Britney Spears’ 13-year conservatorship is done. Here’s how we got here
The story of Britney Spears’ conservatorship saga is complicated and stretches back more than a decade. But now it has come to an end.
An L.A. judge ruled Nov. 12 to terminate the controversial legal arrangement that has been in place since early 2008, ending the oversight of two conservators who have supervised the pop star’s person and her estate for nearly 14 years.
These stories look at the many twists and turns of Spears’ now-defunct conservatorship.
(Illustrations below by Chloe Zola.)
After nearly 14 years, Britney Spears’ conservatorship is over, an L.A. judge rules, and the pop star and her devout fans are celebrating the big news.
Legal teams for Britney Spears and her father, Jamie, appear to agree that the singer’s conservatorship should end. Here’s what to expect at today’s hearing.
Britney Spears and her fiancé, Sam Asghari, got in the mood for today’s conservatorship hearing with an Instagram post featuring matching T-shirts.
Jamie Spears hires a new litigation attorney amid heated assertions by Britney Spears’ attorney that he will be investigated for alleged misconduct.
Jamie Spears, father of Britney Spears, was suspended as conservator of the pop star’s estate Wednesday during a landmark hearing in Los Angeles.
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After a new documentary raised surveillance allegations, Britney Spears’ attorney, Mathew Rosengart, isn’t cutting Jamie Spears any slack.
The director behind a secret Netflix project about Britney Spears talks about the pop star’s conservatorship ahead of her film’s Sept. 28 debut.
What started as a blogger’s tagline has become a global rallying cry for justice and freedom. The story of #FreeBritney, as told by the movement’s leaders.
Tess Barker and Babs Gray go from courtroom to podcasting mikes to report their new “Toxic” deep-dive look into Britney Spears’ conservatorship case.
Madonna, Iggy Azalea and now mental health and disability rights advocates are watching Britney Spears’ conservatorship battle as a civil rights issue.
If she can free herself from her conservatorship, Britney Spears could become an even bigger pop star than she was in the early 2000s, experts say.
Experts in probate law say the singer’s account is well within the realm of how conservatorship works. “You’re taking away a person’s right to make any decisions over themselves,” one said.
Britney Spears’ testimony that her conservators made her keep her IUD, against her will, upset a lot of people. An expert breaks it down for us.
Britney Spears has been a media and pop culture object of derision, pity and indifference to her humanity. On Wednesday, she stood up for herself.
