career," Thorin continued. Spears has been her father for 13 years.
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Spears' lawyer, 39, claims she is afraid of her father, wants to break free from his sole guardianship and will not appear again as long as he serves as her sole guardian. Expressed such desire or fear.
She added that Spears' request to cancel her father's complete control over her life as sole custodian and to appoint at least a third party (in this case a bank) to be in charge of managing her assets and a supervisor, surprised the father greatly.
"When the plague was just beginning, they spent two weeks with other family members in Louisiana and spent a lot of time together. They went on long car rides, spent a lot of time with each other, worked in the garden and Jamie cooked southern meals every evening as the family likes, and everyone sat down to eat together. "Yammy loves his daughter," Thorin said.
"As in any family from time to time difficulties arise, but they do not in any way detract from their love and support for each other. Brittany knows that her father loves her and that she can always call on him, with or without guardianship. He serves as her guardian because he loves her and wants the best. For her. "
The fans of Britney and the leaders of the Free Britney movement who are convinced that she is in fact her father's prisoner and crying for help for years, Thorin's defense speech was really unconvincing, and they were quick to respond online with angry tweets claiming the interview was completely fake and that Thorin clung All the time to the page of fake messages she wanted to convey.
Moreover, they argue, Thorin's hands are not clean and she has been involved in every step of the controversial guardianship process since its inception, and worse: because of Spears' father's complete control over her finances, created by the absurdity that Britney actually paid Thorin to talk In praise of her father and go out against her.
