A Breakdown of Britney Spears's 13-Year Conservatorship Battle and How It Ended

On June 30, 2021, Variety reported that new court documents revealed Judge Penny denied Britney's request to remove her father, Jamie, as her co-conservator. Britney's lawyer, Samuel Ingham III, filed the request on her behalf back in November 2020.

A day later, it was reported that Bessemer Trust, the firm hired to oversee Britney's financial affairs alongside her father, filed a court document that it wanted to resign from the conservatorship following Britney's court hearing. "As a result of the conservatee's testimony at the June 23 hearing, however, Petitioner has become aware that the Conservatee objects to the continuance of her Conservatorship and desires to terminate the conservatorship," Bessemer Trust said, per The New York Times. "Petitioner has heard the Conservatee and respects her wishes."