The ongoing legal battle for Britney Spears Conservatory continued into a week where the discussion of the pop star’s life and career became a hot topic after the documentary aired. Framing Britney SpearsIn a hearing on Thursday, a probate judge dismissed James “Jamie” Spears’s objection to an injunction assigning financial institution Bessemer Trust as co-curator of his daughter’s estate, as Variety reports.
As part of the objection, Spears’s father tried to keep the delegation of power from the singer’s investments. Judge Brenda Penny, judge at the Superior Court in Los Angeles, denied the objection and upheld her earlier November ruling appointing Bessemer as co-curator with Jamie Spears. At that time, the judge also rejected the singer’s request to remove her father from the conservatory altogether.
During Thursday’s hearing, Britney Spears’ lawyer, Samuel Ingham, reiterated the singer’s wishes. “It’s no secret that my client doesn’t want her father to be a co-curator, but we recognize that removal is a separate issue,” said Ingham.
Less than a week earlier, the conservatory documentary to which the singer has been subject since 2008, Framing Britney Spears, premiered on FX and Hulu. The New York Times suggests documentary also features the efforts of the fan-generated # FreeBritney campaign, which seeks to remove the legal constraints that rule her finances, life and career.
Next conservatory hearings are expected to take place on March 17 and April 27.