Britney Spears claims that her father Jaime abruptly hired new business manager to retain ‘full functional control’ of her money and material
- Jamie Spears hired Miller Kaplan’s Michael Kane to oversee her business affairs
- Her former management company Tristar Sports and Entertainment Group ceased managing her last month
- Britney wants Bessemer Trust Company to be awarded total control of her conservatorship
- Britney says her dad installed Kane in an effort ‘to introduce a new gatekeeper’ he could work with
- Conservatorship was implemented in 2008 amid a public pileup of personal and professional struggles for the pop star
Britney Spears said her father Jaime abruptly hired a new business manager without telling her in an effort to retain ‘full functional control’ of her money and material.
The …Baby One More Time singer, 38, made the claims about her father Jamie Spears after he hired Miller Kaplan’s Michael Kane to oversee her business affairs, TMZ reported on Wednesday.
The Grammy-winning singer asked the court that the organization Bessemer Trust Company be awarded total control of her conservatorship, stripping the power away from her father, who has been in the role for 12 years.
The latest: Britney Spears, 38, said her father Jaime abruptly hired a new business manager without telling her in an effort to retain ‘full functional control’ of her money and material
The Lucky singer in legal docs said that on October 28, her camp received a letter informing her that her business affairs were no longer being managed by the company Tristar Sports and Entertainment Group, the outlet reported.
Britney told the court she had no advance notice Tristar was vacating the position, and that her father Jamie swooped in and put Kane in the position in an effort ‘to introduce a new gatekeeper who admittedly has a major working relationship with [Jamie’s] legal team.’
Britney said that she was never able to interview Kane or sign off on his hiring prior to Jamie putting him in the high profile position.
Britney earlier this year asked the court to relieve Jamie as the co-conservator of her estate and place it in the custody of the Bessemer Trust Company.
At odds: Britney earlier this year asked the court to relieve Jamie (seen in 2008) as the co-conservator of her estate and place it in the custody of the Bessemer Trust Company
Hanging in there: Britney took to social media on Monday after nearly two weeks of social media silence to tell her fans she was thriving
The conservatorship was implemented in 2008 amid a public pileup of personal and professional struggles for the pop star.
Britney took to social media on Monday after nearly two weeks of social media silence to tell her fans she was thriving.
‘So, I know there have been a lot of comments and a lot of people saying a lot of different things about me, but I just want to let you guys know that I am fine,’ she said on Instagram. ‘I’m the happiest I’ve ever been in my life and I am sending you guys a lot of prayers, wishes, and a lot of love.’