
Judge ends conservatorship overseeing Britney Spears’ life and finances
By Joe Coscarelli and Julia Jacobs Nearly 14 years after a Los Angeles court deemed pop sensation Britney Spears unable to care for herself, stripping the singer of control in nearly every aspect of her life, a judge ruled Friday to end the conservatorship that Spears said had long traumatized and exploited her. “The conservatorship of the person and estate of Britney Jean Spears is no longer required,” Judge Brenda Penny said, making her ruling less than a half-hour into the