Britney Spears, who has been in a conservatorship since 2008 after a mental health crisis, has spent the past year trying to remove her father from her case. In a tumultuous legal battle over the last year, she told the court that she feels traumatized over what she said was an abusive conservatorship.

Why did Britney get a conservatorship?

Britney was put under conservatorship following her very public breakdown in 2008. Following a year of seemingly erratic behavior—such as shaving her head and attacking a paparazzo's car with an umbrella—the singer was put under a "5150 hold" in a psychiatric hospital for a mental health evaluation.

Does Jamie Spears get paid to be Britney's conservator?

According to Forbes, Jamie has made at least $5 million from Britney's conservatorship. Per court documents reviewed by Forbes, Britney has had to pay her father $16,000 per month since February 2009 as her conservator. ... Per a 2021 report by The New York Times, Jamie also received a cut of Britney's touring revenues.