I’m sorry for my ignorance, but I honestly didn’t know that,” Britney Spears said to the judge in a Los Angeles courtroom on June 23. In response to Spears’ testimony, Bessemer Trust has informed the court that it wants to resign from the conservatorship. It is only because Spears’ requested more transparency that the judge opened the June 23 court proceeding. The plight of Britney Spears makes it clear that placing individuals under conservatorships, depriving them of the right to make their own life decisions, is serious business. AdvertisementLaDoris Hazzard Cordell is a legal commentator and a retired Santa Clara County Superior Court judge.

Source: Los Angeles Times July 06, 2021 10:07 UTC