'Britney is free' Jamie Spears suspended as singer's conservator following court hearing
BRITNEY SPEARS' father Jamie has been suspended as the singer's conservator following a court hearing in California.
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Jamie Spears, 69, has been removed as Britney Spear's conservator more than a decade after a court-order placed the singer's financial affairs into his control. The Los Angeles Judge, Brenda Penny, also ruled Mr Spears will no longer serve as conservator to his daughter's estate.
Judge Penny said removing Britney's father from the legal arrangement was in the singer's "best interests" following an otherwise "untenable" situation.
She added that it also reflected a "toxic environment".
It has been reported that an accountant called John Zabel will temporarily take on the role, enabling him to take control of the singer's financial decisions.
Filmmaker Erin Lee Carr, 33, who directed the Netflix documentary Britney vs Spears, reacted to the hearing on Twitter.
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She said: "Jamie Spears has been suspended as conservator of Britney Jean Spears."
"Britney is free," added Ms Carr.
The decision to suspend Mr Spears has been touted as a major victory for the singer.
Ms Spears spoke out against her father during earlier court hearings in June and July.
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She even claimed she had been medicated against her will and denied the right to have children.
Ms Spears' lawyer, Mathew Rosengart, has also called for an investigation into the conduct of those who first administered the conservatorship in 2008.
The court-ordered arrangement was introduced after Ms Spears was said to have suffered from a mental breakdown.
However, according to the Guardian, her father's attorney, Vivian Thoreen, has strongly objected to the suspension.
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She even appeared to doubt some of the claims made during Ms Spears' emotional testimony in the summer.
"She wasn't cross examined," Ms Thoreen said.
"Nobody knows the veracity of those statements."
While the singer appeared in court during June, she was not present at the hearing on Wednesday.