Britney Spears in conservatorship win: is she really free?

The star’s father will no longer have control over her finances and personal affairs

Protesters in Los Angeles during Britney Spears’ conservatorship hearing in June
Protesters in Los Angeles during Britney Spears’ conservatorship hearing in June
(Image credit: Rich Fury/Getty Images)

Britney Spears is celebrating a major victory in her battle to end the conservatorship that has given her father control of her life for almost 13 years.

In a ruling that may “pave the way” for the singer to regain her freedom, said The Guardian, Los Angeles judge Brenda Penny ordered that Jamie Spears be suspended immediately from his daughter’s conservatorship.

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