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Bessemer Trust is no longer the co-conservator ofBritney Spears' estate.
Just on Thursday, the company entrusted to handle Spears' estate alongside her father Jamie Spearsfiled to remove itself as the singer’s co-conservator, asking for the change to be made on an “expedited basis” while citing Britney’s claim of “irreparable harm to her interests.”
Bessemer Trust Company of California joined as co-conservator of Britney’s estate last year. In February, judge Penny ruled that the company would continue being co-conservators of the 39-year-old’s estate, alongside her father.
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In the request to withdraw from their role in the pop star’s estate, the company said they believed that Britney had “consented” to having them as her co-conservator.
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Bessemer Trust Company’s request to end their co-conservatorship of Britney’s estate leaves the singer’s father Jamie, 68, as the sole conservator.
Britney was first placed under a conservatorship in 2008, with the court originally naming her father the permanent conservator of her person and attorney Andrew Wallet the permanent co-conservator of her estate. Wallet retired from his role as co-conservator in June 2019.
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On June 23, Britney addressed the court for the first time in years as she delivered an emotional testimony about the effects of her conservatorship and explained that she wants it toend without an external evaluation.
“I want changes going forward. I deserve changes. I was told I have to sit down and be evaluated, again, if I want to end the conservatorship,” she told the court then. “Ma’am, I didn’t know I could [contest] the conservatorship. I’m sorry for my ignorance, but I honestly didn’t know that. But honestly, I don’t think I owe anyone to be evaluated.”
Since the emotional testimony,Jamie and Montgomery have been at oddsregarding who is responsible for Britney’s “suffering.”
source: people.com
