Freshly freed from the guardianship of her father, Britney Spears is sinking into another family conflict. In question:
Things I Should Have Said,
a book published this Tuesday and signed by his younger sister, Jamie Lynn Spears. Autobiographical, one of its chapters is nevertheless devoted to the 40-year-old singer. And the revelations abound. Jamie Lynn describes her eldest as a
"paranoid and erratic"
personality , before relating facts dating back to 2004, after Britney ended her marriage to Jason Alexander, a childhood friend.
"Britney grabbed a large kitchen knife, took me to a bedroom and locked me in
," she wrote.
.
She put the knife on the bedside table repeating that she was afraid.
She wanted me to sleep next to her.
I knew this situation was problematic, but there was nothing I could do about it
.”
Facts that Britney Spears denies en bloc.
“I never threatened you with a knife, and I never will!
[…] So please, stop with these crazy lies to fuel Hollywood gossip!”,
She condemned from her Twitter account.
Jamie Lynn's response, this time on Instagram, is less hostile.
“It got exhausting when the conversations we had privately didn't match what you post on social media.
I know you're going through a lot and I never want to minimize that, but I can't minimize myself either [...] After spending my life being silent, I've come to realize that it's not reality and that I may have to establish the truth myself in order to protect my well-being and that of my family”
.
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Finally, the last word goes to Britney Spears, who puts an end to this altercation by social networks interposed.
“I said some tough things because you hurt me with what you say about me [...] All I know is that I love you unconditionally.
So do what you want, it's so vulgar for a family to publicly argue like that."
Britney Spears on her Twitter account
If, on the surface, the artist seems to have drawn a line under this quarrel, his lawyer Mathew S. Rosengart sent a formal notice to Jamie Lynn, asking him to
"immediately cease any defamatory reference to Britney"
.
The document, obtained exclusively by the media
Page Six
, warns the young woman.
"
After having endured for thirteen years a guardianship which deprived her of her civil rights and her fundamental freedoms, Britney refuses to be intimidated by her father or anyone else
", insists the lawyer.
Before concluding:
“You recently declared [sur Instagram, NDLR] that the book was not about her.
She takes you at your word and therefore we ask that you cease and desist from referring to Britney in a derogatory way during your promotional campaign.
If you fail to do so or defame her, Britney will be obligated to consider and take all appropriate legal action
.
The war within the Spears clan is far from over.
