{"id":86990,"date":"2021-09-30T10:25:21","date_gmt":"2021-09-30T14:25:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=86990"},"modified":"2021-09-30T11:02:19","modified_gmt":"2021-09-30T15:02:19","slug":"britney-spears-finally-liberated-from-fathers-tyranny","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=86990","title":{"rendered":"Britney Spears Finally Liberated From Father&#8217;s Tyranny"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Britney Spears: Singer &#8216;on cloud nine&#8217; after conservatorship ruling<\/h1>\n<p>BBC<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/120747742_gettyimages-1056582926.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"976\" height=\"549\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-87017\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/120747742_gettyimages-1056582926.jpg 976w, https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/120747742_gettyimages-1056582926-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/120747742_gettyimages-1056582926-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 976px) 100vw, 976px\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i86\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-18snukc-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00\"><b class=\"ssrcss-hmf8ql-BoldText e5tfeyi3\">Britney Spears has said she is &#8220;on cloud nine right now&#8221;, in what appears to be a response to a judge\u00a0<\/b><a class=\"ssrcss-9nsdc6-InlineLink e1no5rhv0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/world-us-canada-58742331\">suspending her father as her conservator<\/a><b class=\"ssrcss-hmf8ql-BoldText e5tfeyi3\">.<\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i86\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-18snukc-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00\">The singer posted a video of her having a flying lesson, shortly after news that Jamie Spears&#8217; role was suspended.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i86\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-18snukc-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00\">Spears&#8217; lawyer\u00a0<a class=\"ssrcss-9nsdc6-InlineLink e1no5rhv0\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RollingStone\/status\/1443401035683348481\">Mathew Rosengart said<\/a>\u00a0it was his &#8220;hope and expectation&#8221; the conservatorship would be fully terminated at a hearing on 12 November.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i86\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-18snukc-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00\">Through his own lawyer, Jamie Spears called the ruling &#8220;disappointing&#8221;.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i86\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-18snukc-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00\">Cher and Dionne Warwick were among those welcoming the judge&#8217;s decision.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-um52od-ComponentWrapper-SocialEmbedComponentWrapper e1xue1i88\" data-component=\"social-embed-block\">\n<div><iframe id=\"instagram-embed-0\" class=\"instagram-media instagram-media-rendered\" src=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CUbMCJKsRbJ\/embed\/captioned\/?cr=1&amp;v=13&amp;wp=526&amp;rd=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.bbc.com&amp;rp=%2Fnews%2Fentertainment-arts-58746569#%7B%22ci%22%3A0%2C%22os%22%3A703.6999999992549%2C%22ls%22%3A639.6999999992549%2C%22le%22%3A688.2999999988824%7D\" height=\"1151\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-instgrm-payload-id=\"instagram-media-payload-0\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i86\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-18mjolk-ComponentWrapper e1xue1i89\" data-component=\"image-block\">\n<figure class=\"ssrcss-15m9t32-StyledFigure e34k3c23\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-ab5fd8-StyledFigureContainer e34k3c21\"><span class=\"ssrcss-1rix78v-Placeholder e16icw910\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"ssrcss-1drmwog-Image ee0ct7c0\" src=\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/624\/cpsprodpb\/4BEB\/production\/_112953491__108802839_624_transparent-nc.png\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/240\/cpsprodpb\/4BEB\/production\/_112953491__108802839_624_transparent-nc.png 240w, https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/320\/cpsprodpb\/4BEB\/production\/_112953491__108802839_624_transparent-nc.png 320w, https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/480\/cpsprodpb\/4BEB\/production\/_112953491__108802839_624_transparent-nc.png 480w, https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/624\/cpsprodpb\/4BEB\/production\/_112953491__108802839_624_transparent-nc.png 624w, https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/800\/cpsprodpb\/4BEB\/production\/_112953491__108802839_624_transparent-nc.png 800w, https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/976\/cpsprodpb\/4BEB\/production\/_112953491__108802839_624_transparent-nc.png 976w\" alt=\"1px transparent line\" width=\"624\" height=\"1\" \/><\/span><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i86\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-18snukc-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00\">&#8220;This will be the start of a new life Brit,&#8221;\u00a0<a class=\"ssrcss-9nsdc6-InlineLink e1no5rhv0\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/cher\/status\/1443346067077013505\">wrote Cher on Twitter<\/a>, while Warwick uploaded a video in which she expressed her &#8220;full support&#8221;.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i86\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-18snukc-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00\">&#8220;My heart goes out to Britney Spears,&#8221;\u00a0<a class=\"ssrcss-9nsdc6-InlineLink e1no5rhv0\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/dionnewarwick\/status\/1410290549194514432?lang=en\">said the veteran soul star<\/a>. &#8220;I feel her pain. How in the world could anyone endure what she has been enduring?&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i86\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-18snukc-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00\"><a class=\"ssrcss-9nsdc6-InlineLink e1no5rhv0\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/latoyajackson\/status\/1443351457185468416\">LaToya Jackson added<\/a>: &#8220;A huge congratulations to Britney Spears!!!&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i86\" data-component=\"unordered-list-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-18snukc-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-1pzprxn-BulletListContainer e5tfeyi0\">\n<ul role=\"list\">\n<li><a class=\"ssrcss-9nsdc6-InlineLink e1no5rhv0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/world-us-canada-53494405\">The Britney Spears conservatorship case explained<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i86\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-18snukc-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00\">In the court hearing in Los Angeles, Judge Brenda Penny formally ended the conservatorship arrangement the star has had with her father since 2008.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i86\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-18snukc-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00\">She left in place a separate conservatorship with John Zabel, an accountant chosen by the singer&#8217;s legal team.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i86\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-18snukc-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00\">Judge Penny ruled the singer&#8217;s care be turned over to Mr Zabel &#8220;forthwith&#8221;, saying it was &#8220;in the best interest of the conservatee&#8221;.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i86\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-18snukc-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00\">Spears&#8217; lawyers have requested a new hearing be held in the next 30 to 45 days to decide whether to end the conservatorship altogether, and Mr Rosengart added: &#8220;Britney doesn&#8217;t believe a mental evaluation is necessary, and I certainly don&#8217;t.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i86\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-18snukc-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00\">Pandora Sykes, who hosts BBC Sounds&#8217;\u00a0<a class=\"ssrcss-9nsdc6-InlineLink e1no5rhv0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/sounds\/brand\/p09mfr9s\">Pieces of Britney podcast<\/a>, told BBC Radio 4&#8217;s Today programme it was &#8220;really good news&#8221; that the conservatorship would remain in place for the time being.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i86\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-18snukc-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00\">&#8220;If it had been terminated&#8230; there wouldn&#8217;t be any opportunity for Britney&#8217;s team to gain access to Jamie&#8217;s correspondence,&#8221; she said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-mysbf6-ComponentWrapper-CrossheadComponentWrapper e1xue1i85\" data-component=\"crosshead-block\">\n<h2 class=\"ssrcss-1s5ma9r-StyledHeading e1fj1fc10\">&#8216;Bringing the ship home&#8217;<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i86\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-18snukc-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00\"><a class=\"ssrcss-9nsdc6-InlineLink e1no5rhv0\" href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2021\/music\/news\/controlling-britney-spears-documentary-conservatorship-surveillance-phone-monitored-1235074025\/\">A recent documentary alleged<\/a>\u00a0that a private security film employed by Mr Spears had placed his daughter under constant surveillance.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i86\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-18snukc-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00\">&#8220;By suspending him they can look into all of this before they then hopefully move to terminate [the conservatorship] in November,&#8221; Sykes continued.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i86\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-18snukc-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00\">In her Instagram post, Spears told &#8216;JL&#8217; &#8211; the initials of her sister Jamie-Lynn &#8211; that she was &#8220;bringing the ship home&#8221;.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i86\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-18snukc-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00\">Her sister used the same expression\u00a0<a class=\"ssrcss-9nsdc6-InlineLink e1no5rhv0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CUWZCYGgVrF\/\">in a recent post<\/a> about the North Atlanta Knockouts, a girls&#8217; softball team.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i86\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-18snukc-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00\">Jamie Spears was appointed as his daughter&#8217;s guardian in 2008 amid concerns over her mental health.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i86\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-18snukc-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00\">Earlier this year, Britney Spears made explosive claims that he had abused his position, claims her father and his team have repeatedly denied.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i86\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-18snukc-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00\">In a statement issued on Thursday, Mr Spears&#8217; lawyer said he loved his daughter &#8220;unconditionally&#8221; and had &#8220;tried to do what is in her best interests&#8221;.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i86\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-18snukc-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00\">&#8220;These facts make the outcome of yesterday&#8217;s hearing all the more disappointing, and frankly, a loss for Britney,&#8221; continued Vivian L Thoreen.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i86\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-18snukc-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00\">&#8220;The court was wrong to suspend Mr Spears, put a stranger in his place to manage Britney&#8217;s estate, and extend the very conservatorship that Britney begged the court to terminate earlier this summer.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i86\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-18snukc-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00\">&#8220;Despite the suspension, Mr Spears will continue to look out for the best interests of his daughter and work in good faith towards a positive resolution of all matters.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-mysbf6-ComponentWrapper-CrossheadComponentWrapper e1xue1i85\" data-component=\"crosshead-block\">\n<h2 class=\"ssrcss-1s5ma9r-StyledHeading e1fj1fc10\">&#8216;We were screaming our heads off&#8217;<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i86\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-18snukc-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00\">Fans around the world who have supported Spears through the #FreeBritney campaign have expressed much delight about this week&#8217;s developments.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i86\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-18snukc-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00\">A rally was held outside the court on Wednesday, while fans also gathered in London&#8217;s Trafalgar Square.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i86\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-18snukc-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00\">Supporters outside the LA courtroom &#8220;celebrated wildly&#8221; 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