Sarah Lutterman's got a confession to make.

She was never really a fan of Britney Spears' music.

I'm a little embarrassed to admit that, actually.

Why?

Well, because, like, when I was in high school,

I was kind of like one of those not like other girls' girls and I had blue hair and got like caught up in this idea that like Britney Spears is like shallow and you know as I've gotten older I've realized how ridiculous that was and how kind of misogynist it was.

Now, Sarah's kind of a Britney Spears expert, not an expert in the Us Weekly gossip column sense, but an expert on Brittany's legal situation. Sarah covers disability rights. She's watched over the last few years as Britney Spears fans have organized, advocated, pressured California's courts to free Britney from a conservatorship

that controls her finances and a whole lot of her life. No one really knew a whole lot about this

legal arrangement until last week. That's when Britney Spears herself testified in open court about it.

The audio leaked almost immediately. I truly believe

this conservatorship is abusive. And now we can sit here all day and say, oh, conservatorships

are here to help people. But ma'am, there's a thousand conservatorships that are abusive as well.

I don't feel like I can live a full life. Britney, ma'am, there's a thousand conservatorships that are abusive as well. I don't feel like I can live a full life.

Brittany Spears spoke for more than 20 minutes.

It felt like a breathless run-on sentence.

She said she had no control over her finances, could not make her own reproductive choices,

couldn't choose her own mental health care.

And she begged the judge for help.

I wish I could stay with you on the phone forever because when I get off the phone with you,

all of a sudden, all of I hear all these noes, no, no, no.

And then all of a sudden, I feel ganged up on and I feel bullied and I feel left out

and alone.

...