--- title: Jamie Spears Suspended as Britney Spears' Conservator description: A judge ruled to immediately suspend Britney Spears' father, Jamie Spears, as her conservator. canonical: https://time.com/6102477/britney-spears-conservatorship-hearing/ author: Megan McCluskey article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2021-09-29T23:47:46.000Z article:modified_time: 2023-12-12T00:37:41.000Z article:section: Entertainment og:title: Jamie Spears Suspended From Britney Spears' Conservatorship og:description: A judge ruled to immediately suspend Britney Spears' father, Jamie Spears, as her conservator. og:url: https://time.com/6102477/britney-spears-conservatorship-hearing/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltbd0a43f8d4efbcbb/698a1d588fd2ee6fa6362f6a/Britney-Spears-Conservatorship-Hearing.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Britney-Spears-Conservatorship-Hearing og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Jamie Spears Suspended From Britney Spears' Conservatorship twitter:description: A judge ruled to immediately suspend Britney Spears' father, Jamie Spears, as her conservator. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltbd0a43f8d4efbcbb/698a1d588fd2ee6fa6362f6a/Britney-Spears-Conservatorship-Hearing.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Jamie Spears Suspended From Britney Spears' Conservatorship Amid New Allegations of Abuse > Sponsored content. 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A Britney Spears supporter participates in a #FreeBritney rally and march in front of the U.S. Capitol Building in Washington, on Sept. 25, 2021.Paul Morigi—Getty Images  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Updated: Dec 12, 2023 12:37 AM UTCPublished: Sep 29, 2021 11:47 PM UTC It was a monumental day for [Britney Spears](https://time.com/collection/100-most-influential-people-2021/6096086/britney-spears/) and supporters of the [#FreeBritney movement](https://time.com/6075563/britney-spears-free-britney-fans-testimony/). Just over three months after Britney testified that the [court-ordered conservatorship](https://time.com/5921720/britney-spears-conservatorship-free-britney/) she’s been under for 13 years is “abusive” and that she wants it to end immediately, Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Brenda Penny ruled to immediately suspend her father, Jamie Spears, as her conservator. The decision came after Britney’s lawyer, Matthew S. Rosengart, spoke out once again against Jamie’s handling of all aspects of the conservatorship at a highly anticipated hearing on Wednesday. “My client, Britney Jean Spears, testified that James P. Spears abused her, subjected her to cruelty, and she cannot bear his toxic presence for a single day more,” [Rosengart reportedly said](https://twitter.com/BritneyLawArmy/status/1443329086667976706). John Zabel, an accountant, will temporarily replace Jamie in the role of conservator of Britney’s estate while her personal care manager, Jodi Montgomery, will continue to serve as conservator of Britney’s person. Rosengart suggested setting a termination hearing to end the conservatorship entirely within the next 45 days. In a statement, a representative for Jamie called the results of the hearing “disappointing, and frankly, a loss for Britney.” Ahead of the hearing, it was unclear whether Judge Penny would address the separate [petitions filed by both Britney](https://people.com/music/britney-spears-files-petition-to-terminate-conservatorship/) and [Jamie](https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/07/arts/music/jamie-spears-britney-conservatorship.html) to terminate the conservatorship in addition to the multiple petitions Britney filed calling for Jamie, who has served as conservator of both her person and estate, to be [removed from the legal arrangement](https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/26/arts/music/britney-spears-conservatorship-father-jamie.html). The hearing, which had already been scheduled, came in the wake of the release of [three new documentaries](https://time.com/6101763/britney-spears-documentaries-what-we-learned/)—FX and the New York _Times’ Controlling Britney Spears_ _,_ CNN’s _Toxic:_ _Britney Spears_‘ _Battle_ _for Freedom_ and Netflix’s _Britney Vs Spears_—centered on what Britney has endured under the conservatorship. Allegations in _Controlling Britney Spears_ that a security firm hired by Jamie tracked Britney’s cell phone and bugged her home, including her bedroom, in order to monitor her private conversations prompted Rosengart to file a supplemental motion on Monday calling for Jamie’s immediate suspension from the conservatorship and an investigation into the surveillance claims. “Any unauthorized intercepting or monitoring of Britney’s communications—especially attorney-client communications, which are a sacrosanct part of the legal system—would represent a shameful violation of her privacy rights and a striking example of the deprivation of her civil liberties,” [Rosengart said in a statement](https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/24/arts/music/britney-spears-conservatorship-documentary.html). “Placing a listening device in Britney’s bedroom would be particularly horrifying, and corroborates so much of her compelling, poignant testimony. Mr. Spears has crossed unfathomable lines.” Judge Penny’s ruling was met with celebration by the #FreeBritney activists who had gathered outside of Los Angeles’ Stanley Mosk Courthouse on Wednesday to support Britney. In recent months, Britney has expressed [gratitude on social media for #FreeBritney supporters](https://time.com/6075233/britney-spears-speaks-conservatorship-hearing/), several of whom have themselves [allegedly been tracked by the security firm contracted by Jamie](https://time.com/6101763/britney-spears-documentaries-what-we-learned/). “Thank you to my fans who are supporting me…. You have no idea what it means to me be supported by such awesome fans !!!! God bless you all !!!!!,” she wrote on [Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/p/CRU8i50AAm%5F/) after being granted permission to hire Rosengart in July. “Pssss this is me celebrating by horseback riding and doing cartwheels today !!!! #FreeBritney.” Jamie Spears Suspended as Britney Spears' Conservator ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/6102477/britney-spears-conservatorship-hearing/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/6102477/britney-spears-conservatorship-hearing/"},"headline":"Jamie Spears Suspended From Britney Spears' Conservatorship Amid New Allegations of Abuse","datePublished":"2021-09-29T23:47:46.000Z","dateModified":"2023-12-12T00:37:41.000Z","description":"John Zabel, an accountant, will temporarily replace Jamie in the role of conservator of Britney's estate","url":"https://time.com/6102477/britney-spears-conservatorship-hearing/","keywords":["celebrities","Explainer"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltbd0a43f8d4efbcbb/698a1d588fd2ee6fa6362f6a/Britney-Spears-Conservatorship-Hearing.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Megan McCluskey","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltbd0a43f8d4efbcbb/698a1d588fd2ee6fa6362f6a/Britney-Spears-Conservatorship-Hearing.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Britney-Spears-Conservatorship-Hearing","caption":"A Britney Spears supporter participates in a #FreeBritney rally and march in front of the U.S. Capitol Building in Washington, D.C., on September 25, 2021.","creditText":"Paul Morigi—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/celebrities/","name":"celebrities"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/6102477/britney-spears-conservatorship-hearing/","name":"Jamie Spears Suspended From Britney Spears' Conservatorship Amid New Allegations of Abuse"}}]}] ```