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Britney Spears (2019)
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Britney Spears has been under guardianship for 13 years after the pop star collapsed mentally in 2008.
Her father Jamie took on this role for many years, and the singer has been trying to break this arrangement for a while.
Now she has announced a testimony in court.
"My client has requested a hearing in which she can address the court directly," said her lawyer, Samuel Ingham, on Tuesday (local time).
"She wants this statement to happen quickly." The date has now been set for June 23rd.
It is unclear what the artist will say exactly.
It was only in March that Spears tried to make the interim Jodi Montgomery her permanent guardian.
Guardianship also includes the administration of the musician's property.
Her father had temporarily resigned from this task in September 2019 for "personal health reasons".
Montgomery stepped in.
In November, Los Angeles District Superior Court Judge Brenda Penny confirmed the father's guardianship, but named Montgomery as co-guardian upon request.
Just recently, the US documentary "Framing Britney Spears" showed how Jamie Spears was awarded guardianship and since then has not only been able to determine his daughter's schedule, financial transactions and contracts, but also earn a lot from it.
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The documentary raised the question of whether someone could be a global superstar and a barely sane person who should be put under control at the same time.
Many celebrities then expressed their support for the singer under the hashtag #FreeBritney.
Britney Spears had announced in late 2020 that she would not perform again until her father was removed.
With hits like "... Baby One More Time", "Oops!
... I Did It Again "and" Toxic ", Britney Spears had risen to the highest paid singer in the world in the early 2000s.
After that, her professional and private setbacks accumulated.
In 2008, the mother of two sons was temporarily forcibly admitted to a clinic due to mental health problems.
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