A timeline of the #FreeBritney court case
Here’s a look at the many twists and turns that have drawn out her case and personal developments since 2008.
Britney Spears’ team returns to court for a hearing that will address her father’s role in her 13-year conservatorship saga. Here’s what to expect.
Sept. 29, 2021
Britney Spears said a lot of a new documentary about her life ‘is not true.’ Then she edited that Instagram statement, and fans are wondering why.
Sept. 28, 2021
After a new documentary raised surveillance allegations, Britney Spears’ attorney, Mathew Rosengart, isn’t cutting Jamie Spears any slack.
Sept. 27, 2021
Britney Spears’ fiancé, actor Sam Asghari, comments on Netflix’s upcoming documentary about his partner after others “left a bad after taste.”
Sept. 26, 2021
“Controlling Britney Spears,” the follow-up to “Framing Britney Spears,” focuses on Black Box, the security firm hired to protect — and surveil — the pop star.
Sept. 24, 2021
The director behind a secret Netflix project about Britney Spears talks about the pop star’s conservatorship ahead of her film’s Sept. 28 debut.
Sept. 22, 2021
Britney Spears said in a court filing that she agrees with her father that the conservatorship that has controlled her life and money for 13 years should be terminated
Sept. 22, 2021
The singer announced the news on Instagram on Sunday, just days after father Jamie Spears petitioned a court to end her 13-year conservatorship.
Sept. 12, 2021
Weeks after Jamie Spears defended his role as Britney Spears’ conservator, he’s now asking to dismantle everything. Her lawyer calls it a ‘massive’ win.
Sept. 8, 2021
What started as a blogger’s tagline has become a global rallying cry for justice and freedom. The story of #FreeBritney, as told by the movement’s leaders.
Sept. 7, 2021
Britney Spears showed no evidence she battered housekeeper, won’t face charges, DA says
Sept. 1, 2021
Britney Spears’ attorney slams Jamie Spears for ‘making false accusations and taking cheap shots at his own daughter’ in his fiery new court filing.
Aug. 12, 2021
Judge Brenda Penny has denied pop musician Britney Spears’ request to expedite a hearing to boot her father from her conservatorship.
Aug. 9, 2021
Britney Spears’ team urges the court not to wait until Sept. 29 to consider removing father Jamie Spears from his role, citing her daily suffering.
Aug. 5, 2021
Tess Barker and Babs Gray go from courtroom to podcasting mics to report their new ‘Toxic’ deep-dive look into Britney Spears’ conservatorship case.
July 22, 2021
A new attorney has been appointed to represent Britney Spears in her conservatorship after a hearing in which the singer tearfully spoke about the case’s impact on her life.
July 14, 2021
Continuing a conservatorship-reform push he began in March, embattled U.S. Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) spoke at a #FreeBritney protest in downtown L.A.
July 14, 2021
What’s happened since Britney Spears spoke at her conservatorship hearing in June? Lots. Here’s what you should know ahead of Wednesday’s hearing.
July 14, 2021
What’s happened since Britney Spears spoke at her conservatorship hearing in June? Lots. Here’s what you should know ahead of Wednesday’s hearing.
July 14, 2021
Madonna, Iggy Azalea and now mental health and disability rights advocates are watching Britney Spears’ conservatorship battle as a civil rights issue.
July 12, 2021
Britney Spears’ manager and financial co-conservator put in resignation requests, with court-appointed lawyer Sam Ingham III expected to do the same.
July 6, 2021
Britney Spears’ plight shows that conservatorship laws need reform to ensure that they don’t harm those they are supposed to protect.
July 6, 2021
If she can free herself from her conservatorship, Britney Spears could become an even bigger pop star than she was in the early 2000s, experts say.
July 1, 2021
Britney Spears’ father has asked the court to investigate his daughter’s statements on the court’s control of her medical treatment and personal life.
July 1, 2021
‘And I’ll support her long after,’ actor Jamie Lynn Spears wrote in response to her sister Britney Spears’ remarks on her conservatorship.
June 28, 2021
Experts in probate law say the singer’s account is well within the realm of how conservatorship works. “You’re taking away a person’s right to make any decisions over themselves,” one said.
June 26, 2021
Britney Spears has been a media and pop culture object of derision, pity and indifference to her humanity. On Wednesday, she stood up for herself.
June 25, 2021
Britney Spears’ testimony that her conservators made her keep her IUD, against her will, upset a lot of people. An expert breaks it down for us.
June 25, 2021
Britney Spears finally spoke out about her conservatorship, but what’s next? ‘Once the system gets ahold of you, it is hard to get out,’ an attorney says.
June 24, 2021
Addressing the court for the first time in two years, pop star Britney Spears was candid and emotional at her conservatorship hearing Wednesday.
June 23, 2021
Britney Spears is appearing in court today for the first time in years. Will she request that her decade-plus conservatorship be terminated?
June 23, 2021
Samantha Stark, who directed “Framing Britney Spears,” says that creating the documentary without the singer’s permission “was a huge internal conflict for me.”
June 23, 2021
Embattled pop star Britney Spears posted an Instagram video answering fan questions ahead of her June 23 court appearance in her conservatorship case.
June 18, 2021
While Britney Spears dismissed new documentaries about her life as reductive, fans doubt she even wrote her latest Instagram post. Not true, she says.
May 4, 2021
Britney Spears rarely participates in person in her ongoing conservatorship case. Now #FreeBritney supporters see hope as the singer plans to talk.
April 28, 2021
Pop star Britney Spears has broken her silence about FX’s “Framing Britney Spears,” which has sparked new conversations about how she’s been treated.
March 31, 2021
Proposals in the California Legislature, spurred by the high-profile case of Britney Spears, aim to strengthen requirements of conservatorships.
March 26, 2021
The lawyer for Britney Spears’ father, Jamie Spears, defended her client on Thursday’s ‘Good Morning America’ amid concerns raised by a new documentary.
Feb. 25, 2021
When Tess Barker and Barbara Gray created their podcast about Britney Spears’ Instagram account, they “didn’t understand the gravity of the situation.” Not anymore.
Feb. 16, 2021
Britney Spears’ protracted conservatorship continues after a Thursday court hearing amid renewed interest in her case stoked by a new documentary.
Feb. 12, 2021
Sam Asghari, who has dated Britney Spears since 2016, criticized her father, Jamie Spears, days after a documentary about her conservatorship premiered.
Feb. 9, 2021
Applying the rigor of “Frontline” to the story of her conservatorship, “Framing Britney Spears” is a pointed work of criticism aimed at celebrity culture.
Feb. 5, 2021
More than 500 Britney Spears fans and legal advocates showed up on Zoom for Wednesday’s #FreeBritney rally amid the pop star’s latest conservatorship hearing.
Dec. 16, 2020
A Los Angeles County Superior Court judge upholds Jamie Spears’ role as conservator of his daughter’s estate, but didn’t close the door on ousting him in the future.
Nov. 10, 2020
In new court documents, Britney Spears supports the #FreeBritney movement and is ‘vehemently opposed’ to her father sealing her conservatorship case.
Sept. 3, 2020
Despite rampant speculation, singer Britney Spears stated in legal documents that her protracted conservatorship is voluntary.
Sept. 2, 2020
Britney Spears’ sister Jamie Lynn Spears, who was selected as trustee of the pop superstar’s estate two years ago, is seeking more control over the performer’s fortune amid a heated struggle over conservatorship.
Aug. 25, 2020
After Britney Spears moved to oust her father as her sole conservator, Jamie Spears agreed to bring back a co-conservator to manage her person and estate.
Aug. 21, 2020
As singer Britney Spears tries to oust her father as her sole conservator, a judge granted a motion to seal a hearing and transcripts in her case Wednesday.
Aug. 19, 2020
Ahead of a #FreeBritney rally in L.A. on Wednesday, new court documents request that Britney Spears’ father, Jamie Spears, be removed as her sole conservator.
Aug. 18, 2020
After more than a decade, why is Britney Spears still under a court-approved conservatorship, which leaves decisions involving her estate and everyday life to others?
Sept. 18, 2019
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