Britney Spears called 911 on eve of testimony to report conservatorship abuse

HOLLYWOOD, CALIFORNIA – JULY 22: Britney Spears attends Sony Pictures’ “Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood” Los Angeles Premiere on July 22, 2019 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Axelle/Bauer-Griffin/FilmMagic)

A new investigation in The New Yorker says Britney’s team were “texting one another frantically… worried about what Spears might say the next day”

Britney Spears phoned the police to report conservatorship abuse on the eve of her recent testimony in court, it’s been revealed.

Spears has been in a conservatorship since 2008. Last month (June 23) she gave landmark testimony in which she said she wanted the “abusive” arrangement to end without further evaluation.

In a new investigation by The New Yorker, Ronan Farrow and Jia Tolentino report that after the 911 call was made, many on Britney’s team were “texting one another frantically… worried about what Spears might say the next day, and they discussed how to prepare in the event that she went rogue”.

The article went on to discuss the process of the conservatorship being put in place back in the late 2000s. A lawyer assigned to Britney’s case in 2007, Robin Johnson, told The New Yorker: “None of this was her fault… There were so many people involved in her life that caused all of this craziness with her. I don’t have anything derogatory to say about her… It was probably one of the saddest cases that I’ve ever done in my entire life.”

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