Lynne Spears says the conservatorship had 'microscopic control' over Britney in new court filing
- Lynne Spears' lawyers filed new court documents this week.
- The filing includes her reasons why she decided to hire lawyers to help end Britney's conservatorship.
Lynne Spears, mother of pop star Britney Spears, filed a new petition to the Los Angeles court via her lawyers this week, asking for her legal fees to paid out of Britney's conservatorship estate.
In the opening section of the filing, which was reviewed by Insider, Lynne Spears' lawyers describe why she hired legal counsel in 2019.
"[Lynne] presented a very disturbing story of her daughter's life and the unreasonable restrictions under which she suffered," the court filing says. "Including some as serious as being involuntarily moved from her home, not being allowed to travel to Louisiana for a Spears family Christmas, and what Lynne pronounced as an extended stay in a medical facility against Britney's will."
The filing continues: "She described medical treatment that she did not believe was warranted. She also spoke of daily restrictions on Britney, 'microscopic control,' such as a paltry unexplained weekly allowance, the type of phone she was allowed (a flip phone), travel and movement restrictions including a prohibition on Britney driving her own car, and prohibitions on visitors to her home, including her boyfriend and even her children's frieds."
Earlier this year, Britney gave a public testimony that detailed her personal experience living under the conservatorship. She called the legal guardianship "abusive," and said her father (Jamie Spears) "loved" having control over her as one of the coconservators.
The newest court filing from Lynne Spears is a petition to have her legal fees paid out of her daughter's conservatorship estate. Spears' lawyers make the case that Britney's mother only retained legal counsel as a means to help her daughter "free herself from what she saw as a very controlling existence - a crisis being endured by Britney Spears."
The filing continues: "In taking on the representation of Lynne Spears, the mission of counsel was clear and simple: do whatever it took to assist Britney to break the restrictions imposed by the conservatorship and move in the direction of the removal of Jamie as conservator, and, ultimately, total termination of the entire conservatorship."
The financial request (which totals just over $600,000) will be reviewed at a planned December 8 hearing.
In the meantime, an upcoming November 12 hearing will determine whether Britney's conservatorship will be terminated or not. At the end of September, Jamie Spears was immediately suspended from the conservatorship, but now Britney's lawyer (Mathew Rosengart) seeks to end the entire guardianship.