Britney Spears' father has agreed to step down as conservator

August 16, 2021: -After months of public pressure, James Spears said he would step down as conservator for his daughter, Britney Spears.

He has agreed to be removed from conservatorship of his daughter so long as the transition is orderly and resolves all the matters related to his acts as her conservator, he said on Thursday with the Los Angeles Superior Court.

In that document, James Spears’ lawyers claim there were no solid grounds for his suspension or removal and that it is “highly debatable if a change in conservator at this time would be in Ms. Spears’ best interests.”

The news comes after weeks after Britney Spears’ attorney filed a petition to replace her father as conservator with a certified public accountant.

On Thursday, much of the filing targeted James Spears’ ex-wife, Lynne Spears, who supports her daughter in court after years of limited involvement with the conservatorship.

Lynne Spears claims that James Spears was asserting “absolutely microscopic control” for Britney Spears throughout the conservatorship and alleges that he was incapable of putting Britney’s interests above his own.

Lawyers for James Spears said Lynne Spears is absent from her daughter’s life for the past 12 years and accused her of exploiting Britney by publishing a book in the year 2008.

“Instead of criticizing Mr. Spears, Lynne should be thanking him for ensuring Ms. Spears’ well-being and for persevering through the years-long tenure which requires his 365/24/7 attention, long days, and sometimes late nights to deal with day and emergency issues,” the lawyers wrote.

Britney Spears has been under a conservatorship for 13 years after dealing with mental health issues in public, but the pop star has been petitioning to end the arrangement.

The last federal prosecutor and Hollywood lawyer Mathew Rosengart began representing the singer in the previous month. As her new attorney, Rosengart filed a petition the last July to replace the father as conservator with Jason Rubin, a principal at Certified Strategies. This firm has experience in estate financial management, elder financial abuse investigation, investment fraud investigation, and securities litigation.

“We are pleased that Mr. Spears and his lawyer have conceded in a filing that he must be removed. It is payback for Britney. We are disappointed by their ongoing shameful and reprehensible attacks on Ms. Spears and others,” Rosengart said in a statement.

“We look forward to continuing our vigorous investigation into the conduct of Mr. Spears, and others, in the last 13 years, while he reaped millions of dollars from Britney’s estate, and I look forward to taking Mr. Spears’s sworn deposition shortly,” Rosengart said.

The singer’s assets are valued at above $50 million. She has made several abuse claims against her father, alleging he has used the arrangement for personal gain. James Spears has publicly denied these accusations.