She waited 13 years to speak out, and she broke the internet. On Wednesday, singer Britney Spears begged a judge to lift the guardianship that has been imposed on her since 2008 following psychological disorders, and which deprives her of her decision-making power and her autonomy. Drowning in requests to log in from journalists and fans of the #FreeBritney movement, the Los Angeles Superior Court website, which offered an audio stream of the audience, did not resist.
“I just want to take back control of my life, it’s been thirteen years and that’s enough”, launched the pop star who spoke, at his express request, during a hearing conducted via the Internet. Her guardianship covers both the management of her wealth and her career, which her father, Jamie Spears, and a financial institution now co-manage, but also her personal life, under the control of a professional guardian, in particular responsible for liaising between Britney Spears and the doctors who follow her.
“I want to be able to get married and have a child”
“I’m not happy, I’m not sleeping, I’m so angry, and I’m depressed. My father and all the people in charge of this supervision, including my management, they should be in prison, ”thundered the 39-year-old singer.
“I want to be able to get married and have a (third) child”, she continued, assuring that she had not been authorized to have her IUD removed, implying that it was to force her to continue. to work. In a brief statement read in court, Jamie Spears said he was “sorry to see her in such pain” and said he loved his daughter “very much”.
Welcoming Britney Spears’ speech, the judge indicated that the latter must now formally request the lifting of her guardianship, and that her appeal would be examined at a later date. She will also have the right to thank her lawyer who had been imposed on her, and will be able to hire the counsel of her choice. A beginning of freedom.