her to choose her own counsel and recognize that not just her but there is rampant abuse within the conservatorship system and the system needs to change at a federal level. bill: okay. she wants her own attorney. not a big ask to me. we ll see what the judge says. how many people do you expect to show up today at the lincoln memorial? it is so funny. if you had asked me that less than a week ago when we started organizing on thursday i would have said maybe 10. now considering the nationwide attention we as well as the free britney l.a. and respective rallies throughout the country, 21 being held, we could expect 50 to 100. news organizations from across the board that will be in attendance and really looking forward to the opportunity to share the message about conservatorship abuse and the need for federal action to be taken not just from several oversight into probate court but a congressional hearing and
was put in hospital twice and we get to pick our own lawyers and she was denied that. she was invited to testify before congress and some democrats are saying increase oversight of the conservatorship system. i m glad you are here because you are a lawyer, what does it say that bill cosby is free and britney spears in this conservatorship is not? whether this say about the system? it says that the due process clauses not being equally enforced across the country based on the situation. due process is the reason he was released from prison, there was nothing about the facts, the rate that he was convicted of that were in question. he was a due process violation. here, we don t know what she supposedly did wrong. the records are sealed, if you have some kind of mental problem, we don t know what is
position out of respect for britney s wishes. following last week s emotional hearing where the pop star is that she wanted the conservatorship to end the end described feeling trapped with no one to turn to for help. the 39-year-old said she feels ganged up on, bullied and alone after being forced to work, forced into rabbit and put on lithium. she also said she would like to be able to choose her own attorney, but right now she is working with a court-appointed lawyer. congressional lawyers also want to know more about britney s pleas for help and others who feel they have been next unfairly stripped of their rights and the conservatorship. democratic senator elizabeth senator elizabeth warren and bob casey it sent that letter to the department of health and human services and at the doj demanding more data to be collected to address potential abuses in the conservatorship system. and for house republicans including matt gaetz invited britney to address congress and share her story i
it was horrific. it was stunning largely because we haven t heard this from her. there are new details. this is hugely legally relevant. it was as if line by line she has an understanding of what conservatorships are supposed to be and legally supposed to be and she was poking holes in that. they re not supposed to be able to control your body. they re not supposed to be able to tell you, you have to take this drug like lithium, right. and she s basically saying they are. to me she sounded like an activist. i felt like it was a stump peach of kinds poking holes, like you said, in the conservatorship system. she was of sound mind, articulate. not only speaking about her experience in declarative experiences, this is abusive, i want out, this shouldn t be happening. she said it happens to thousands of americans. and in what state do we have a system where i can go on stage, i can perform, my albums go platinum and yet i m paying people to control my life?
For the uninitiated, the âTill the World Endsâ singerâ isnât the only member of the Spears who has been in the spotlight. Her mother Lynee Spears is an author, her brother Bryan Jame Spears is a film and television producer, younger sister Jamie Lynn Spears is an actress and singer, known for playing the lead role in Nickelodeonâs Zoey 101 and father Jamie Spears, needless to say, has gained a reputation for himself by getting publicly involved in her life and finances.
How has her family reacted to her conservatorship battle with father Jamie Spears?
In 2008, Britney was placed under the conservatorship of her father Jamie by the court after she was admitted to the psychiatric ward of Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical center. Jamie and his attorney Andrew Wallet were given complete control of her assets.