After years of court cases, social media movements, and several documentaries, Jamie Spears has been removed as the co-conservator of Britney Spears. The singer had been pushing for her father’s removal for months now, and fans see the court’s decision as a step towards freeing Britney from her conservatorship once and for all. But Jamie doesn’t quite see it that way, instead saying the decision is a “loss for Britney”
Jamie had been the singer’s legal conservator since 2008, but LA Judge Brenda Penny put an end to the arrangement Wednesday evening. Per a report from NME, Jamie released a statement via his lawyer Vivian Thoreen following the judge’s decision. The statement reads that Jamie “loves his daughter Britney unconditionally” and has tried to do what is “in her best interests, whether as a conservator or her father.” The statement details how Jamie helped “revive her career” and “re-establish a relationship with her children” while Britney was “dealing with mental health issues.”
The statement continues that Jamie being suspended from Britney’s conservatorship amounts to a “loss” for the singer:
“These facts make the outcome of yesterday’s hearing all the more disappointing, and frankly, a loss for Britney. Respectfully, the court was wrong to suspend Mr. Spears, put a stranger in his place to manage Britney’s estate, and extend the very conservatorship that Britney begged the court to terminate earlier this summer. Again, it was Mr. Spears who took the initiative to file the petition to terminate the conservatorship when neither Britney’s former court-appointed counsel nor her new privately-retained attorney would do so. It was Mr. Spears who asked the court at yesterday’s hearing to immediately terminate the conservatorship while Britney’s own attorney argued against it. Despite the suspension, Mr. Spears will continue to look out for the best interests of his daughter and work in good faith towards a positive resolution of all matters.”
