Attorney: “My dream of getting her life back has come true”
Agreement to pay the father $2 million
American pop star Britney Spears (42) has emerged from a legal dispute regarding the role of guardian of her father James Spears (72).
According to local media on the 27th (local time), Spears reached an agreement with her father on a two-year and five-month lawsuit over attorney’s fees for the lawsuit, ending all legal disputes regarding her father’s role as a guardian for 14 years completely ended. .
Britney spears [이미지출처=브리트니 스피어스 SNS]
Although the specifics of the agreement were not known, it was reported that Spears agreed to pay $2 million (about 2.758 billion won) to her father in legal fees.
James Spears’ lawyer told People, “Because the settlement is confidential, I can’t comment on specifics.”
He went on to express regret that the legal dispute had continued for so long, saying that James Spears loved his daughter Britney Spears very much and everything he had done so far was ‘to protect and support her.’
Britney Spears Japanese performance scene[사진=연합뉴스]
On the other hand, Britney Spears’ lawyer said, “Although the guardianship ends in November 2021, her desire for freedom is now truly complete,” adding, “She will no longer be able to attend a trial or attend a trial on this matter, as she had wanted.” “There’s no need to get involved,” he said.
Spears caused a scandal in 2008 as she suffered from drug addiction, and as a result, her biological father, Jamie, who was appointed her legal guardian, became involved not only with Spears’ property but also in medical and tax matters.
However, in June 2021, Spears filed a lawsuit demanding that her father’s guardianship be revoked, saying, “I am not a slave and I want my life back,” and the court ruled that her father controls her life, forced her to insert contraception. , and caused a mental illness He revealed that he was forced to take the treatment.
Accordingly, the Los Angeles (LA) court suspended the guardianship of the biological father in September 2021, and made the final decision to terminate the application of the guardianship system to Spears two months later.
Spears was legally able to make her own decisions about her own life and exercise her property rights without interference from her guardian, but legal disputes over attorney’s fees continued even after the guardianship system ended. Spears has now reached an agreement with her father, ending all legal disputes.
Reporter Sojin Lee adsurdism@asiae.co.kr
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