This arrangement is usually made for the elderly in need of care. Spears was only 26 years old under his father’s management.

CBC News broke down the timeline of the events leading up to this moment and the reasons why fans are so troubled.

2007: Spears showed pain in divorce and custody battle

In the years before being supervised, Spears dealt with hordes of paparazzi and endured harsh reports from tabloids and mainstream media.

The singer began to show signs of distress in 2007 because her divorce from Kevin Federline dominated celebrity news. During multiple treatments at the rehabilitation facility, Spears attacked the paparazzi’s car with an umbrella and shaved his head notoriously in a California salon.

Her widely ridiculed performance Give me more At the annual MTV Music Video Awards, supporters paid attention to and became critics’ material, prompting a young fan to defend her in a video called “Cultural Shift” Leave Britney alone.

Watch | Spears’ performance on 2007 MTV VMA:

2008: Supervision begins

In a child custody dispute with Federin, Spears was involuntarily received psychiatric treatment in January 2008. Federin subsequently obtained full custody of their children. Later that month, Spears was detained again.

In February of that year, Jamie Spears was granted interim supervision and took over his daughter’s personal life and finances. The arrangement took effect permanently eight months later, and attorney Andrew Wallett was appointed as the co-protector. In Spears’ case, her medical decisions, visits with her son, and business transactions were all arranged by her father and Wallet.

In the MTV documentary filmed before she was born circus Making a comeback, Spears said, under her supervision, “no excitement. No passion.”

2009-18: Approval is required for all appearances

The pop star’s brand is lucrative.Rear circus She released three more albums: Deadly woman (2011), Britney Joan (2013) and glory (2016).She also starred X factor As a judge and completed a four-year concert residency in Las Vegas.

“As long as she makes so much money, as long as lawyers and protectors get paid, there is no incentive to end it,” Elaine Reynold, president of the National Association for the Prevention of Guardian Abuse, said in a statement. 2016 New York Times interview About the case.

January 2019: Spears announces “indefinite work interruption”

In January 2019, Spears announced “indefinite work interruption” and cancelled her planned concert residency in Las Vegas after her father fell ill.

Two months later, Wallet resigned as a co-protector, leaving Jamie Spears as the sole guardian of her daughter’s affairs.

Spring 2019: #FreeBritney movement becomes mainstream

In 2019, the host of the Britney’s Gram podcast (decoding a post from the singer’s Instagram page) received an anonymous voice message who claimed to be a paralegal who participated in the Spears case in 2019.

The person claimed that Spears cancelled her residency due to a drug-related dispute with her father Jamie.

Later that month, a fan protest was held outside a regulatory hearing in Los Angeles, with supporters waving slogans that read “#FreeBritney”.

In May, Spears spoke about her custody rights in a Los Angeles court, but her testimony was kept secret from the public.

Watch | Explanation of the #FreeBritney movement:

Britney Spears is trying to change the terms of her 12-year supervision. She is working hard to make her father no longer the sole administrator of her affairs, and this role gives him the main power over pop stars. 2:01

Later that fall, Spears’ father temporarily resigned from her position as a “habeas corpus” citing health problems. He is still the main custodian of the star’s finances.

The position of habeas corpus is held by the professional protector appointed by the court, Jodi Montgomery.

2020: Lawyer says Spears is “fear of her father”

In August 2020, Spears asked Montgomery to replace her father permanently.

Samuel Ingham, the pop star’s lawyer, said Spears “Fear of her father“And as long as Jamie Spears is her administrator, she won’t perform.

2021: Frame Britney Spears come out

January 2021, released The New York Times presents: Framed Britney Spears-a A documentary about the life of Spears, Including interviews with former handlers, lawyers, and #FreeBritney activists—renewed public interest in the star’s legal case.

Watch | Take a closer look at the critically acclaimed documentary about Spears:

The new documentary “Framing Britney Spears” is promoting a cultural settlement on how the media treat women and celebrities, and hopes to re-examine how the world and the media treat young women in trouble. 2:00

Spears wrote Instagram Well, although she didn’t watch it in its entirety, she was embarrassed by the documentary and “cried for two weeks” after watching part of it.

In the reaction of many fans and celebrities to this movie, Justin Timberlake made Public apology Because of his attitude towards Spears in the four-year relationship that ended in 2002.

Spears publicly opposed after breaking up because Timberlake released a video of his song cry Me A River This unfavorably portrays a person who looks like Spears.

2021: Spears speaks in court for the first time in years

In April, it was reported that Spears, through Ingham, asked to speak to the court about her custody. The June 23 hearing will mark Spears’ first speech to the court in two years.

Although Spears stated in court documents that the legal arrangement prevents her from exploitation and economic loss, Ingham says Spears did not approve of her father’s role in it. She said: “It is no secret that my client does not want her father to be a co-protector.”