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Britney Spears’ Father Finally Files to End Conservatorship

Jamie Spears’ filing states that he only wants “what is best for his daughter,” and that he believes that Britney should be given the chance to “handle her own life.”

Britney Spears’ father filed a petition in court on Tuesday to end the conservatorship that has given him control of his daughters’ estate for the past 13 years. The petition, filed by Jamie Spears, states that due to “recent events,” Britney “is entitled to have this Court now seriously consider whether this conservatorship is no longer required.” The elder Spears had signaled in August he was preparing to step down as his daughter’s guardian. On Tuesday, Britney’s newly appointed attorney, Mathew Rosengart, called the petition a “vindication” for his client, though he pointedly noted that it was “inappropriately sent to the media before it was served on counsel.”

The filing comes after a wave of public support for the pop star generated by the release of an Emmy-nominated documentary, Framing Britney Spears, and the publication of a bombshell article in The New Yorker diving into the mechanisms of the conservatorship. The renewed calls to “#FreeBritney” put the spotlight on the pop star once again, as she returned to court twice over the summer, both times giving impassioned speeches begging to be released from the arrangement. In July, she called the conservatorship “fucking cruelty.”