LOS ANGELES, July 14 ― Three weeks after Britney Spears sensationally called for an end to her “abusive” guardianship, the pop singer's legal battle returns to court today in Los Angeles.
It is not known if the singer will address the court directly this time, but at least 10 separate petition hearings and five further items are on the docket, according to the Los Angeles County Superior Court website. So too has the financial management company that was set to assume joint control of Spears' estate with her father Jamie, who remains in place despite a petition filed last year for his removal.All three men came in for searing criticism from Spears last month, when the 39-year-old said that “my dad and anyone involved in this conservatorship and my management ― who played a huge role in punishing me when I said 'no'... they should be in jail.
She said she had been made to perform shows under threat of lawsuit, and that she was not even allowed to get changed in privacy or drive her own car.'Handpick my own lawyer'But earlier this month Spears' mother Lynne filed a petition asking for her daughter to be allowed to choose her own new lawyer.
“I haven't really had the opportunity by my own self to actually handpick my own lawyer by myself. And I would like to be able to do that,” Spears told the court last month.