Jamie Spears Requests Britney Spears Continues Paying His $1,200 Per Hour Attorney Fees

Britney Spears’ father, Jamie Spears, has requested that she continue to cover his legal fees, according to new court documents.

Jamie, along with other lawyers, oversaw Spears’ life and finances as her conservators from 2008 until September this year, when Jamie was officially suspended. He’s faced scrutiny for his role within the conservatorship, which was terminated last month, after Spears publicly denounced him during an emotional court hearing in June.

Now, in new legal documents obtained by multiple outlets, including Variety and People, Jamie requested that his daughter’s estate make payments to his attorneys for “ongoing fiduciary duties” associated with the “winding up of the Conservatorship of the Person and Estate.”

“Prompt payment on account of Jamie’s attorneys’ fees is necessary to ensure the Conservatorship can be wound up quickly and efficiently to allow [Spears] to take control of her life as she and Jamie desire,” read the documents, which were filed in Los Angeles last week.

“The fiduciary obligations Jamie owes did not end with his suspension or with the order terminating the Conservatorship,” the filings continued.

Jamie’s request has been met with widespread scrutiny, not least because he was suspended from his role in his daughter’s legal arrangement entirely and was also publicly denounced by her on several occasions.

One person in particular who condemned Jamie’s request was Spears’ attorney, Mathew Rosengart. According to People, Rosengart called the filing “shameful” in a statement issued on Dec. 20.

“Mr. Spears reaped many millions of dollars from Britney as a conservator, while paying his lawyers millions more, all from Britney’s work and hard-earned money,” read Rosengart’s statement.

If you’ve been following Spears’ battle to end her conservatorship, you’ll know that Rosengart has played an instrumental role in the fight for her freedom.

Soon after he was first appointed in July, Rosengart revealed he was working “aggressively and expeditiously” to remove Jamie from her conservatorship arrangement.

Weeks before Jamie was suspended from the conservatorship on Sept. 29, Rosengart filed a request that he be suspended immediately following allegations that he’d approved a payment of $500,000 from Spears’ estate without her consent.

And following the suspension, Rosengart continued to criticize Jamie, suggesting that his sudden call for the conservatorship to end was an attempt to “avoid accountability.”

Jamie, however, has repeatedly claimed that he only wants what’s “best” for his daughter, while vehemently denying all allegations of conservatorship abuse.

Meanwhile, Spears herself publicly celebrated as soon as news broke that Jamie had been suspended from his role.

Spears shared a series of celebratory Instagram posts in the hours following Jamie’s suspension, writing about “freedom” and seemingly marking the occasion with a dance.

Similarly, Spears shared her joy in a heartwarming post when the conservatorship was terminated entirely on Nov. 12.

And ever since, Spears has repeatedly taken to Instagram to call her family out in a series of posts, often condemning them for their lack of support for her over the past decade.

“When I went home the coffee would always disappear in the cabinets and also the pics of me beside the coffee pot … so nice to be loved by family !!!!” wrote Spears alongside a series of emojis, including an eye-rolling one.