New details from Britney Spears and her father Jamie Spears’ conservatorship settlement have been revealed.
In court documents recently obtained by People, Britney, 43, reportedly agreed to cover Jamie’s outstanding legal bills totaling $2.12 million. The outlet also claimed that the pop star paid her dad’s fees in full within 60 days, as stipulated in the agreement.
According to the settlement filing, Britney and Jamie, 72, agreed that the payments resolved any lingering disputes regarding the status of the since-terminated conservatorship.
Britney has not publicly addressed the settlement, while Jamie’s attorneys noted in a statement that the patriarch “is thrilled that the case was settled.”
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“He has only ever wanted what is best for Britney, whom he loves very much,” his attorney claimed in a statement to People. “Jamie’s work as conservator has ultimately been vindicated and the world knows how hard he worked to protect her.”
Britney was placed under a guardianship run by Jamie in 2008 after a series of personal struggles. For many years, Jamie had control over the singer’s estate and person until Jodi Montgomery took over the role in 2019. The 13-year conservatorship was eventually terminated in November 2021. Britney and Jamie officially settled their dispute in April 2024.
“It has been our honor and privilege to represent, protect, and defend Britney Spears, Ms. Spears is and always will be an icon and a brilliant and brave artist of historic and epic proportion,” Britney’s attorney Mathew Rosengart said in a statement to Us Weekly at the time. “Although the conservatorship was terminated in November 2021, her wish for freedom is now truly complete.”
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The statement continued, “Britney Spears won when the court suspended her father, and Britney Spears won when her fundamental rights and civil liberties were restored.”
Britney has since been estranged from Jamie, but recently reconciled with her mom, Lynne Spears. (Exes Jamie and Lynne, 69, share children Bryan, Britney and Jamie Lynn.)
“Britney understands that her mom would have loved for her to visit for Christmas but she just felt like it was too soon,” a source exclusively told Us in December 2023. “Britney is open to repairing her relationship with Lynne but she wants things to unfold organically and not force anything.”
According to the insider, the Crossroads star is “in a really good place” and “would love to continue maintaining her relationship with her mom.”
Britney had claimed in her 2023 memoir, The Woman in Me, that she realized she “never wanted to see” her parents again after learning they disposed of her Madam Alexander doll collection without warning. Lynne has since denied donating the toys, even asking Britney via Instagram if she wants the collection returned. Britney denied the request.
