Bessemer Trust, a professional wealth management firm that was poised to take over as co-conservator of Britney Spears’ estate and work with her father, has asked to resign from the arrangement. bit.ly/3hwQP8e
The company, which manages more than $100 billion in assets, said it was requesting to withdraw “due to changed circumstances.” bit.ly/3hwQP8e
In the filing, the firm said it was told Spears' conservatorship was voluntary, but her statement against the arrangement last week made clear that she is opposed to it, or at least her father continuing as her conservator. bit.ly/3hwQP8e
“...Petitioner has become aware that the Conservatee objects to the continuance of her Conservatorship and desires to terminate the conservatorship. Petitioner has heard the Conservatee and respects her wishes,” the court filing states. bit.ly/3hwQP8e
Bessemer Trust was approved by the court to be added as co-conservator of Spears’ estate last fall, but had not taken any action or payment as co-conservator and had not received any of the assets of her nearly $60 million estate. bit.ly/3hwQP8e
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A judge has denied Britney Spears' request to have her father removed from her conservatorship. bit.ly/3hlzhvu
Spears' attorney Samuel Ingham III had filed the request to remove Spears’ father back in November 2020, stating that his client was “afraid of her father” and would refuse to perform again, if her father continued to be in charge of her career. bit.ly/3hlzhvu
At that time, Judge Brenda Penny declined to suspend Spears' father, though she did not rule out future petitions for his removal or suspension. Also, at that time, the judge appointed financial company Bessemer Trust as a co-conservator. bit.ly/3hlzhvu