But on Wednesday, the artist will be speaking directly, albeit from a remote location, to a Los Angeles Superior Court judge about her situation.
The exact reasons that the 39-year-old Spears is under a conservatorship have not been publicly disclosed.
During the time that Spears has lived under this arrangement, though, she has released four albums ; appeared as a judge on both The X Factor and American Idol; and had a four-year residency in Las Vegas that reportedly grossed close to $138 million.
Essentially, it controls all the major aspects of Spears’ life, including decisions regarding her financial, medical and personal well-being.
Ingham III, stated in a filing that Spears “strongly opposed” her father as conservator and that she refused to perform if he remained in charge of her career.
In February, Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Brenda Penny overruled an objection from Jamie Spears to having a third party help look after his daughter’s financial affairs.
Back in April, Spears’ legal team asked Penny to allow her to speak to the court directly about the conservatorship, and they agreed that June 23 would be the date for this to happen.
But on Tuesday afternoon, The New York Times reported that it had obtained confidential court records that purport to show that Spears has opposed the conservatorship privately for years.
According to the Times, Spears told the court in 2019 that the conservatorship had forced her into a stay at a mental health facility, as well as into making public performances against her will.
A very sympathetic New York Times television documentary, Framing Britney Spears, debuted on FX in February.