The attorneys for Britney Spears’ daddy backed themselves into a corner by informing the media that she can end her conservatorship at any time, Civil Rights lawyer David Henderson stated Wednesday.
“What her father’s attorneys have consistently said is, if she wants out, all she has to do is to go to court and ask,” Henderson, a previous district attorney and CNBC Contributor, stated about Jamie Spears’ attorneys. “Well, today she went to court and asked, so they’re going to have to back up on what their previous position was.”
The worldwide pop star broke down on Wednesday throughout an unusual court look through Zoom. In it, she asked Superior Court Judge Brenda Penny to end her daddy’s control over her life and fortune after 13 years under a conservatorship. She called her circumstance “abusive.”
Henderson described to CNBC’s “The News with Shepard Smith” that Britney’s declarations show that the conservatorship is having negative results on her life.
“Conservatorships for someone like Britney Spears are supposed to help them regain their independence, and from what she explained, it’s had the exact opposite effect on her life,” Henderson stated.Â
Spears likewise declared she wished to have her intrauterine gadget eliminated so that she might have another child however that her conservators would not permit it. Henderson informed host Shepard Smith that a conservatorship should not have the power to require an IUD.Â
“I think that’s part of the reason why this should not just be seen as a case involving a celebrity who has been treated badly, this has implications that go far wider, because she said that she has an implant device that she is not allowed to remove, which indicates she doesn’t have physical control over her body, in a way that should not be contemplated by conservatorship,” Henderson stated.Â
The legal group for Jamie Spears did not right away react to CNBC’s ask for remark.
