Britney Spearsis getting new representation.
During a court hearing Wednesday, Judge Brenda Penny approved Spears, 39, (and her personal conservator Jodi Montgomery)’s request to hire her own lawyer in her conservatorship case following the resignation of her court-appointed attorney Sam Ingham, according toThe New York Times.
Britney Spears was also granted permission to hire Mathew Rosengart — whose firm has represented the likes ofSteven Spielberg,Sean Penn,Ben AffleckandEddie Vedder.
The development comes several days after Montgomeryfiled a petition for the appointment of a guardian ad litemso Britney could choose her own attorney without undergoing “any additional evaluations to determine her capacity,” according to court documents.
Britney Spears, Mathew Rosengart.Kevin Mazur/WireImage; Todd Williamson/Getty
In the filing then, Montgomery and her lawyer, Lauriann Wright, said that Spears “unequivocally disagrees” with Ingham’s request that his resignation goes into effect “upon the appointment of new court-appointed counsel.”
“After 13 years of court-appointed counsel, she wants to select her own counsel,” the document reads. “At the hearing on June 23, 2021, Ms. Spears addressed the Court and repeatedly expressed her desire to select her own counsel, without an additional medical evaluation.”
Britney Spears.J. Merritt/Getty
The New York Timespreviously reported that Spears was in talks with former federal prosecutor and celebrity attorney Mathew Rosengart about representing her in the case.
During the late June hearing, Spears said she never knew she could file to end her conservatorship.
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“I want changes, I deserve changes. I was told I have to be sat down and evaluated again,” she said in court June 23, going on to address Judge Penny directly. “Ma’am, I didn’t know I could petition the conservatorship to end. I honestly didn’t know that.”
“Honestly, I don’t think I owe anyone to be evaluated,” she added. “I’ve done more than enough.”
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She also told the court directly that she wanted to be able to hire her own attorney.
source: people.com
