Read Britney Spears’ Full Statement at Conservatorship Hearing
Britney Spears addressed the court on Wednesday for the first time since her court-appointed attorney filed to remove her father Jamie Spears as conservator of her estate last August. Over the 24-minute statement, Spears detailed her version of the last 13 years of her life, alleging abuse, forced labor and lack of autonomy over her body and reproductive rights. Spears was first put under the conservatorship in 2008, following a public series of erratic incidents that ended in a 5150 involuntary psychiatric hold. She was deemed mentally unfit to control...