Judge Suspends Britney Spears' Father As Her Conservator | HuffPost Entertainment

The judge overseeing the conservatorship of Britney Spears issued a bombshell ruling Wednesday suspending the singers father as one of her conservators effective immediately, members of the media present in the courtroom reported.

The pop stars lawyer, Matthew Rosengart, on Wednesday asked Judge Brenda Penny to immediately remove her father, Jamie Spears, as a conservator and replace him with a new one, accusing him of unfathomable abuse toward his daughter, including eavesdropping on her private conversations.

Britney deserves to wake up tomorrow without her father as her conservator, Rosengart said Wednesday, calling Jamie Spears a cruel, toxic and abusive man.

Ending the legal arrangement is in the best interest of the conservatee, Penny decided after more than an hour of hearing arguments from lawyers for both Britney Spears and her father. Now, for the first time since the conservatorship was established 13 years ago, the 39-year-old singer is allowed to live without her fathers supervision.

Outside the hearing at Los Angeles Superior Court, a throng of Britney Spears supporters gathered to wait for the news, and celebrated when Penny decided in her favor.

Footage from outside the courthouse when news broke out that Jamie Spears was officially suspended! #FreeBritney pic.twitter.com/p1Ze9IVzrw

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Footage from outside the courthouse when news broke out that Jamie Spears was officially suspended! #FreeBritney pic.twitter.com/p1Ze9IVzrw
Shay (@ShayBSpears) September 29, 2021

Jamie Spears legal team, meanwhile, called for the immediate suspension of the conservatorship all together. Rosengart pushed back on that, calling for a separate hearing on that matter in several weeks time.

Key to Rosengarts strategy is that in the event of her fathers replacement, several private documents about the nature of the conservatorship would be handed over to the new conservator, potentially exposing the full scale of Jamie Spears treatment of his daughter.

Penny appointed John Zabel, a certified public accountant selected by Britney Spears, as Jamie Spears temporary replacement.

Rosengart, whom Britney Spears hired in July, has also accused her father of trying to extort $2 million from his daughter in exchange for stepping down from the conservatorship.

Up until recently, Jamie Spears maintained that the conservatorship was necessary to protect his mentally sick daughter. Rosengart has said he believes his clients father changed his tune in order to avoid accountability and justice regarding the extortion claims.