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F Pop Singer Britney Spears is one step closer to freedom with her father suspended from the conservatorship. For nearly half of Britney Spears’ career, she has been followed by speculation that her life is controlled by a conservatorship. Spears has lived under a conservatorship managed by her father, Jamie Spears, since the popstar’s infamous breakdown in 2007, when she was accused of being an unfit mother to the children she shared with ex-husband Kevin Federline. Spears’ public outburst then In February 2021, the social media generated public interest in the conservatorship. The #FreeBritney hashtag went viral across platforms, while a documentary from The New York Times investigated the conservatorship. Through the summer, Spears publicly spoke out about her conservatorship via Instagram. “So I said ‘life goes on’ in one of my recent posts but it’s always easier said than done !!!!! In that moment that’s what felt was the easiest to say but I think

... to keep her out of a state of being conscious enough to fight for her rights...is ethically and morally wrong. Peyton Cordura junior marketing major

led to questions about her mental health, resulting in a conversatorship in 2008. After Spears underwent hospitalization and rehab, Jamie Spears requested that the Los Angeles Court place a temporary conservatorship over his daughter. He would make decisions about Spears’ financial, medical and estate affairs. A temporary arrangement ended up extending until 2021. Though the hysteria surrounding Spears’ mental health, she continued in a career that never faltered. The popstar’s 2008 album “Circus” skyrocketed, and she continued with a four-year residency in Las Vegas.

we all know that I will never be able to let go and fully move on until I’ve said all I needed to say … and I’m not even close !!!! I was told to stay quiet about things for so long and I finally feel like I’m just getting here !!!!” In June, Spears was finally able to speak in court, the first time she was able to do so. In September, Judge Brenda Penny officially suspended Jamie Spears as his daughter’s conservator. In an Instagram post, she wrote, “On cloud 9 right now !!!! First time flying a plane and first time in a prop plane !!! Geez I was scared !!! Pssss

Tussling over the conservatorship, from 2019–2020, Spears struggled with ending her father’s control. “‘She feels the conservatorship has become an oppressive and controlling tool against her,” a court investigator wrote in a 2016 report,” according to BBC News. “The conservatorship had ‘too much control,’ the singer said, according to the account of the conversation. ‘Too, too much!’”

bringing the ship home, JL … Stay classy beautiful people !!!! New pics coming soon !!!!” Peyton Cordura, junior marketing major and longtime fan of Britney Spears, says she felt relief for the popstar after the court proceedings of the last year. “I feel it is long overdue, and she is still technically in the conservatorship and it’s going to take time until she is free from it, “Cordura says. “I just think she has gotten