A lawyer for Britney Spears on Monday asked a Los Angeles court to remove her father as conservator of her roughly $60-million US estate following the pop singer's allegations that he had used the arrangement to mistreat her. Britney Spears, 39, was placed under a conservatorship that controls her personal and financial affairs in 2008 after she suffered a mental health breakdown. May seek to end to end conservatorship entirelyRosengart billed the proposed removal of Jamie Spears as an "initial narrow step" that might be followed by a bid to end the conservatorship entirely. WATCH | Britney Spears pleads for end to conservatorship: Britney Spears pleads for end to conservatorship The National 2:02 After years of silence, Britney Spears pleaded with a judge to end her court-appointed conservatorship. 2:02A lawyer for Jamie Spears did not immediately respond to a request for comment on Monday.

Source: CBC News July 27, 2021 01:18 UTC