Jamie Spears Agrees to Step Down as Conservator of Britney Spears

Jamie Spears Agrees to Step Down as Conservator of Britney Spears
(Left) Jamie Spears, father of singer Britney Spears, leaves the Stanley Mosk Courthouse in Los Angeles, Calif., on Oct. 24, 2012. (Right) Britney Spears arrives at the Billboard Music Awards in Las Vegas, on May 17, 2015. AP Photo
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LOS ANGELES —Jamie Spears has agreed to step down from his longtime role as conservator of his daughter Britney Spears’ estate, the pop star’s attorney said on Thursday.

“We are pleased that Mr. Spears and his lawyer have today conceded in a filing that he must be removed,” the singer’s lawyer Mathew Rosengart said in a statement.