Sarah Luterman'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 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 caught up in this idea that 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 Britney'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 consider 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 Spears spoke for more than 20 minutes.

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