Jamie Spears filed court papers last week asking Britney Spears’ estate to continue to pay his legal fees.
Although the pop star’s father was suspended from her conservatorship in September, Variety reports that Jamie petitioned to seek the court’s “confirmation, authorization and direction” for his daughter’s estate to pay the lawyers who are “participating in proceedings concerning Jamie’s ongoing fiduciary duties relating to winding up” the conservatorship.
Britney’s lawyer Mathew Rosengart told Page Six in a statement Monday (Dec. 20th), “Mr. Spears reaped many millions of dollars from Britney as a conservator, while paying his lawyers millions more, all from Britney’s work and hard-earned money. The conservatorship has been terminated and Mr. Spears was suspended ignominiously.
“Under the circumstances, his petition is not only legally meritless, it is an abomination. Britney poignantly testified about the pain her father caused her and this only adds to it. This is not what a father who loves his daughter does.”
According to Jamie’s filing, prompt payment of his attorney fees are “necessary to ensure the Conservatorship can be wound up quickly and efficiently to allow Britney to take control of her life as she and Jamie desires.”
