It was almost seven years ago when my father unexpectedly died of cancer and everything changed. It happened fast and shortly after he passed, my mom had to be conserved. Back then I didn’t know much ...

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A day after Britney Spears tearfully said she wanted to charge her father with "conservatorship abuse," experts say it's possible a criminal charge could be brought, but it would require the pop ...

Ronan Farrow and Jia Tolentino discuss new Britney Spears details. Britney Spears called 911 to report she was a victim of conservatorship abuse hours before her bombshell statement in court on June ...

After 13 years of controlling Britney Spears' finances, Jamie Spears has filed a document in Los Angeles Superior Court agreeing to step down as the conservator of his daughter's estate. The move ...

“I want to end the conservatorship ma’am,” pop star Britney Spears told a judge at her latest conservatorship hearing Wednesday in Downtown Los Angeles. It’s the first time she’s broken her silence ...

A judge has ruled that singer Britney Spears can hire her own lawyer for her conservatorship case. According to the New York Times and Variety, Judge Brenda Penny on Wednesday accepted a request that ...

Britney Spears told a judge on Wednesday that she wants to end the conservatorship that has governed her life for the last 13 years, calling it “abusive” and denouncing her father for exerting control ...