#FreeBritney | A Girl Named Lucky | 1
Even the Rich
Wondery
4.3 • 11.5K Ratings
🗓️ 27 October 2020
⏱️ 47 minutes
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Summary
For more than a decade, Britney Spears has been trapped in a conservatorship that gives her father incredible power over every aspect of her life. It’s hard not to wonder: How did she go from pop princess to prisoner? Well, this season, we’re looking for answers. In this episode, Britney is a little girl with big dreams. She wants to sing and dance her way out of Louisiana. But when she’s catapulted to global fame, will it turn out to be more than she bargained for?
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| 0:00.0 | Hey, Prime members, you can listen to even the rich, add free on Amazon Music, download the app today. |
| 0:13.0 | It's January 30th, 2008, and Britney Spears is at her home in Beverly Hills. |
| 0:19.0 | She lives in a gated community. There are gorgeous views of Los Angeles down below. |
| 0:24.0 | Not that she can see them because the house is surrounded by privacy hedges. |
| 0:28.0 | Her neighborhood is called the summit, which is a little ironic because right now, Britney's close to rock bottom. |
| 0:34.0 | For a decade, Britney's been America's biggest pop star. But right now, she's exhausted. |
| 0:41.0 | She spent months in the courts fighting to keep custody of her kids. But a few weeks ago, she lost that fight. |
| 0:48.0 | Damn, I'd be pacing the floors too. |
| 0:51.0 | Oh my god, I know it's awful. And now, Britney's vulnerable and raw. |
| 0:55.0 | Her mom showed up earlier today hoping to calm her down. |
| 0:59.0 | If anyone can, it's Lynn Spears, a soft-spoken schoolteacher who's never far from Britney's side. |
| 1:05.0 | Lynn wants Britney to get out of the house. She got a tip that someone's going to try to have her committed to a psych ward. |
| 1:11.0 | But Lynn's no match for what Britney's going through. And Britney's no match for what's about to happen. |
| 1:19.0 | 20 cops storm into the house. What the hell is going on? That's what Lynn wants to know. |
| 1:25.0 | One of the cops tells her, we've got a 5150. Psychiatric hold. We're taking Britney in. |
| 1:31.0 | A 5150 is a code that means she's a danger to herself or other people and can be put into a psychiatric hospital against her will for up to 72 hours. |
| 1:41.0 | On what grounds, Lynn demands to know. But the cop says they're just following orders. |
| 1:46.0 | Orders from whom? Lynn doesn't know. Weirdly, Britney seems barely phased by what's going on around her. |
| 1:52.0 | It's only when paramedics strap her down on a stretcher that she calls out in a panic. |
| 1:57.0 | Mama! I'm here, baby. Lynn shouts running after her. But the paramedics block her path. |
| 2:06.0 | They load Britney into the ambulance and roll past the summit's gates where a gang of paparazzi are furiously snapping pictures. |
| 2:16.0 | At the hospital, the first person to show up at Britney's bedside is a guy named Sam Lutfi. Who's that? |
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