While Britney Spears Rejoices, Her Father’s Attorney Calls Conservator Suspension ‘Wrong’

LOS ANGELES—A lawyer for Jamie Spears on Thursday denounced a Los Angeles judge’s decision to suspend him as conservator of his daughter Britney Spears’ $60 million estate. LA Superior Court Judge Brenda Penny removed Jamie Spears from the role on Wednesday and set a November court date to consider whether to terminate the 13-year-old legal arrangement. The judge replaced him temporarily with an accountant suggested by Britney Spears’ attorney. “Respectfully, the court was wrong to suspend Mr. Spears, put a stranger in his place to manage Britney’s estate, and extend the very conservatorship that Britney begged the court to terminate earlier this summer,” Vivian Thoreen, a lawyer for Jamie Spears, said in a statement. The outcome was “disappointing, and frankly, a loss for Britney Spears,” Thoreen said. Britney Spears previously told the court that her father was controlling and that she was afraid of him. After he was suspended, the …

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