Britney Spears has suffered long enough.
During a remote court hearing in Los Angeles, the pop star issued a rare public statement regarding the decades-long conservatorship that she says has controlled nearly every aspect of her life. She asked the judge to terminate the legal agreement and (per NBC News) described being “enslaved” by her father and conservator, Jamie Spears.
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She testified, revealing…
“Nothing has been done to this generation for doing wrong things, but my precious body who has worked for my dad for the past f—— [sic] 13 years, trying to be so good and pretty, so good … I’m told the state of California allowed my ignorant father to take his own daughter — who only has a role with me if I work with him — they sat back and allowed him to do that to me?” she said. “That’s given these people I’ve worked for way too much control.”
According to NBC News, Britney alleged that she was forced to check into live-in rehab treatment.
“The control he had over someone as powerful as me, as he loved the control to hurt his own daughter 100,000 percent. He loved it,” she claimed, according to a transcript of her statement published by Variety. “I packed my bags and went to that place. I worked seven days a week, no days off, which in California, the only similar thing to this is called sex trafficking.”
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She continued:
“Making anyone work against their will, taking all their possessions away—credit card, cash, phone, passport—and placing them in a home where they work with the people who live with them. They all lived in the house with me, the nurses, the 24-7 security.”
Britney testified that if she didn’t “work from eight to six at night…seven days a week, no days off” that she wasn’t allowed to “see my kids or my boyfriend.”
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She also went on to reveal the pain she is currently going through.
“I’ve lied and told the whole world ‘I’m okay. And I’m happy.’ It’s a lie. I thought just maybe I said that enough. Because I’ve been in denial. I’ve been in shock. I am traumatized. You know, fake it till you make it. But now I’m telling you the truth. Okay? I’m not happy. I can’t sleep. I’m so angry. It’s insane. And I’m depressed. I cry every day.”
#FreeBritney began trending on Twitter, with stars like Mariah Carey and ex-boyfriend Justin Timberlake tweeting their support.
We love you Britney!!! Stay strong ❤️❤️❤️
— Mariah Carey (@MariahCarey) June 23, 2021
After what we saw today, we should all be supporting Britney at this time.
Regardless of our past, good and bad, and no matter how long ago it was… what’s happening to her is just not right.
No woman should ever be restricted from making decisions about her own body.
— Justin Timberlake (@jtimberlake) June 24, 2021
We want Britney to know that we are all here for her, and wish her the best in fighting for her freedom.
https://www.flyfm.com.my/flycelebrity-why-the-framing-britney-spears-documentary-is-important-conservatorship-the-freebritney-movement-explained/
*Cover image via Felicia Culotta
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