A Los Angeles judge has officially suspended Jamie Spears from the conservatorship through which he has exerted control over daughter Britney Spears' life for the past 13 years.
"The current situation is untenable," Judge Brenda Penny said in court, after hearing arguments from both sides. "It reflects a toxic environment which requires the suspension of James Spears."
Judge Penny scheduled a hearing for November 12 to discuss the complete termination of Britney's conservatorship. The drawn-out legal battle that sparked the #FreeBritney movement — and a lot of documentaries — seems to be finally ending for the singer.
After deactivating her Instagram account earlier this month, she's returned to the platform to share in this historic moment with her followers from the clouds.
Captioning a video of her manning a cockpit, the pop star wrote: "On cloud 9 right now 🤩☁️✈️ !!!! First time flying a plane and first time in a prop plane ✈️ !!! Geez I was scared 😳 🙄 !!! Pssss bringing the ship 🛳 home, JL ... Stay classy beautiful people !!!! New pics coming soon 📷😉✨ !!!!"
Following yesterday's (September 29) ruling, Jamie Spears' lawyer Vivian Thoreen has issued a statement on his behalf [via Variety]:
These facts make the outcome of yesterday's hearing all the more disappointing, and frankly, a loss for Britney. Respectfully, the court was wrong to suspend Mr. Spears, put a stranger in his place to manage Britney's estate, and extend the very conservatorship that Britney begged the court to terminate earlier this summer. Again, it was Mr. Spears who took the initiative to file the petition to terminate the conservatorship when neither Britney's former court-appointed counsel nor her new privately-retained attorney would do so. It was Mr. Spears who asked the court at yesterday's hearing to immediately terminate the conservatorship while Britney's own attorney argued against it.
Earlier this month, Spears asked a judge to end his daughter's conservatorship. Britney first spoke out in the legal battle back in June, revealing some of the details of the arrangement that she described as "abusive."
"The current situation is untenable," Judge Brenda Penny said in court, after hearing arguments from both sides. "It reflects a toxic environment which requires the suspension of James Spears."
Judge Penny scheduled a hearing for November 12 to discuss the complete termination of Britney's conservatorship. The drawn-out legal battle that sparked the #FreeBritney movement — and a lot of documentaries — seems to be finally ending for the singer.
After deactivating her Instagram account earlier this month, she's returned to the platform to share in this historic moment with her followers from the clouds.
Captioning a video of her manning a cockpit, the pop star wrote: "On cloud 9 right now 🤩☁️✈️ !!!! First time flying a plane and first time in a prop plane ✈️ !!! Geez I was scared 😳 🙄 !!! Pssss bringing the ship 🛳 home, JL ... Stay classy beautiful people !!!! New pics coming soon 📷😉✨ !!!!"
Following yesterday's (September 29) ruling, Jamie Spears' lawyer Vivian Thoreen has issued a statement on his behalf [via Variety]:
These facts make the outcome of yesterday's hearing all the more disappointing, and frankly, a loss for Britney. Respectfully, the court was wrong to suspend Mr. Spears, put a stranger in his place to manage Britney's estate, and extend the very conservatorship that Britney begged the court to terminate earlier this summer. Again, it was Mr. Spears who took the initiative to file the petition to terminate the conservatorship when neither Britney's former court-appointed counsel nor her new privately-retained attorney would do so. It was Mr. Spears who asked the court at yesterday's hearing to immediately terminate the conservatorship while Britney's own attorney argued against it.
Earlier this month, Spears asked a judge to end his daughter's conservatorship. Britney first spoke out in the legal battle back in June, revealing some of the details of the arrangement that she described as "abusive."
