Britney tackar sina fans: ”Ni räddade mitt liv”

On February 1, 2008, a conservatorship was established for American singer Britney Spears by Judge Reva Goetz, placing her father, James "Jamie" Spears, and attorney Andrew M. Wallet, as conservators. The management of the conservatorship by Jamie, Wallet, and Spears's former business manager Lou M. Taylor, among other parties, generated controversy almost from the beginning. While Spears was hospitalized in early 2008 for mental health concerns, there was initially a temporary conservatorship intended to last only days. It was later extended to months and eventually made permanent, against the objections of Spears herself. Over the course of the conservatorship, a series of alleged abuses came to light, as her conservators and their business partners exerted control over Spears's professional and personal life, often without her input and against her expressed wishes. Public attention to the conservatorship was generally muted until 2019, when Spears's professional career was put on hiatus during a hospitalization of her father in January for a life-threatening health condition. By April, Spears had checked in to a mental health facility, citing stress over her father's health. Shortly thereafter, leaks from inside the conservatorship team made public some of the more restrictive aspects of the arrangement. Spears's longtime discontent with the conservatorship came to light in personal accounts and investigative reporting. Jamie's legal team maintained that the conservatorship was in Spears's best interests, and sought to keep the arrangement in place. By 2021, following the production of a television documentary on her case, the movement grew drastically. On June 23, Spears made her first public statement in court proceedings and asked to terminate her conservatorship. She accused her father, family, and management team of abuse, detailing instances of mistreatment, coercion, and conflict of interest. On July 14, Spears was granted the right to choose her own attorney, former federal prosecutor Mathew Rosengart; this action by Judge Brenda Penny set legal precedent for numerous California laws. On September 7, Jamie and his team reversed position, filing to terminate the conservatorship to allegedly avoid discovery and deposition. Despite this, Judge Penny suspended Jamie on September 30, replacing him with accountant John Zabel; this allowed the conservatorship to continue until its eventual termination. On November 12, the conservatorship of the person and estate of Spears was formally terminated by Judge Penny. The dispute has led to #FreeBritney, a social movement supporting the termination of the conservatorship. The movement began after an episode of the podcast Britney's Gram, which disseminated the first alleged abuses, went viral on social media in April 2019. The movement went viral on TikTok in July 2020, and has since seen coverage in news media due to its association to the case. Spears herself has endorsed the movement in legal documents and Instagram posts. As a result of the dispute, Spears has become a symbol of conservatorship law and human rights across the United States; the case has also served as precedent for future legislation designed to combat such abuse on a state and federal level.