布兰妮·斯皮尔斯周三在法庭上发表讲话时热情地恳求结束她的托管权,她说,“我只想回到我的生活。”
周三的听证会由加州高等法院法官布伦达·j·佩妮主持,涉及布兰妮监管的所有各方都远程出席了听证会。在听证会上,斯皮尔斯说,由于托管权,她受到了“精神创伤”和“抑郁”,她告诉法庭,“我每天都在哭。”
“我撒了谎,告诉全世界我很好,我很幸福。这是一个谎言,”斯皮尔斯说,她相信如果她说了足够多的遍,它可能会实现。“我一直在否认。我一直很震惊。我受到了精神创伤。我不开心。我睡不着。我很生气这太疯狂了。我很沮丧。我天天哭。”
布兰妮在6月23日的听证会上说了什么?
在她通过电话宣读的23分钟的声明中,斯皮尔斯告诉法庭,她想“结婚并生个孩子”,但由于监护权的原因,她不能做这两件事。
这位歌手目前正在与萨姆·阿斯加里约会,她解释说她有一个宫内节育器,或称宫内节育器,可以防止她怀孕。她声称,负责她托管的人不允许她让医生取出来,因为他们不想让她再有孩子。
斯皮尔斯说,她有权自由地对自己的家庭做出决定。
谈到两年前她最后一次在法庭上发言时——当时是在一次闭门听证会上——斯皮尔斯说她觉得自己没有被认真对待。
“老实说,我已经很久没有回到法庭了,因为我认为我没有被听到任何级别的声音,”她说,随后补充说,法庭让她的父亲杰米·斯皮尔斯作为她的监护人与她相处不好。
“这让我觉得我好像死了,好像我无关紧要,好像什么都没对我做过,好像你认为我在撒谎什么的。我再次告诉你,因为我没有说谎。我想被听到,我再次告诉你,所以也许你可以理解他们当时对我造成的伤害的深度和程度,”她解释说。“我值得改变。”
斯皮尔斯详细描述了她是如何接受药物治疗并被迫违背自己的意愿参加治疗项目的。
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在音乐学院案件听证会当天,一个人抗议支持流行歌星布兰妮·斯皮尔斯
这位歌手说,她的治疗师“不知从哪里”让她停止了正常的药物治疗,并给她注射了锂,这让她感到“醉了”。
“我真的连自己都拿不起来。我甚至不能和我的父母真正地谈论任何事情。我告诉他们我很害怕,“我的家人不仅不做傻事,我爸爸也完全赞成。发生在我身上的任何事情都必须得到我爸爸的批准。"
斯皮尔斯声称,在她据称未能通过心理测试后,她的父亲曾让她参加一个每月花费6万美元的“小型康复项目”。
“我在电话里哭了一个小时,他喜欢其中的每一分钟,”她说。
该计划要求她放弃所有财产——包括她的信用卡、现金、电话和护照——并被给予“没有隐私”,因为她一直被观察到,包括在她换衣服时在人们面前裸体。
斯皮尔斯还声称,她每周给八瓶血,不能见她的孩子或她的男朋友,被迫一周七天每天工作10个小时。
“我的父亲和任何参与托管的人——还有我的管理层,当我拒绝的时候,他们在惩罚我方面发挥了巨大的作用...“女士,他们应该进监狱,”她对彭妮说,并补充说,对她这样做的人“不应该这么容易就离开。”
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布兰妮·斯皮尔斯参加索尼电影公司的《从前》...在好莱坞“洛杉矶首映o
斯皮尔斯说,她“真的想起诉我的家人”,并“能够与世界分享我的故事。”
“我所经历的一切令人尴尬和沮丧——这是我从未公开说过的主要原因,”她说。“我不想公开说,因为我真的认为没有人会相信我。”
斯皮尔斯呼吁“无需评估”就结束对她的监管,她认为监管是“滥用权力”,是“对我弊大于利”。
“我应该有自己的生活,”她说。
针对布兰妮的说法,她父亲的律师在法庭上宣读了以下声明:“听到女儿如此痛苦,他很难过。斯皮尔斯先生爱他的女儿,非常想念她。”
杰米自2008年以来一直是布兰妮的监护人。在法律监护下,她不能控制自己的个人或财务事务。
同为流行歌星的贾斯汀·汀布莱克曾在斯皮尔斯90年代末和21世纪初最成功的时候和她约会,在推特上发布了一份声明在周三的证词后支持斯皮尔斯。
他写道:“经过今天的经历,我们都应该在这个时候支持布兰妮。”。“不管我们的过去是好是坏,也不管那是多久以前的事……发生在她身上的事情就是不对。”
“任何女人都不应该被限制对自己的身体做出决定,”这位歌手兼演员补充说,她现在已经和女演员杰西卡·贝尔结婚了。
请继续阅读,了解更多关于布兰妮的托管权以及布兰妮和她的父亲在法庭上为之奋斗的事情。
布兰妮斯皮尔斯为什么会有一个托管人,托管人是什么时候成立的?
“小甜甜”因精神健康原因住院后,于26岁时被接管,以下显示的异常行为。
通过法律监护,杰米·斯皮尔斯从此控制了女儿的财务。
安德鲁·钱包从2008年开始担任斯皮尔斯和杰米·斯皮尔斯的共同遗产保护人,直到2019年,钱包自愿辞去这个角色。洛杉矶时报据报告的那个钱包他在2019年辞职时说道如果布兰妮不离开这个角色,他将遭受“巨大的伤害,不可挽回的伤害和直接的危险”。
杰米·斯皮尔斯仍然和金融集团贝塞麦信托公司一起担任他女儿财产的共同保管人彭妮于2020年11月任命。
直到2019年9月,这位歌手的父亲一直担任她的监护人,包括她的医疗决定等。
由于杰米的离开,乔迪·蒙哥马利成为了她的临时监护人,这是由于当时的健康原因。
斯皮尔斯不想让她的父亲担任她的监护人,她已经通过她的法律团队表达了这一点。2020年8月,这位歌手的律师请愿让杰米·斯皮尔斯下台。这位歌手的律师要求蒙哥马利永久担任她的个人监护人,并任命一名公司受托人作为她的遗产监护人。
A法院立案由“早安美国”于2020年8月获得阅读,“布兰妮强烈反对让詹姆斯返回作为管理员...[和]强烈反对詹姆斯继续作为她的财产的唯一监护人。”
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布兰妮·斯皮尔斯于2003年6月28日在加州好莱坞的好莱坞广场参加音乐电视节。
2020年11月,法官彭妮任命贝塞麦信托公司为她的遗产共同保管人,但并没有解除杰米·斯皮尔斯的职务。在同一次听证会上,布兰妮·斯皮尔斯的律师塞缪尔·英厄姆三世据报道透露了这位歌手对她父亲的感情。
据报道,法官英厄姆说:“我的当事人告诉我,她害怕她的父亲。”美联社。"如果她父亲掌管她的事业,她就不会再表演了。"
接管案的最新进展是什么?
在4月27日举行的最近一次音乐监管听证会上,布兰妮的律师英厄姆问佩妮这位歌手是否可以直接向法庭陈述。
彭妮批准了这一请求,并将开庭日期定在6月23日。
根据美联社自2019年5月法庭关闭以来,这位歌手就没有在法庭上说过话。
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2008年3月10日,布兰妮的父亲杰米·斯皮尔斯离开洛杉矶县高级法院。
继3月的托管案听证会后,英厄姆提交了一份请愿书,要求杰米·斯皮尔斯辞去她的托管人一职,并要求用蒙哥马利取代斯皮尔斯的父亲。如果斯皮尔斯在周三的听证会上发言,预计她将讨论这一问题。
杰米和布兰妮·斯皮尔斯的律师据报道,他在2月份的一次听证会上谈到了投资计划大流行期间歌手的财务状况。
关于托管,杰米·斯皮尔斯说了些什么?
今年早些时候,杰米·斯皮尔斯的律师维维安·索林在《早安美国》的采访
“我明白每个故事都想有一个反派,但人们在这里做得太不对了,”索林在《GMA》中说
自《纽约时报》和《外汇交易》发行以来,杰米·斯皮尔斯一直面临着更严格的公众监督纪录片《陷害布兰妮·斯皮尔斯》在二月。
斯皮尔斯家族没有参与的这部纪录片展示了这位歌手为解除父亲对其财务和个人事务的控制而进行的法律斗争。在斯皮尔斯职业生涯的早期,许多与她一起工作的人在纪录片中分享了他们对托管的想法。
索林在“GMA”节目中说,她觉得杰米·斯皮尔斯作为他女儿的监护人的看法是不准确的
“这是一个关于一个极其忠诚、充满爱心和奉献精神的父亲把他的女儿从威胁生命的境地中解救出来的故事,”她说。"人们在伤害她,也在剥削她。"
她还声称斯皮尔斯的父亲在担任她的监护人期间“不知疲倦地工作来保护她”。
布兰妮有没有评论过这部纪录片?
虽然斯皮尔斯没有公开谈论她父亲的监护权案件,但她说了承认“陷害布兰妮·斯皮尔斯”的存在在三月。
她在Instagram的一篇帖子中写道:“我没有看这部纪录片,但从我看到的情况来看,我对他们给我的光线感到尴尬。”“我哭了两个星期,嗯……有时候还会哭!!!!"
她继续呼吁她一生中获得的巨大媒体关注及其影响。
“我的生活一直很投机...观看...真正评判了我的一生!!!"她写道。“我这辈子在人前表演已经暴露了!!!用你真正的脆弱来信任宇宙需要很大的力量,因为我总是被这样评价...侮辱...被媒体弄得很尴尬...直到今天我仍然是!!!"
这位歌手还在2020年11月在社交媒体上分享了一条关于她的健康状况的信息。
“我知道有很多评论和很多人说了很多关于我的不同的事情,但我只是想让你们知道我很好,”她说视频信息。
她接着说,她是有史以来“最幸福的”。
尽管这位歌手也不同意这部纪录片,并重申了她积极的精神状态,但她通过律师在法庭上表达了对现有托管安排的不满。还有一个纽约时报的报道这表明这种反对可以追溯到接管的几年前。
《纽约时报》的调查称,机密的法庭记录显示,斯皮尔斯“比以前更早、更频繁地”表示不同意接管,并表示这限制了她约会对象的一切,包括她厨房橱柜的颜色。
据《纽约时报》报道,一名法院调查员在2016年一份与音乐监管案件有关的报告中写道,这位歌手“明确表示,她觉得音乐监管已经成为一种压迫和控制她的工具”。
Britney Spears pleads for judge to end 13-year conservatorship: 'I just want my life back'
Britney Spears passionately pleaded for an end to her conservatorship as she addressed a courtroom on Wednesday, saying, "I just want my life back."
All parties involved in Spears' conservatorship appeared remotely for the Wednesday hearing, presided over by California Superior Court Judge Brenda J. Penny. During the hearing, Spears said she has been "traumatized" and "depressed" due to the conservatorship, telling the court, "I cry every day."
"I've lied and told the whole world I'm OK and I'm happy. It's a lie," Spears said, saying she believed that if she said this enough times it might come true. "I've been in denial. I've been in shock. I am traumatized. I'm not happy. I can't sleep. I'm so angry it's insane. And I'm depressed. I cry every day."
What did Britney Spears say during the June 23 hearing?
During the 23-minute statement she read over the phone, Spears told the court she wants to "get married and have a baby" but, due to the conservatorship, she isn't allowed to do either of those things.
The singer, who is currently dating Sam Asghari, explained that she has an intrauterine device, or IUD, that prevents her from getting pregnant. She claimed that those in charge of her conservatorship won't allow her to get it taken out by a doctor because they don't want her to have anymore children.
Spears said she deserves to have the freedom to make decisions about her family.
Speaking about the last time she addressed the court two years ago -- in a closed hearing at the time -- Spears said she didn't feel like she was taken seriously.
"I will be honest with you, I haven't been back to court in a long time because I don't think I was heard on any level," she said, later adding that the court keeping her father, Jamie Spears, as her conservator didn't sit well with her.
"It made me feel like I was dead, like I didn't matter, like nothing had been done to me, like you thought I was lying or something. I'm telling you again because I'm not lying. I want to be heard and I'm telling you this again so maybe you can understand the depth and the degree and the damage that they did to me back then," she explained. "I deserve changes."
Spears detailed how she was medicated and forced to attend treatment programs against her will.
The singer said her therapist took her off her normal medications and put her on lithium "out of nowhere," which made her feel "drunk."
"I really couldn't even take up for myself. I couldn't even have a conversation with my mom or dad really about anything. I told them I was scared," Not only did my family not do a g------ thing, my dad was all for it. Anything that happened to me had to be approved by my dad."
Spears claimed her dad once made her attend a "small rehab program" that cost $60,000 a month after she had allegedly failed a psychological test.
"I cried on the phone for an hour and he loved every minute of it," she said.
The program required her to give up all her possessions -- including her credit cards, cash, phone and passport -- and was given "no privacy" as she was observed at all times, including being naked in front of people while she changed clothes.
Spears also alleged that she gave eight vials of blood per week, wasn't able to see her kids or her boyfriend and was forced to work for 10 hours a day, seven days a week.
"My dad and anyone involved in this conservatorship -- and my management, who played a huge role in punishing me when I said no. ... Ma'am, they should be in jail," she said, addressing Penny, adding that the people who did this to her "should not be able to walk away so easily."
Spears said she "would honestly like to sue my family" and to "be able to share my story with the world."
"It's embarrassing and demoralizing what I've been through -- and that's the main reason I've never said it openly," she said. "I didn't want to say it openly because I honestly didn't think anyone would believe me."
Spears called for her conservatorship to end "without having to be evaluated" and she feels the conservatorship is "abusive" and is "doing me way more harm than good."
"I deserve to have a life," she said.
In response to Britney's claims, a lawyer for her father read the following statement in court: "He is sorry to hear his daughter in so much pain. Mr. Spears loves his daughter and misses her very much."
Jamie has been Britney's conservator since 2008. Under the legal guardianship, she does not have control over her personal or financial affairs.
Fellow pop star Justin Timberlake, who dated Spears at the height of her success in the late-'90s and early-2000s,released a statement on Twittersupporting Spears after Wednesday's testimony.
"After what we saw today, we should all be supporting Britney at this time," he wrote. "Regardless of our past, good and bad, and no matter how long ago it was … what's happening to her is just not right."
"No woman should ever be restricted from making decisions about her own body," the singer and actor, who is now married to actress Jessica Biel, added.
Read on to learn more about Britney's conservatorship and what both Britney and her father are fighting for in court.
Why does Britney Spears have a conservator and when was the conservatorship established?
The conservatorship was established when Spears was 26 years old after she was hospitalized for her mental health reasons,following displays of erratic behavior.
Through the legal guardianship, Jamie Spears has controlled his daughter's financial affairs ever since.
Andrew Wallet acted as the co-conservator of Spears' estate with Jamie Spears from 2008 -- when the conservatorship was put in place -- until 2019, when Wallet voluntarily resigned from the role. The Los Angeles Timesreportedthat Walletsaid at the time of his resignation in 2019that Britney would suffer "substantial detriment, irreparable harm and immediate danger" if he didn't leave the role.
Jamie Spears still holds the position of co-conservator of his daughter's estate, along with financial group Bessemer Trust, which wasappointed by Penny in November 2020.
The singer's father acted as the conservator of her person, which includes her medical decisions and more, until September 2019.
Jodi Montgomery stepped in as temporary conservator of her person due to Jamie's departure, which was attributed to health reasons at the time.
Spears doesn't want her father to act as her conservator, which she has expressed through her legal team. In August 2020, the singer's lawyer petitionedfor Jamie Spears to be removed.The singer's lawyer requested that Montgomery take on the role of conservator of her person permanently and a corporate fiduciary be appointed as conservator of her estate.
Acourt filingobtained by "Good Morning America" in August 2020 read, "Britney is strongly opposed to having James return as conservator ... [and] strongly opposed to James continuing as sole conservator of her estate."
In November 2020, Penny, the judge, appointed Bessemer Trust as a co-conservator of her estate butdid not remove Jamie Spears from his position. At that same hearing, Britney Spears' attorney, Samuel D. Ingham III, reportedly shed more light on the singer's feelings toward her father.
"My client has informed me that she is afraid of her father," Ingham reportedly the judge, according toThe Associated Press. "She will not perform again if her father is in charge of her career."
What is the latest update in the conservatorship case?
In the most recent hearing in the conservatorship case, which took place April 27, Britney Spears' attorney, Ingham, asked Penny if the singer could speak to the court directly.
Penny approved the request and set a June 23 court date.
According toThe Associated Press, the singer has not spoken in court since May 2019 -- when the courtroom was sealed.
Following the March hearing in the conservatorship case, Ingham filed a petition requesting Jamie Spears' resignation as conservator of her person and asked that Spears' father be replaced with Montgomery. Spears is expected to discuss this if she does speak at Wednesday's hearing.
Lawyers for both Jamie and Britney Spearsreportedly spoke during a February hearing about working on an investment planfor the singer's finances during the pandemic.
What has Jamie Spears said about the conservatorship?
Earlier this year, Jamie Spears' lawyer, Vivian Thoreen, spoke out on his behalf duringan interview with "Good Morning America."
"I understand that every story wants to have a villain, but people have it so wrong here," Thoreen said on "GMA."
Jamie Spears has faced heightened public scrutiny since the release of The New York Times and FX-produceddocumentary "Framing Britney Spears"in February.
The documentary, which the Spears family did not participate in, showcases the singer's legal battle to have her father removed from control of her financial and personal affairs. Many who worked with Spears in the early stages of her career share their thoughts on the conservatorship during the documentary.
Thoreen said on "GMA" that she feels perceptions attached to Jamie Spears as his daughter's conservator are inaccurate.
"This is a story about a fiercely loyal, loving, and dedicated father who rescued his daughter from a life-threatening situation," she said. "People were harming her and they were exploiting her."
She also claimed that Spears' father has "worked tirelessly to protect her" during his time as her conservator.
Has Britney Spears commented on the documentary?
While Spears has not spoken publicly about her father in regard to the conservatorship case, she didacknowledge the existence of "Framing Britney Spears"in March.
"I didn't watch the documentary, but from what I did see of it I was embarrassed by the light they put me in," she wrote in an Instagram post. "I cried for two weeks and well … I still cry sometimes!!!!"
She went on to call out the massive media attention she has garnered throughout her life and its effects.
"My life has always been very speculated ... watched ... and judged really my whole life !!!" she wrote. "I have been exposed my whole life performing in front of people!!! It takes a lot of strength to TRUST the universe with your real vulnerability cause I've always been so judged ... insulted ... and embarrassed by the media ... and I still am till this day!!!"
The singer also shared a message on social media in November 2020 about her well-being.
"I know that there have been a lot of comments and a lot of people saying a lot of different things about me, but I just want to let you guys know that I am fine," she said invideo message.
She went on to say that she is the "happiest" she's ever been.
Although the singer has shared her disapproval about the documentary and reiterated her positive mental state, she has expressed issues with the existing conservatorship arrangement she is under through her lawyer in court. And areport from The New York Times, published Tuesday, indicates this disapproval may date back years into the conservatorship.
The Times investigation claims confidential court records show Spears shared her disapproval of the conservatorship "earlier and more often than had previously been known, and said that it restricted everything from whom she dated to the color of her kitchen cabinets."
The singer "articulated she feels the conservatorship has become an oppressive and controlling tool against her," a court investigator wrote in a 2016 report pertaining to the conservatorship case, according to The New York Times.