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Taking Care of Britney Spears: The Shocking Sequence of Events That Led to Her Decade-Long Conservatorship

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MediaPunch/REX/Shutterstock In 2008, the pop star’s father was put in charge of his daughter’s affairs, and despite her reestablishment as a success, the arrangement hasn’t changed on paper By NATALIE FINN MAR 27, 2018 2:36 PMTAGS Britney Spears spent $570 on gas in 2010. She sold a 8-year-old Ferrari for $78,000 in 2012. She spent $31,000 on her dogs in 2013. Target got $5,500 from her in 2014. In 2016, she treated herself to $120,000 in massages, nail care and other grooming services. There’s a reason we know all this, a reason why her itemized bills (if not the itemized receipts themselves, darn it) are a matter of public record. For the past decade, Britney Jean Spears’ finances, from her most extravagant purchases and eight-figure contracts to her trips to the 99 Cent Store, have been under the control of a conservatorship overseen by her father, Jamie Spears, and attorney Andrew M. Wallet. The gentlemen were installed as co-conservators of Britney’s estate—and put in charge at the time of her medical care, career oversight and any monetary transaction—by a judge in the wake of her dual emergency hospitalizations in January 2008. These days, with Spears once again a radiant stage presence who just completed a wildly successful Las Vegas residency and will be taking the show on tour this summer, not to mention a hands-on mother of two tween boys who ferries them to school and soccer practice and the beach, it’s easy to forget that, technically, the 36-year-old is still not in charge of her own affairs. Britney Spears’ Best Concert Costumes Not that 24-year-old Britney was super busy writing checks and poring over contracts and legal documents. She had people for that, and would’ve continued to have people… Read More

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The Britney Spears Conservatorship Situation, Fully Explained

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Britney Spears’s private life has been on display ever since she burst on the scene back in the late ’90s with “…Baby One More Time.” It seems that every few months, new questions arise about the conservatorship the pop icon has been under since 2008 (initially with her father, Jamie Spears, in charge), with some fans even starting a #FreeBritney campaign. But what, exactly, does a conservatorship mean, and what does the Spears family have to say about it? Let’s break it all down. What is a conservatorship? According to the Judicial Branch of California’s official website, a conservatorship is “a court case where a judge appoints a responsible person or organization (called the ‘conservator’) to care for another adult (called the ‘conservatee’) who cannot care for himself or herself or manage his or her own finances.” In February 2008, Britney Spears was put under a temporary psychiatric hold in Los Angeles, where she was treated at a UCLA facility. Following those measures, her father and an attorney were granted a temporary—then permanent (in October 2008)—conservatorship over her assets, estate, and business affairs. The order has been in place ever since, though Jamie stepped down as a conservator in September 2019 due to “personal health reasons,” with Britney’s longtime “care manager,” Jodi Montgomery, taking his place. Advertisement In August 2020, People obtained new court documents that show Britney is “strongly opposed” to Jamie’s returning as conservator and instead “strongly prefers” that Montgomery continue in the role. “We are now at a point where the conservatorship must be changed substantially in order to reflect the major changes in her current lifestyle and her stated wishes,” Britney’s court-appointed attorney, Samuel D. Ingham III, says in the filing, according to the outlet. As… Read More

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