Britney Spears Offers Disturbing Testimony About Her Conservatorship

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🗓️ 25 June 2021

⏱️ 21 minutes

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For 13 years, pop star Britney Spears has been subject to a conservatorship that controlled many of her life decisions, and on Wednesday, Spears testified damningly about the damage done to her by that arrangement. According to the star, her conservators have forcibly placed her on lithium, pushed her into unnecessary rehab, and prevented from having children by refusing to let her remove her IUD. “I deserve to have a life. I've worked my whole life. . . I deserve to have the same rights as anybody does,” declared Spears. We’ll talk about the hearing and what happens next. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:38.3	I'm Mina Kim.
0:39.3	For 13 years, pop star Britney Spears has been under a conservatorship that controls her
0:44.3	finances, her estate, and many of her life decisions.
0:48.3	On Wednesday, Spears testified about the damage done to her and said she wants out of the
0:53.3	arrangement which has prevented her from having children and forced her to take medication, see therapist she doesn't want to see, and perform against her will. She said, quote, it's my wish and my dream for all of this to end without being tested. Again, it makes no sense whatsoever for the state of California to sit back and literally watch me with their own two eyes, make a living for so many people, and pay so many people, trucks and buses on tour, on the road with me, and be told, I'm not good enough.
1:23.4	Joining me is Liz Day, senior story editor with the New York Times and co-creator of the documentary Framing Britney Spears.
1:30.6	Liz Day, thanks so much for joining us.
1:33.2	Hi, thank you for having me.
1:35.0	Also with us is Jasmine Harris.
1:36.7	A law professor currently at UC Davis School of Law.
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