Britney Spears’ conservatorship case resumed in court with a Los Angeles judge granting the pop singer the right to appoint her own lawyer, something she asked to do during her bombshell testimony three weeks prior.
The hearing was to address the aftermath of Spears’ remarks in June, specifically her drive to control who acts as her legal counsel.
Spears’ court-appointed lawyer, Samuel Ingham, had already requested to step down, effective as soon as the pop singer could appoint her own lawyer. On Wednesday, the judge approved for Spears to decide who should represent her in the conservatorship battle.
Lawyer Matthew Rosengart, a former federal prosecutor who now works for a top-tier Hollywood law firm, was spotted at the court hearing and was asked to take over as Spears’ legal counsel.
Reports indicated Spears would not likely speak during the hearing, but the pop singer instead gave another emotional testimony about what her life has been like under the conservatorship.
In the testimony, she called for her father, Jamie Spears, to be charged with “conservatorship abuse”.
“I would like to charge my father with conservatorship abuse,” said Spears, speaking to the court by phone, “I want to press charges against my father today. I want an investigation into my dad.”
In a statement given outside the courthouse, Mr Rosengart called for Mr Spears to voluntarily step down as his client’s conservator. “Jamie Spears should be removed as conservator because it is in [the] best interest of the conservatee,” he said.
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