Framed by Britney Spears, a documentary about her conservatory, will be broadcast on February 5 via FX and Hulu (see below). This will be the sixth episode of The New York Times presents series’ first season.
Spears has been subject to a conservatory for more than a decade, where a judge appoints a guardian to manage the financial and personal affairs of someone who is incompetent or unable to make the decisions themselves. Her father, James “Jamie” Spears, was her custodian until the fall of 2019 when he resigned due to health issues and was replaced by a licensed conservator.
Last year, the pop star said in court that she was ‘strongly opposed’ to her father resuming his role as her conservator and overseer of her finances and estate, but the conservatory under her father (along with the requested co-conservator of the singer). , financial company Bessemer Trust) was extended at least next month.
A growing group of fans, concerned about Spears and questioning the circumstances and motives of her conservatory, are pleading for the pop star under the hashtag #FreeBritney.
According to a description of the stand-alone documentary, “People close to Britney Spears and lawyers attached to her conservatory are now judging her career as she fights her father in court over who should control her life.” A brief preview from the episode discusses the pop star’s conservatory and the singer’s objections to her father as conservator, and also contains thoughts from people involved in the #FreeBritney movement.