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Britney Spears has called her father Jamie 'threatening' and 'scary' in new court filings that request he be replaced as the conservator of her estate.

The pop star's lawyer Matt Rosengart has filed a motion to have Jamie removed and have Certified Public Accountant (CPA) Jason Rubin appointed in his place.

The new legal documents accuse Jamie of making his daughter's life hell, and describe her current situation as 'traumatizing, insane and depressing' while also painting a portrait of a financially irresponsible conservator, according to TMZ.

Meanwhile, a source has claimed to The Sun that Spears wants the new conservator to 'investigate' Jamie's finances as 'money is missing' from her $60M fortune. 

'She has made millions that her attorney believes are unaccounted for and Britney doesn’t know where it went,' an insider tells the outlet. 

Request for change: Britney Spears' legal team has filed court docs requesting her father Jamie Spears be replaced as conservator of her estate. In the filings Spears describes her dad as 'threatening' and 'scary'

Meanwhile, Britney's lawyer Matt Rosengart has requested Rubin, who practices out of Southern California, be appointed as conservator of her estate, citing his experience in handling financial and elder abuse cases in the past.

Certified Public Accountants offer financial statement audits and other attestation services to help inform investors about the financial health of organizations. 

They also provide individuals and families with valuable knowledge and advice on taxes and financial planning. 

New guy: Spears' lawyer Matt Rosengart has requested CPA Jason Rubin be appointed as conservator of her estate

If the request is granted, Rubin would be given financial authority to manage Britney's estate and assets as well as the powers of attorney to make health care decisions.

In the past, Britney's health care decisions have been the purview of Britney's co-conservator Jodi Montgomery. 

Jodi was brought on to co-manage Britney's affairs in September 2019, when Jamie became ill and has remained in charge of Britney's personal affairs, working as her 'care manager', while Jamie controls her fortune.

The damning court docs depict Jamie as an incompetent financial manager, saying his family 'struggled financially under his leadership and filed for bankruptcy in 1998.' 

This is despite the fact he earned millions off of his daughters tours and concert residencies, with the document estimate Jamie raked in $2.1million from his cut of her Vegas residency alone.  

Ousted yet? The new legal docs accuse Jamie of making his daughter's life hell, describing her current situation as 'traumatizing, insane and depressing' (pictured in 2008) 

Furthermore, Britney's legal team said her relationship with Jamie is 'venomous' and 'it impairs Ms. Spears's mental health, her well-being, and her ability to pursue and continue with her extraordinary career.'

Rosengart states in the documents:  'Any father who genuinely loves his daughter and has her best interests at heart should willingly step aside in favor of the highly respected professional fiduciary nominated here.'

Lynne Spears, Britney´s mother and Jamie's ex-wife, said in a declaration supporting Rosengart´s filing that his 'microscopic control' over her health care and business decisions in a key period in 2018 and 2019 was especially damaging.

She stated: 'Such scrutiny is exhausting and terrifying, like living in custody'. 

Replacement: If the request is granted, Rubin will also been given power to make health care decisions, which is currently the purview of Britney's co-conservator Jodi Montgomery (right) 

At a July 14 hearing, Jamie's attorney Vivian Thoreen said he would not be stepping down and he has only ever been motivated by his daughter´s best interests.

Thoreen said Britney had many inaccurate beliefs, among them that 'her father is responsible for all the bad things that have happened to her.'

Judge Brenda Penny gave Britney permission to hire an attorney of her choice at that hearing, when for the second straight time the singer publicly assailed the conservatorship that has been in place since 2008, breaking into tears as she described the 'cruelty' it subjected her to.

'My dad needs to be removed today,' she said, adding that she would like to see him charged with abusing his position.

Damaging: Lynne Spears, Britney's mother and Jamie´sex-wife, said Jamie's 'microscopic control' over her health care and business decisions in a key period in 2018 and 2019 was especially damaging (pictured with Jamie in 2012) 

Penny has not yet shown any inclination to remove Jamie, and it is not the first time an attorney for Britney has sought her father´s ouster.

Last year, Rosengart´s court-appointed predecessor, Samuel Ingham III, proposed that James Spears be replaced with estate-management firm The Bessemer Trust. Penny instead ruled that Jamie Spears and the firm should work in tandem, but Bessemer bowed out of the arrangement before it formally began.

Ingham resigned after the dramatic June hearing when the pop star publicly decried the conservatorship for the first time, telling Penny: "I just want my life back."

Improvement: Rosengart's new filings contend while Britney' may have needed the support and oversight of a conservatorship 13 years ago, her mental health has improved since (pictured in 2017) 

Meanwhile, Rosengart's new filings also contend that while Britney' may have needed the support and oversight of a conservatorship 13 years ago, her mental health has drastically improved since. 

'Since receiving professional medical care at the outset of this conservatorship over thirteen years ago, Ms. Spears is clearly in a different place now, and she has been for many years,' the court docs explained. 

'The entire world has witnessed Ms. Spears working tirelessly -- with astonishing dedication, precision, and excellence -- as a musical artist and performer, an exceptional earner for Mr. Spears (and others) who had a financial interest in making sure she would continue to work and perform.'

Furthermore, the documents break down Britney's financial assets. 

She currently reports $2,730,454 in cash holdings and $57,666,398 in non-cash assets, but that is likely only a portion of her financial portfolio. 

Additionally there are multiple Morgan Stanley accounts listed and her homes are valued at $8,455,483.

A hearing regarding Rubin is set for December 13th and according to the filings Britney plans to personally attend.

TIMELINE OF BRITNEY'S COMPLEX CONSERVATORSHIP AND HOW IT BEGAN

Britney with her father, brother and mother in 2006. Her parents separated 

2002: Jamie Spears and Lynne Spears divorce. 

Britney breaks up with Justin Timberlake around the same time

2004: Britney marries Kevin Federline

2007: Britney, struggling through a custody battle and split with Kevin, shaves her head and attacks a paparazzo's car

2008: Jamie Spears files for conservatorship of Britney, claiming she is not legally well enough to make her own decisions 

Britney in 2008 for a custody hearing as part of her split with Kevin Federline. Jamie Spears in court in 2008 getting the conservatorship

2009-2019: QUIET CONSERVATORSHIP YEARS

The conservatorship - which had been temporary - is extended  every year. 

In court papers, Jamie's attorneys describe how she is making more money

January 2019: THE ARRANGEMENT STARTS TO CRUMBLE

Britney in 2019, in the grips of the conservatorship, in Las Vegas at her residency

Britney announces an 'indefinite' work hiatus and cancels her lucrative Las Vegas residency.

Jamie files paperwork asking for the conservatorship to be extended beyond California, to apply in Hawaii, Louisiana and Florida as well 

He steps down as her primary conservator after allegations he abused one of her sons but is still listed as one of those in charge 

Early 2020: Britney, Jamie and Jamie-Lynne are in Louisiana together for two weeks.  

The #FreeBritney movement is picking up. 

His attorneys claim everyone is happy together and enjoying spending time together in quarantine.  

November 2020: Britney's attorneys claim in papers that she's afraid of her father and they ask for Bessemer Trust to be put in charge. 

Her fans start speculating over her cryptic Instagram posts and videos that she wants a way out.  

December 2020: The conservatorship is extended until September 2021

February 5 2021: Framing Britney Spears debuts on Hulu

The conservatorship that Britney was put under is ordinarily used in situations where older, perhaps senile people, can no longer look after their own affairs. 

Fans are concerned for her well-being and want her to be released from the control of her father, Jamie, who can still legally make decisions on her behalf

It gives control over to an appointed conservator for the best interest of the recipient but in most cases, the recipient is not healthy enough to make their own money, unlike Britney who makes millions. Under the rules of the probate conservatorship, Jamie now has equal control over her estate to a third party and an attorney, Andrew Wallet. Wallet derives  a salary of $426,000 a year from Britney's estate. 

He, Jamie and the third party who was brought on recently can make deals on her behalf and restrict her visitors.

JUNE 23, 2021 - BRITNEY SPEAKS OUT IN COURT  

Britney and her boyfriend Sam Asghari are in Hawaii together now with her kids

In emotional testimony, Britney told the court that she had suffered psychologically for years as a result of the conservatorship which she said was so restrictive, she wasn't allowed to remove her IUD birth control 

JUNE 30 - JUDGE DENIES BRITNEY'S REQUEST TO REMOVE JAMIE 

Judge Brenda Penny, responding to Britney's November 2020 request, refuses to remove Jamie from the agreement. 

She doesn't say why but she does invite her attorney to file paperwork to end it, which he doesn't. 

JULY 1 - BESSEMER TRUST RESIGNS AFTER BEING PUT IN CHARGE WITH JAMIE

A day after the judge's ruling, Bessemer Trust, which had been brought on, resigned, saying they were never aware that Britney wanted to end the conservatorship. 

In a court filing, the company's attorneys said: 'We heard her and respect her wishes.' 

JULY 5 - BRITNEY'S LONG-TIME MANAGER RESIGNS

Larry Rudolph wrote a letter to Jamie and the conservatorship to say he was no longer needed since Britney wanted to retire. 

He said he hadn't spoken to her for two years but had been told by others that she wanted to step down. 

JULY 6 - BRITNEY'S ATTORNEY STEPS DOWN 

Sam Ingham, the attorney appointed to represent Britney in 2008, steps down after failing to file paperwork to terminate the conservatorship, despite her pleas. 

JULY 14 -BRITNEY WINS RIGHT TO CHOOSE HER OWN LAWYER

 A Los Angeles court granted Britney the right to choose a lawyer to help her end her conservatorship, after she told a judge the current situation was 'allowing my dad to ruin my life'. She has chosen former federal prosecutor Mathew Rosengart as her new attorney. 

JULY 23 - BRITNEY FLASHES HER BOOBS ON INSTAGRAM

 Singer's semi-nude post was hailed by fans including Paris Hilton as evidence of her determination to become a 'free woman'

JULY 27 - LYNNE SPEARS AGREES TO TESTIFY IN SUPPORT OF HER DAUGHTER

The singer's mom's attack on Jamie Spears gives her a powerful new ally in her bid to be freed

SEPTEMBER 29 - BRITNEY DUE BACK IN COURT  

 

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