"I just want my life back," said an emotional Britney Spears to a Los Angeles judge as she appeared in a hearing for her controversial conservatorship battle. The singer demanded an end to the 13-year long arrangement as she appeared for the first time for a hiring at the Los Angeles Superior Court. on Wednesday. The pop star appealed remotely.
Britney made her first public statements about the court-approved legal arrangement first put in place in 2008 when she suffered a mental health breakdown. The arrangement made her father Jamie Spears as her and her estate's conservator, which literally made him take control of her life for all these years.
"I`m traumatized. I`m not happy, I can`t sleep," she said, "I`m so angry and I cry every day," she added.
Spears appealed for the conservatorship to be ended. "I truly believe this conservatorship is abusive."
Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Brenda Penny said she would need a formal petition submitted to the court asking for the conservatorship to be terminated before she could take any action.
Before Wednesday, Britney has spoken once directly to the judge back in May 2019 but the proceedings were behind closed doors and her testimony was sealed. On Wednesday, Britney said she wanted people to hear what she had to say. After all she owed it to her fans who have in the past two years rallied for her and started the the #FreeBritney movement.
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