Singer Britney Spears addressed her fans directly for the first time since a judge ended the controversial conservatorship that allegedly controlled her money for the past decade, claiming some members of her family should be “in jail.”
“I do know how embarrassing is to share the fact I’ve never seen cash or wasn’t able to drive my car,” Spears wrote on Instagram and added, “It still blows my mind every day I wake up how my family and the conservatorship were able to do what they did to me.”
The pop star continued to say that the conservatorship was both “demoralizing and degrading,” continuing that she is “not even mentioning all the bad things they did to me which they should all be in jail for.” Spears didn’t elaborate.
Her comment came days after a Los Angeles judge dissolved the conservatorship, which effectively controlled her life and funds for the past 13 years.
Spears’ attorney, Mathew Rosengart, told fans and reporters that the singer’s case “helped shine a light on conservatorships and guardianships from coast to coast, from California to New York ... and that took a tremendous amount of insight, courage, and grace.”
“I don’t feel like I can live a full life,” Britney said at the time, claiming members of her family engaged in “conservatorship abuse.” The singer also said she would not again perform unless her father, Jamie Spears, was removed from his role as estate conservator.
Jamie Spears has denied any wrongdoing in the case and said he’s only acting in his daughter’s best interest. His former lawyer, Vivian Thoreen, said in September that her client “does not answer to the court of public opinion“ and ”answers to a court of law, the probate court.”
“All of his actions were well within the parameters of the authority conferred upon him by the court,” she wrote. “His actions were done with the knowledge and consent of Britney, her court-appointed attorney, and/or the court.”
The Epoch Times has contacted the attorney for Jamie Spears, Alex Weingarten, for comment.
