I know this isn’t the typical content usually posted here but I recently became aware of a situation surrounding Britney Spears and her conservatorship. For those of you who don’t know, a conservator is someone who is legally responsible for a person and their estate due to the conservatee being unable to function independently.

From Wikipedia: “Conservatorship is a legal concept in the United States. A guardian or a protector is appointed by a judge to manage the financial affairs and/or daily life of another due to physical or mental limitations, or old age.”

In 2007, Britney entered a salon in Los Angeles and ordered her bodyguards to close the blinds to prevent the swarm of paparazzi from taking pictures before proceeding to shave her head. According to the salon’s owner, one of the two bodyguards present to protect Britney purposely opened the blinds repeatedly, allowing a hidden photographer to take the now infamous photographs. Britney was later hospitalised after numerous failed rehab stints and her estranged father, Jamie, was rewarded $130,000 annually to take control of the singer’s life. Within months, Jamie had rehired the entire team Britney claimed had controlled and threatened her, she released a new album and embarked on an almost year long world tour. Every interview since has been prerecorded, is this the reason?

Cut to 2019 and Britney’s Gram (a podcast created to celebrate Britney’s eclectic Instagram posts) received a voice message from a verified source with information regarding Britney’s conservatorship. The hosts of the podcast, comedians Barbara Gray and Tess Barker, then posted an emergency episode and the #FreeBritney movement was born. Earlier last year, “Britney” cancelled her second Las Vegas residency due to her father’s alleged declining health but later walked into a court with her mother and stated that she was actually being held in a mental health facility against her will at that time. It was also revealed that Jamie had claimed that Britney has dementia when petitioning to take control of her affairs, the judge then ordered a review of the conservatorship. Britney’s doctor died days later.

Britney’s sons were recently granted a restraining order against their grandfather after he was physically abusive towards her eldest and he stepped down as her lead conservator, again citing his bad health as the reason, replacing himself with his associate Jodi Montgomery who is currently being accused of conservatorship abuse unrelating to Britney.

It would be impossible for me to list everything I’ve discovered whilst researching this case. From men being paid to date Britney to her children being used as leverage, it’s all there and a lot of what I’ve read has made me feel physically sick. A prisoner for 13 years, incapable of purchasing a bottle of water without permission but well enough to endure 3 world tours, release 4 albums and commit to a 4 year Las Vegas residency. Do you think the doctor’s death is just a coincidence considering he was involved in the investigation? Miley Cyrus and Kim Petras (who both happen to have the same manager as Britney), Cher, Paris Hilton (an old friend of Britney’s) and others have all supported the #FreeBritney movement so why do you think the media have stayed quiet for the most part?

It’s time to #FreeBritney!

Edit: Here’s a recording of Britney asking a lawyer for help because her dad “threatened me several times, that you know, he’ll take my children away” (if she tries to leave the conservatorship).