Britney Spears made emergency call night before testifying publicly in court
According to 'The New Yorker', the artist called "as a victim of abuse of guardianship"
BarcelonaOn June 23rd Britney Spears left the world silent with her blunt words about the situation she has been living for 13 years: she is under the guardianship of her father, Jamie Spears, who legally decides on all aspects of her life. Before picking up the phone to explain her situation to the judge who had to decide whether she was still under her father's guardianship, the singer called 911, the emergency telephone number in the United States, as it has become known afterwards. An investigation by Ronan Farrow and Jia Tolentino published on Saturday by the New Yorker provided new details about her fight to be free from her father's restrictive guardianship. The publication details that the performer called the aforementioned phone number to denounce her situation as a "victim of guardianship abuse".
"On the eve of the hearing, according to a person close to Spears and police in Ventura County, California, where she lives, Spears called 911 to report herself as a victim of guardianship abuse. Members of Spears' team had begun texting each other frantically. They were worried about what Spears might say the next day", the reporters said, adding that an investigation is under way in the wake of the call.
In her June 23rd deposition, Spears objected to the fact that her hearing was private. "They've done a good job of exploiting my life. I feel like it would have to be a public hearing; everyone would have to hear what I have to say", the singer said. "My father and anyone involved in this guardianship, and my administration, the ones who played a huge role in punishing me, should be in prison", the star added. She also said that she was medicated against her own will and is also not allowed to start a family because she is carrying an IUD against her will.
Currently, the singer is in a relationship with Iranian-born model and actor Sam Asghari, who on different occasions has expressed his stance against the guardianship over Britney Spears and has even been spotted wearing a T-shirt with the hashtag #FreeBritney. Sources close to the case say that the singer's legal representative, Samuel Ingham, would be preparing the necessary documentation to end the guardianship, although it is not clear that he has to deliver it before July 14th, when a new hearing will be held.
Attention is currently focused on the lawyer appointed to defend the singer's interests. Her work has been called into question after the artist said she didn't know she could ask for the guardianship to be terminated. Also after an exclusive in the newspaper The New York Times which claims the lawyer has made $3 million since 2008 from Spears' case.
