Britney Spears and her father Jamie Spears‘ long-running dispute in the aftermath of her conservatorship is still continuing years after the arrangement was ended in 2021 — and Jamie claims that’s Britney’s doing in new documents.
What Jamie Said
Jamie, 71, writes in legal filings obtained Wednesday by The Blast that his daughter, 41, has been using stall tactics to draw out the case.
He urged the judge overseeing the case not to grant a stay in the case, which could lead to a continuance that would postpone trial start until a later date.
What Has Happened Between Them
Britney — who claimed that she was forced to give up her ‘freedom’ in order to see her children while under the conservatorship — is about to begin mediation sessions with her father later this month, and he suggests she is trying to stall the until after the mediation, even though he says it will likely be fruitless.
There is no reason to stay any portion of the case (as the Court acknowledged at the January 5, 2024 hearing) and there is certainly no basis for staying briefing or any other activity that in any way relates to Jamie’s pending summary judgment motion set for hearing on April 12, 2024,’ Spears’ legal team wrote in their latest filing.
Will The Feud Ever End?
He indicated that he and Britney were unlikely to resolve their issues after spending more than two years without coming to an agreement.
‘The parties have had months (indeed, years) to discuss settlement. They have not settled. Imposing a stay simply because there is a February 23, 2024 meditation seems certain to result in a trial continuance should the parties not settle at mediation,’ he continued.
The petition also emphasizes that the former conservator to Britney filed his Petition for Order Allowing and Approving Payment of Compensation to Conservator and Attorneys for Conservative and Reimbursement of Costs over nearly three years ago in March of 2021.
Details of the Petition
The petition was a request for Britney to pay his legal fees over the conservatorship battle, but so far the Toxic singer and her attorney Mathew Rosengart have resisted paying Jamie’s expenses.
His petition is expected to be resolved when the trial begins in June of this year.
Spears’ team continued in the filing by accusing Britney of ‘consistently tr[ying] to delay’ the start of the trial.
They appeared to suggest that her legal team was filing frivolous motions, only to not follow through when the time came.
