When did Britney Spears' conservatorship end? Singer reveals she has moved to Mexico to escape the paparazzi on her 43rd birthday
Britney Spears took to Instagram on December 2, 2024, stating that she had moved to Mexico to escape the paparazzi. In the video, Spears said that it hurt her feelings that the paparazzi made her face look like she was wearing a "white Jason mask", adding it didn't even look like her.
The Gimme More singer said:
“They’ve always been incredibly cruel to me, and the way they illustrated me [in] some of [their photos]. They’ve been extremely mean and cruel, and that’s why I’ve moved to Mexico!”
According to a report by Business Insider dated October 23, 2023, Britney Spears' conservatorship began in October 2008 and the singer officially asked the court to end the same in June 2021. It was in November 2021 that Spears' conservatorship ended following the massive #FreeBritney campaign and the singer's testimony.
A timeline of Britney Spears' conservatorship spanning 13 years
In 2008, Britney Spears was admitted to rehab multiple times and committed to a psychiatric hospital twice, after which her father Jamie Spears put forth a petition for emergency temporary conservatorship. After the singer was committed to psychiatric hold for the second time, her conservatorship became permanent in October 2008.
Under the conservatorship, the power of making Spears' personal and financial decisions rested with her father. As per a report of documents cited by Entertainment Tonight, dated August 2019, the Toxic singer had a net worth of $58 million in 2018, wherein $1.1 million was spent on her conservator and legal fees that year, in addition to which her father took $128,000 as her conservator.
In 2019, Britney Spears put her Las Vegas residency show Domination on hold to cater to her mental health. It was also the time when Spears' co-conservator, Andrew Wallet, resigned from the same.
Furthermore, in September 2019, the singer's care manager, Jodi Montgomery, was temporarily made her conservator as her father stepped down to focus on his health. This was followed by Spears' mother, Lynne Spears, trying to get involved in the conservatorship.
In August 2020, Spears asked the court to remove her father as the sole conservator and make her care manager Montgomery the permanent conservator. However, the court extended the singer's conservatorship through February 2021.
The Criminal singer's attorney filed documents in September 2020, stating that Spears wanted future court hearings about her conservatorship to be open to the public.
In February 2021, The New York Times released a documentary called Framing Britney Spears, which garnered a lot of attention from the singer's fans as it featured the court battle with her father and her conservatorship.
In June 2021, Spears asked the court to end her conservatorship wherein she mentioned during her testimony:
"It's my wish and my dream for all of this to end. I just want my life back. The conservatorship should end. I truly believe this conservatorship is abusive. The people who did this, shouldn't be able to walk away."
In September 2021, Spears' father was suspended from the conservatorship and he was replaced by California-based consultant John Zabel. On November 21, 2021, a Los Angeles judge terminated the Everytime singer's conservatorship spanning 13 years.
In her Instagram video dated December 2, 2024, apart from criticizing the paparazzi, Spears also said that it was her birthday and that she wasn't turning 42. The singer said she's turning five this year and added that she has to go to kindergarten the next day.
Additionally, the Spears also became legally single on her 43rd birthday this year, seven months after filing for divorce from Sam Asghari.
