Britney Spears says her father Jamie Spears ‘should be in jail’ in conservatorship court hearing

Britney Spears has called for her father to “be in jail” during a rare court appearance to address her yearslong conservatorship case.

“My dad and anyone involved in this conservatorship, including my management … they should be in jail,” she said in a statement to Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Brenda Penny on Wednesday.

“I’ve told the world I’m happy and OK,” the 39-year-old singer continued during her statement. “I lied. I am not happy, I can’t sleep. I’m so angry, it’s insane. And I’m depressed.”

This was Ms Spears first public statement regarding her conservatorship since several bombshell documentaries about her case were released to the public earlier this year – causing added scrutiny to the singer’s situation.

James “Jamie” Spears has been assigned as his daughter’s conservator since 2008, meaning he has control over her finances and affairs. This arrangement came about after Ms Spears experienced a public breakdown.

In an emotional statement for the court, Ms Spears detailed her experience under the conservatorship and the alleged control her management and father held over her personal and professional life. This included them allegedly forcing her to perform.

“Ma’am, I am not here to be anyone’s slave. I can say no to a dance move,” Ms Spears said when speaking to the judge.

“The last time I spoke to you (the judge) … it made me feel like I was dead,” she continued. “I am telling you again because I am not lying … so maybe you can understand the depth and the degree and the damages … I deserve changes.”

Ms Spears was referring to the last time she appeared in front of the court regarding her conservatorship, which took place 10 May, 2019. At the time, the courtroom was sealed and none of what Ms Spears said was made public.

In her Wednesday statement, Ms Spears went on to ask for an end to the “abusive” conservatorship, and she called for the judge to grant her control over her own personal and estate affairs.

“My family didn’t do a God d*mn thing,” Ms Spears said. “Anything I had to do, [my dad] was the one who approved all of it. My whole family did nothing.”

She continued: “I’ve done more than enough. I don’t owe these people anything. It’s embarrassing and demoralising what I have been through. I just want my life back. It’s been 13 years.”

At the end of the singer’s statement, Judge Penny said: “I’m sensitive to everything you’ve said … It takes a lot of courage.”

Last year, Ms Spears’ lawyer Samuel D. Ingham III filed a petition to have her father removed as her conservator. But a report in this week has revealed that the singer expressed as early as 2016 that the conservatorship was an “oppressive and controlling tool used against her”.

When filing to remove Mr Spears, the lawyer said that his client would refuse to work as long as her father held the position of conservator.

Judge Penny denied the petition to have Mr Spears removed as a conservator. But she did appoint a financial institution, Bessemer Trust, to be a co-conservator with Mr Spears. Additionally, Jodi Montgomery was assigned as conservator to manage all of Ms Spears’ non-financial affairs.

Fans have latched onto Ms Spears’ battle to end her conservatorship by launching a #FreeBritney campaign. Several fans of the movement were outside the courtroom to show support of the singer as she gave her bombshell testimony.

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