Thread by @LizDDay

Busy day inside the courtroom for Britney Spears’s conservatorship case today. Some highlights:

- 13 years later, Britney finally won the right to choose her own lawyer: former federal prosecutor and prominent Hollywood attorney Mathew Rosengart. Rosengart was TOUGH:

“One thing is clear. This is not working.”
“There’s a real Q why Jamie Spears does not voluntarily step down. Is there a conflict of interest?”
“Does anyone believe Jamie is in her best interest after what we heard?”
“As she said, she wants her life back. This is a first step.”

- Rosengart also said he wants to investigate whether Britney’s conservatorship was ever appropriate to begin with.

- Britney’s former court-appointed counsel for the last 13 years was approved to resign. Also resigning was litigation counsel Loeb & Loeb.

- Lauriann Wright, lawyer for Britney’s conservator of the person, said “it is the strong recommendation of the medical team that Jamie needs to be off this conservatorship”

- Vivian Thoreen, lawyer for Jamie, said she didn’t think it would be appropriate for Jamie to step down

- Glad Jones, lawyer for Britney’s mom Lynne, said “This system is broken. This is lawyers gone wild…This is frankly shameful.”

Britney spoke to the court again.

Said she was here today for three things:

— to choose her own lawyer

— to petition to end the conservatorship without having to be evaluated yet again

— to remove her dad jamie from the conservatorship

“I want to press charges on conservatorship abuse.”

“I want an investigation of my dad.”

“I’m here to get rid of my dad.”

“This conservatorship ruined my life.”

Said her drivers license was taken away for several months and that she still is not allowed to have coffee.

Spoke again about the facility stay she felt forced into in 2019

Said she knows people may wonder why she doesn’t want another evaluation— it’s because she has already undergone several when she toured.

She said she was told “if you do well, we’ll let you go.”

“They lie. They did nothing. I just kept working.”

Britney got audibly upset— appeared to be crying.

Said her dad needs to be removed and that one of her goals is to rebuild her confidence.

Additional activity:

- Bessemer Trust’s request to resign as co-conservator of the estate was approved.

- Jodi’s petition for the estate to pay for her personal security was tabled for next few days

- Vivian again called for an investigation into Britney’s claims from the last hearing.

- Vivian also said that Britney’s former court appointed lawyer alleged that Britney lacked capacity to make medical decisions but Vivian said that no such court order actually exists.

Judge Brenda Penny ended by noting that everybody should be working collaboratively to help Britney.

The next hearing was set for late September.