Then, in June, Ms. Spears shattered any perception of harmony among the parties. “I’ve been in denial. I’ve been in shock,” she said in court, detailing claims that she had been drugged and made to work against her will, while being prevented from removing her birth control device. But following her remarks in court, Ms. Spears, who was found at the outset to be incapable of hiring her own lawyer and instead assigned one, was allowed to choose her own representation for the first time in July. Mr. Rosengart has since pushed to remove the singer’s father from the equation as he moved toward terminating the conservatorship entirely this fall.

Source: New York Times September 29, 2021 23:39 UTC