Britney Spears' public support may not mean much in court

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Britney Spears' powerful plea to a judge to end the conservatorship that has controlled her life since 2008 brought sympathy and outrage from fans, famous supporters and even casual observers who say she deserves independence.

Yet lawyers who deal in such matters say the speech itself may not have helped her in the legal process, which will be long and arduous.

Spears revisited the speech in an Instagram post Thursday, apologizing “for pretending like I've been ok the past two years. The speech was compelling for the same reasons it may be problematic to the court. She spoke very quickly, often profanely, and could seem out of control as she rattled off injustices and the emotional turmoil they have brought her.

“The court didn't say `I don't agree with you,' or `I'm concerned for you' or `I'm disappointed these issues were not brought before me previously,”' Glass said.She recently appointed estate-management firm the Bessemer Trust as co-conservator of Spears' finances, though kept her father James Spears as its co-conservator against her wishes.

Spears' court-appointed attorney, Samuel Ingham III, said that despite his client's pleas to Penny to end the conservatorship, she has yet to even ask him to file a petition to do so. He said before the presentation Wednesday that he made no attempt to “control, or filter, or edit” his client's words.

That was the approach taken by Ingham in recent filings for Spears that attempted to get her father removed and assert more control. Those documents acknowledged that the conservatorship had done a lot of good in its early days while forcefully arguing for change and saying she reserved the right to end it eventually.

 

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Would have helped if someone could have proofread her statement in court so she wouldn't look like she needs to be evaluated...she reapeted herself like 6 times...who wrote that for her...her kids

Another, dumb, ridiculous headline.

Not may, is WILL.

Oddly, several members of the Backstreet Boys were complete $hit shows but nothing even remotely like this happened to them…what could possibly be the difference 🤔

FreeBritney

Whaaaaat are you trying to tell me people tweeting doesn't affect a judge's decision?

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