Jamie Spears waited for the approach of the holiday season to speak publicly about the guardianship of his daughter.
The man, now 70, had control of Britney Spears' life and finances for thirteen years, until November 2021. Accused by his daughter of abuse throughout this restrictive procedure, he maintains that, without him, she would probably no longer be of this world.
Today singled out by the entire industry, Jamie Spears has chosen to speak in the pages of the Mail on Sunday, a tabloid condemned in particular for violation of privacy against Meghan Markle, and whose edition of the week , the Daily Mail, is accused of illegal tapping of several stars.
While he acknowledges that "not everyone will agree" with him, he reiterates, as he did in court, that guardianship was essential to his daughter's survival.
“I love my daughter with all my heart and all my soul.
Where would Britney be today without this guardianship?
I don't know if she would be alive.
I really don't know," he said.
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If he evokes in a few words his fears for the health of his daughter, he seems much more inclined to talk about big money.
According to him, Britney Spears "was ruined" in 2008 when she was placed under guardianship.
“She had no more money and the guardianship helped put her back on her feet financially,” he claims, denying reports that her fortune was $50 million at the time of the establishment. of the procedure.
“The media did not hear the truth.
They heard Britney's allegations.
I don't care if I get beat up, because I know it's not true and because I don't want to start something else, or have my daughter sink deeper into the spiral she's been in. added Jamie Spears.
He also says he now has a good relationship with Kevin Ferderline, the father of Britney Spears' two children.
A few years ago, Sean Preston and Jayden James accused their grandfather of child abuse, but everything seems to be back to normal between Jamie Spears and his estranged son-in-law.
He also specifies that the guardianship was put in place in agreement with Kevin Federline so that the singer can continue to see her sons.
For several months, however, the two teenagers have refused to see their mother.
Britney Spears responded to them on social networks, recalling that she had been paying child support to their father since his guardianship.
A five-figure sum, “40,000 dollars” she had specified, which must stop at their majority, Kevin Federline having obtained their custody.
The interpreter of
Stronger
also accuses his father, who was paid by his finances to ensure his role as tutor, of embezzlement.
Jamie Spears now lives in Louisiana, with her other daughter, Jamie Lynn, who also doesn't have a great relationship with Britney Spears.
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