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<\/p>\nBritney Spears\u2019 court battle with her dad is getting expensive \u2014 and he wants her to foot the bill for it.<\/p>\n
Jamie Spears has filed legal papers seeking to have the \u201cToxic\u201d singer\u2019s estate pay more than $3 million in legal fees \u2014 including more than $1 million to his own lawyers, who are working to keep the 39-year-old\u2019s conservatorship in place, according to documents obtained by Page Six.<\/p>\n
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\u201cIf approved by the judge, this money would come from Britney\u2019s estate, meaning she essentially would be paying her own father\u2019s lawyers to fight her in court,\u201d a source close to Britney tells Page Six.<\/p>\n
The $3 million being requested by the elder Spears is for services rendered between November 2019 and February 2021.<\/p>\n
\u201cBritney\u2019s inner circle feels it is an exorbitant amount of money to ask for, especially from someone who is not working at the moment and has stated that she has no plans to resume her career under her father\u2019s control,\u201d the source says.<\/p>\n
In his petition, Jamie, 68, requested to continue receiving $16,000 per month for his role as co-conservator of the estate as well as $2,000 per month for an office space, equating to $288,000 for the 16-month period.<\/p>\n
He also asked that his attorneys at Freeman, Freeman & Smiley LLP and Holland & Knight receive $574,625 and $893,751, respectively.<\/p>\n
\nThe Holland & Knight bill, in particular, includes the firm\u2019s communications team\u2019s fees of $500 to $900 per hour to respond to media inquiries regarding the conservatorship.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis Conservatorship has been the subject of increasingly intense media scrutiny both in traditional news media as well as on social media and also documentary films,\u201d Jamie\u2019s court documents read, referencing fans\u2019 #FreeBritney campaign and the New York Times documentary \u201cFraming Britney Spears,\u201d which premiered in February.<\/p>\n
\u201cH&K has assisted Mr. Spears in dealing with domestic and global media matters relating to the Conservatorship in order to maintain the privacy of the Conservatee and for the protection of the Estate from inappropriate and\/or unwarranted intrusion.\u201d<\/p>\n
In addition to Jamie\u2019s team of lawyers, the petition lays out requested payments of $378,333 to Britney\u2019s court-appointed attorney, Samuel D. Ingham III, and $238,272 to Loeb & Loeb, the law firm that Ingham hired to assist him in the pop star\u2019s court battle.<\/p>\n
Jamie has overseen Britney\u2019s multimillion-dollar estate since February 2008, when the conservatorship began on the heels of the Grammy winner\u2019s public breakdown. He also had control over her personal affairs, including medical care, until he stepped down in September 2019, citing health issues. A licensed fiduciary, Jodi Montgomery, temporarily replaced Jamie as Britney\u2019s conservator and has since taken steps to permanently succeed him at the star\u2019s request.<\/p>\n
Page Six has reached out to Britney\u2019s rep and Jamie\u2019s attorney Vivian Lee Thoreen for comment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Britney Spears\u2019 court battle with her dad is getting expensive \u2014 and he wants her to foot the bill for it. Jamie Spears has filed legal papers seeking to have the \u201cToxic\u201d singer\u2019s estate pay more than $3 million in legal fees \u2014 including more than $1 million to his own lawyers, who are working …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":31,"featured_media":67832,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[11185],"tags":[70455,70451,70459,70453,70457],"yoast_head":"\n