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JUDGE: So I'm going to give

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the appearance
of counsel first.

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CROWD: Free Britney now!
Free Britney now!

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JERYLL: Your Honor,
Jeryll Cohen

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of Freeman, Freeman, & Smiley,

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appearing for‐‐for
James P. Spears.

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CROWD: Free Britney now!
Free Britney now!

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VIVIAN: Good afternoon,
Your Honor.

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Vivian Thoreen
of Holland & Knight,

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appearing on behalf
of James P. Spears.

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CROWD: Free Britney now!
Free Britney now!

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JAMIE: James P. Spears,

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conservator for the estate
of Britney Jean Spears.

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CROWD: Free Britney now!
PROTESTER: Shh, shh, shh.

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She's calling in, I guess.

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PROTESTER: Yeah. She's going to
do it. This is it.

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PROTESTER: This is it.
‐ I‐I was able to connect.

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How about you?

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JUDGE: Good afternoon,
Ms. Spears.

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I believe you are
on the telephone?

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PROTESTER: She's doing it.
PROTESTER: I heard it.

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PROTESTER: What's happening
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PROTESTER: She's doing it.

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BRITNEY: Hi, good afternoon.
CROWD: Whoo!

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PROTESTER: Yeah!

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JUDGE: Did any
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anything they wanted to say

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before we hear
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SPEAKER: Your Honor,
this is Ms. Wright.

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I did want to ask that
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and clear the courtroom

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so we can preserve
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I think it's
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BRITNEY: I think they've done
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at exploiting my life

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in the way that
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so I feel like it‐‐it should
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and they should, um, listen

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and, um, hear
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‐ Come on, Britney!

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BRITNEY: I will be honest
with you.

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I haven't been back to court
in a long time

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because I don't think
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when I came
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and that's why I'm telling you
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after I've lied and told
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and I'm happy.

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It's a lie.

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I'm not happy.
I can't sleep.

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I'm so angry, it's insane,
and I'm depressed.

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I cry every day,

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and the reason
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is because I don't think

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how the State of California
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all this written
in the court documents

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from the time I showed up
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It's embarrassing

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and demoralizing
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and that's the main reason
I've never said it openly.

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I honestly didn't think
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I just thought people would
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and say, "She's lying.
She's got everything.

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She's Britney Spears."
I'm not lying.

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I also would like to be able to
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and what they did to me,

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instead of it being
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to benefit all of them.

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Ma'am, my dad
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in this conservatorship
and my management,

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who played a huge role
in punishing me

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when I said, "No, ma'am,"
they should be in jail.

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[crowd cheering]

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[serene music]

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Like, I know this is
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and I‐‐I obviously, you know,
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but... it's‐‐it's still scary.

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I don't know what's gonna
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TISH: I've never spoken
about what we witnessed.

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You know, we signed
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and it has been hard
to come forward

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knowing there are people
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that could stop me
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but this is important.

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This is a human life
that's been tortured.

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DAN: I think I'm doing
the right thing.

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I had to muster the courage
to speak out

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because if not me, then who?

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FELICIA: When I read
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on her own in court,

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I was extremely proud of her
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that it took
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I felt like there were
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and many memories that
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to put all
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and make the truth
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REPORTER: Spears, the former
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who launched into the pop
culture stratosphere

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as a teen had a fall
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that's become synonymous
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ANNOUNCER:
From Kentwood, Louisiana,

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here is 10‐year‐old
Britney Spears!

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REPORTER: Her new CD is titled
"Oops!... I Did It Again,"

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and she certainly has.

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HOST: Britney Spears!
HOST: Britney Spears!

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‐ Everyone say hi to Britney.

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‐ Hi!
‐ Hi, Britney!

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REPORTER: She's been out
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with her new party pals,

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Lindsay Lohan
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REPORTER: She began the year

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in style in Las Vegas,
passing out at a club.

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‐ Britney! Britney!
‐ Are you okay, Britney?

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‐ My God.
No, wait, I can't see, guys.

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STAFF: Get off the car!
‐ Stop it! Stop it!

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‐ I'm a person, just like you.

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COMMENTER:
Britney Spears, she's bald.

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JAY LENO: Friends say this is
the craziest thing Britney

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has ever done
that didn't involve marriage.

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It's unbelievable.

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DAVID LETTERMAN: Britney
Spears had chapped head.

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[siren wailing]

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REPORTER: Thursday,
a police motorcade

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accompanied the ambulance

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taking Britney Spears
to UCLA Hospital.

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COMMENTER: Clearly she's been
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from some mental issues,

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anxiety, perhaps even more.
COMMENTER: Yeah.

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REPORTER: We hope the best
for your daughter, sir!

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REPORTER: Friday, Britney's
father, Jamie, went to court,

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and a Los Angeles judge
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and an advisor
temporary conservator status.

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‐ Y'all, please get
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[light music]

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‐ So the conservatorship
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amid concerns
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and potential substance use.

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Many of the court records
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so there's a lot that's
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but people
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long maintained to the public

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that it was
a smooth‐running operation.

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COMMENTER: And as far
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is concerned, which has been
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her father in charge of
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given all the pressure
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just being Britney Spears
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it seems like exactly
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around serving the best
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so it's
a really interesting question.

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What is the best interest
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[camera shutters snapping]

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FAN: We love you, Britney!
‐ Stay off.

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Hold on, hold on.

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LIZ: When the conservatorship
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Jamie had the power to retain
security around Britney 24/7.

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‐ Watch out, guys.
Watch out.

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‐ Why do you have to‐‐
You look great, Britney.

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‐ Edan Yemini runs
Black Box Security,

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which was Britney's
longtime security company.

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I don't think security
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You may, like, see them
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hovering around Britney,

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but we didn't really understand
what they did.

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INTERVIEWER: Okay, so‐‐
ALEX: So I worked

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with the security team for
Britney for almost 9 years.

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I started at Black Box
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I did everything from write
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be on all phone conversations
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I was the only person
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that knew everything, really.

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Edan was so relieved when
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He was so relieved
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Black Box wasn't mentioned,
Tri Star wasn't mentioned.

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that security would
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INTERVIEWER: So let's start
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‐ When I started working
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was the only full‐time client.

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REPORTER: Come forward.
Come forward.

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REPORTER: Move forward,
Britney. Go forward.

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REPORTER: Just go forward,
Britney.

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ALEX: When I got the job,
I was super excited.

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I just turned 21 that year.

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it felt like an opportunity
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because there was potential.

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[electronic music]

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A lot of the times, they
would even ask me to leave

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if we knew Britney
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I didn't know even anything
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I'd never heard of that,
and everything that I would

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know about the conservatorship
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We were told
the conservatorship

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was there for her own good,

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that it was there
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from her losing money,

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that it was a way for her
to have custody of her kids.

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The same thing
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that this is
something she wants.

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I remember, I asked Edan,

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"Why is it that security
is with her 24/7?"

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that security was part
of the conservatorship.

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REPORTER: Britney Spears:

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A California court has named
her father her temporary...

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REPORTER: Britney's dad,
Jamie Spears,

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just filed
for conservatorship‐‐

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REPORTER: Source tells
Us Weekly Britney's dad

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is now consulting
with her medical team.

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‐ For the most part,
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has been the face
of the conservatorship

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and has been the one
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and scrutiny,
but we've learned

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that there were a lot
more people behind the scenes

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who, you know, really had
influence over Britney's life.

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Her business management,
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financials,
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called Tri Star Sports
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which is run by a woman
named Lou Taylor.

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LOU: Well, we thought it was
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for Jamie and Lynne Spears.
I mean, here you have Britney

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that needs to have
some security somewhere

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that every single thing
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and every single person
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doesn't become
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LIZ: And a Tri Star staffer
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was closely involved
in the Britney account.

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‐ Jamie, Edan, and Robin
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of every step Britney took.

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There was a group chat
with Edan,

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Robin and Jamie, and security

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where they would basically
post all movement.

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[reporters clamoring]

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Even in the sacred place,
her home,

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every single request
was monitored and recorded.

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Her intimate relations
were closely managed.

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REPORTER: How you doing,
Britney?

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‐ You know, Britney
could not have someone

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in the privacy of her house

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without
those three people knowing.

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Edan would say,
"She's just like a child

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"and like any other minor

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who needs
their parents' consent."

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Around the same time
is when one of the new agents

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that was working her
was asking me,

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"How is it okay

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that we're in charge
of her medication?"

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You know, I was like,
"What do you mean?"

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He's like, "Well, we were given
prepackaged envelopes.

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"We have to hand them to her,
and she can't leave.

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She has to take it there."

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And, you know, every time that
was brought up or discussed,

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it was like, "This is what
security should be doing

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"because, you know, this is
what the client is asking for,

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and this is what
the client needs."

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INTERVIEWER: Was the client
asking for it, or‐‐

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‐ The client is Jamie.

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You know,
when I took a step back

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and I looked at everything,

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it really reminded me
of somebody that was in prison,

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and security was put
in a position

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to be the prison guards,
essentially.

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[baby crying]

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NARRATOR: Each of us
begins life

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needing the care of others.

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Later in our lives,
many of us need help

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to live
the best life possible.

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In California,
if people are found by a judge

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to be unable to care for
themselves or their finances,

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the court may appoint another
person to take responsibility.

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This arrangement
is called a conservatorship.

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LIZ: Conservatorships
are not meant

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for just anyone
with a mental health issue

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or a substance use issue.

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Otherwise, there would be
tens of millions of Americans

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under conservatorships.

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They're supposed to be
a last resort

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because they really take a lot
of powers away from someone.

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The standard in California is
that you are unable to feed,

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clothe, or shelter yourself,

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but Britney starts working
almost immediately

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after the conservatorship
starts.

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[gentle music]

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REPORTER: A California court
has now given her father

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limited control
over her troubled life.

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‐ Here, "From the personal
library of Ted Mosby."

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That's you!

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LIZ: She starts
guest starring on TV.

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She starts recording
a new album.

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She starts preparing to embark
on this huge blockbuster tour

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called the Circus Tour.

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♪ ♪

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‐ In 2008, I was recruited
from Shakira's management team

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to come into the Britney world
to help right the ship.

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This was Britney's first return
to public life

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after the very tumultuous
period in 2007.

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[percussive dance music]

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The promotional tour
for Circus

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involved the Black Forest
in Germany.

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We did the Bambi Awards,
the next day to Paris.

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‐ Britney Spears!

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DAN: That's where we shot
Star Academy.

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The next day, we moved
to London to do X Factor.

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‐ Wow, ladies and gentlemen,
Britney Spears!

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DAN: A couple days off,

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flew to New York,
Good Morning America.

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DAN: Then LA...

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‐ Britney, would you like
to help the mayor?

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DAN: Christmas tree lighting.

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‐ Hi.
‐ Hi.

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DAN: Uh, Ellen,
which was a pretape.

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‐ We're just, uh‐‐we're
just kind of spreading cheer

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around the neighborhood.

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BRITNEY: ♪ Boy, don't try
to front I, I know ♪

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And on five, we'll just
turn around and just pose.

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Five, six, seven, pose.

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♪ Womanizer ♪

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DAN: Then about a week off,
and we flew to Japan.

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‐ Britney Spears
[speaking Japanese]

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Give her a big hand.
Thank you very much!

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‐ Thank you very much!
‐ [speaking Japanese]

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DAN: It was intense.
It was an intense schedule.

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It had to have been approved
by the court,

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so apparently they felt

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that she had the capacity
to endure that.

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[dramatic music]

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LIZ: The Circus tour goes on
to gross over $100 million

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and is one of
the biggest tours of 2009,

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and the more money
Britney brings in,

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the more money everyone makes.

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According to court records,

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Tri Star,
the business manager,

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was getting 5 percent
of Britney's gross income,

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and Jamie is making $16,000
a month

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plus a percent of Britney's
multimillion‐dollar deals,

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so if her father, Jamie,
as conservator

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enters into a deal for her,

354
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is that because
it's in Britney's best interest

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or because everyone involved
stands to make a cut?

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‐ Like that.
[cheers and applause]

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FELICIA: It was
a toxic environment.

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It really was.

359
00:16:27,537 --> 00:16:30,039
I mean, it made many people
feel just yucky.

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Yeah. It did.
TISH: Yeah.

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Well, and I don't think
we've realized it,

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almost, till now
because it was always go‐go‐go.

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FELICIA: Yeah.
‐ And so, now,

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when you start
talking about it,

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and your heart starts
fluttering, and you get heavy,

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you think, "What is this?
What is this feeling?"

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‐ You will feel lighter
after you talk about it,

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after you get it out.
TISH: Yeah.

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I take care
of Britney's wardrobe

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for her and the concerts.

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We're introducing a new number
tonight, "Mannequin."

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Britney has designed
all of the clothes.

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I have worked with six
or seven other A‐class artists,

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and she is always
my favorite to work with.

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She's the most polite
human being,

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you know, to work for,
but to also be with.

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Oh, this, she had a black‐‐
I made a black bodysuit.

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FELICIA: Yeah.
TISH: And then she wanted

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some green military stuff

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to add to it,

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but then I was told
to not let her see it, so...

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[gentle music]

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♪ ♪

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‐ I really do not think
that Jamie is the one

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that was
controlling everything.

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Who I dealt with
was Robin Greenhill.

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[spacey electronic music]

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When I first met Robin and she
was around and backstage,

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I thought she was
Britney's assistant.

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INTERVIEWER:
And did she have a job title?

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‐ I don't know.
I‐‐I‐‐we‐‐

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none of us ever knew
Robin's job title.

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It was a, "Well, she works
for Tri Star,"

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and then you go,
"Why is she here?

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"Why‐‐I mean,
that's the business management.

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"That's not your tour manager.

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That's not your
A party road scheduler."

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You know, like,
there's so many‐‐

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and Robin was Robin.

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‐ Right now, she's wanting
to know when she's going

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to start full run‐throughs
because she wants

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to chronologically go
through these things

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and get it under her
and see what she needs to do.

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00:18:30,201 --> 00:18:33,579
‐ I had to have
Robin's approval

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before I spoke with Britney
about a question Britney had.

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INTERVIEWER: What kind
of things would she do?

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What would she control?

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‐ She‐‐every, like,
the little, little things.

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Like Britney would say,
"Hey, is there any way

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we could have sushi
for dinner?"

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And I would hear Robin say,
"You had sushi yesterday.

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It's too expensive.
You don't need it again."

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00:19:04,819 --> 00:19:07,113
Maybe there's a lot more
behind that,

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but I'm only seeing
the outside,

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but if she pushed back
a little bit,

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they pushed harder,

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and then the yelling
got louder.

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Then Jamie would come up
and say,

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"No.
You're not having this,"

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and then it would escalate
to not having the boys.

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♪ ♪

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‐ But, Jamie, you need
to give us the days

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that she has the kids
and needs to be home.

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JAMIE: I'll take care
of the kids.

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‐ Okay.
‐ And she'll just come in

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wherever
because I'm going to be the one

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00:19:37,018 --> 00:19:38,936
to go stay with the kids.

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‐ Hey, Jamie.
‐ Can we go say hi to Mama?

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00:19:42,523 --> 00:19:44,734
‐ What's up, boys?
‐ No, Mama is working.

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[dance music playing]

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EMCEE:
Put your hands in the air!

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TISH: We were
on the Circus tour.

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We had a road case.
She gets in the road case.

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It has a nice chair,
ventilation, some fans in it.

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00:20:00,333 --> 00:20:03,836
Then crew members
push the road case to stage

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00:20:03,836 --> 00:20:07,256
so that the artist isn't
walking through 40,000 people.

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00:20:07,256 --> 00:20:12,929
So as soon as we arrived at
the stage, she is distressed.

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00:20:12,929 --> 00:20:16,015
She is upset. She's yelling.
She's saying,

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00:20:16,015 --> 00:20:17,892
"It smells like pot!
It smells like pot!

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00:20:17,892 --> 00:20:21,604
"I can't‐‐I can't breathe this!
I cannot breathe this!

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00:20:21,604 --> 00:20:24,565
I'm going to fail a drug test!
I won't see my boys!"

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00:20:24,565 --> 00:20:30,321
♪ ♪

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And she bolted.
I took off after her.

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She was running trying to get
back to her dressing room.

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INTERVIEWER: Was she crying?
‐ Oh, she was very much crying.

446
00:20:45,211 --> 00:20:46,879
She was crying.
She was screaming,

447
00:20:46,879 --> 00:20:48,381
and then I'm crying!

448
00:20:48,381 --> 00:20:50,967
You know, like, I was crying
in this moment as well.

449
00:20:50,967 --> 00:20:56,347
I just‐‐I grabbed her and said,
"We are not making it.

450
00:20:56,347 --> 00:20:58,307
We have to go back
under stage."

451
00:20:58,307 --> 00:21:02,061
The level of how she was scared

452
00:21:02,061 --> 00:21:05,856
really opened my eyes.

453
00:21:05,856 --> 00:21:07,650
We get back under the stage,

454
00:21:07,650 --> 00:21:12,071
and I am asked to leave
the quick change,

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and they go in there with her.

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00:21:15,783 --> 00:21:19,120
Whatever happens,
she's crying,

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00:21:19,120 --> 00:21:22,123
and show goes on.

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00:21:23,040 --> 00:21:25,418
♪ ♪

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00:21:25,418 --> 00:21:28,587
To have that stress,
and she pulls it off?

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‐ ♪ There's only two types
of people in the world ♪

461
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♪ Ones that entertain
and the ones that observe ♪

462
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TISH: It just has to be
too much at some point.

463
00:21:38,723 --> 00:21:40,099
[applause]

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‐ The roller‐coaster life
of Britney Spears in 2008

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00:21:48,232 --> 00:21:50,151
can be summed up
by two Rolling Stone

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00:21:50,151 --> 00:21:52,737
magazine covers.
On February 21st, it was,

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00:21:52,737 --> 00:21:56,282
"Britney Spears:
Inside an American Tragedy,"

468
00:21:56,282 --> 00:21:58,909
and on the latest issue,
"Yes She Can!

469
00:21:58,909 --> 00:22:00,494
Britney Returns."

470
00:22:00,494 --> 00:22:02,246
You have interviewed her
several times in the past,

471
00:22:02,246 --> 00:22:04,165
but this time
a little bit different.

472
00:22:04,165 --> 00:22:05,666
How so?

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00:22:05,666 --> 00:22:07,501
WRITER: The primary difference
was just that it was

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a very heavily
managed process.

475
00:22:09,462 --> 00:22:11,797
You know, it was largely to do
with this conservatorship

476
00:22:11,797 --> 00:22:15,593
that her father has had over
her since early this year.

477
00:22:15,593 --> 00:22:16,886
INTERVIEWER: Yeah, her dad now
has

478
00:22:16,886 --> 00:22:18,763
tremendous control
over her.

479
00:22:18,763 --> 00:22:21,098
You weren't allowed
to ask specific questions.

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00:22:21,098 --> 00:22:23,642
[somber music]

481
00:22:23,642 --> 00:22:25,686
ALEX: Britney wanted
to get an iPhone.

482
00:22:25,686 --> 00:22:28,939
She saw her assistants
have iPhones,

483
00:22:28,939 --> 00:22:33,778
dancers team, Edan even,
and she wanted an iPhone,

484
00:22:33,778 --> 00:22:36,781
and that was a big deal.

485
00:22:36,781 --> 00:22:41,077
Everybody was worried,

486
00:22:41,077 --> 00:22:46,582
and then Edan approached me
and asked me,

487
00:22:46,582 --> 00:22:50,044
"Is there any monitoring
services for an iPhone

488
00:22:50,044 --> 00:22:51,796
that you are aware of?"

489
00:22:52,588 --> 00:22:53,964
And I'm like,
"What do you mean?"

490
00:22:53,964 --> 00:22:55,591
He's like,
"Well, parental controls.

491
00:22:55,591 --> 00:22:56,842
"You know,
is there any way

492
00:22:56,842 --> 00:22:59,261
to put parental controls
on an iPhone?"

493
00:22:59,261 --> 00:23:01,597
And that's when Edan
explained to me

494
00:23:01,597 --> 00:23:05,226
that Britney's communication
is monitored

495
00:23:05,226 --> 00:23:08,521
for her own, you know,
security and protection.

496
00:23:09,522 --> 00:23:12,691
I asked Edan about
the legality of that, actually.

497
00:23:12,691 --> 00:23:15,444
"Are you allowed to do that?"

498
00:23:15,444 --> 00:23:19,782
And he said, "Yes.
The court is aware of this.

499
00:23:19,782 --> 00:23:22,660
Britney's lawyer
is aware of this.

500
00:23:22,660 --> 00:23:25,454
This is for her safety.
It's for her protection."

501
00:23:27,123 --> 00:23:31,460
And then Robin came up
with the idea of,

502
00:23:31,460 --> 00:23:35,131
"Why don't we just take
an iPad,

503
00:23:35,131 --> 00:23:38,384
"sign in with an iCloud
on there,

504
00:23:38,384 --> 00:23:42,012
"the same iCloud that Britney
would use on her phone,

505
00:23:42,012 --> 00:23:46,767
"and that would mirror
all activity?

506
00:23:46,767 --> 00:23:50,479
"You would be able
to see all messages,

507
00:23:50,479 --> 00:23:53,899
"all FaceTime calls, Notes,

508
00:23:53,899 --> 00:23:57,653
browser history, photographs."

509
00:23:58,696 --> 00:24:02,366
Edan would bring me
text messages of conversations

510
00:24:02,366 --> 00:24:03,826
that Britney would have,

511
00:24:03,826 --> 00:24:08,289
and he would ask me
to encrypt those messages

512
00:24:08,289 --> 00:24:12,209
and give it to him so he could
pass it on to Robin and Jamie.

513
00:24:12,209 --> 00:24:14,378
[uneasy music]

514
00:24:14,378 --> 00:24:17,465
As time went on, they became
very comfortable with me.

515
00:24:17,465 --> 00:24:21,802
Um, they‐‐they openly talked
about monitoring her.

516
00:24:22,136 --> 00:24:24,054
Their‐‐their reason
for the monitoring was,

517
00:24:24,054 --> 00:24:25,723
you know,
looking for bad influence,

518
00:24:25,723 --> 00:24:27,308
looking for potential,

519
00:24:27,308 --> 00:24:30,436
you know, illegal activity
that might happen,

520
00:24:30,436 --> 00:24:37,109
but they would also monitor
conversations with her friends,

521
00:24:37,109 --> 00:24:42,531
with her mom, with her lawyer,
Sam Ingham.

522
00:24:44,074 --> 00:24:46,660
If there's anybody
that should be off‐limits,

523
00:24:46,660 --> 00:24:49,622
it should be
Britney's lawyer,

524
00:24:49,622 --> 00:24:51,499
and, you know,
I still felt that,

525
00:24:51,499 --> 00:24:54,376
"I'm not understanding
something,

526
00:24:54,376 --> 00:24:59,548
so just do your job, and maybe
one day you'll understand."

527
00:25:00,174 --> 00:25:03,177
[soft music]

528
00:25:03,177 --> 00:25:10,142
♪ ♪

529
00:25:11,977 --> 00:25:13,437
‐ Some days she would have
a phone,

530
00:25:13,437 --> 00:25:15,898
and other days
she would not have a phone,

531
00:25:15,898 --> 00:25:21,278
uh, and it would be a fight
between her and her dad

532
00:25:21,278 --> 00:25:24,114
that I would hear outside
the dressing room

533
00:25:24,114 --> 00:25:25,282
and inside the dressing room.

534
00:25:25,282 --> 00:25:28,077
"I want my phone back.
I need‐‐

535
00:25:28,077 --> 00:25:29,620
can I have my phone back?"

536
00:25:29,620 --> 00:25:32,581
And he'd say,
"No, you got it taken away."

537
00:25:32,581 --> 00:25:33,582
JAMIE: Give me that phone.

538
00:25:33,582 --> 00:25:34,959
I'll hold that damn phone
for you.

539
00:25:34,959 --> 00:25:38,420
BRITNEY: No, Daddy!
‐ [sighs]

540
00:25:38,420 --> 00:25:40,381
‐ Her phone, her own phone

541
00:25:40,381 --> 00:25:41,799
and her own private
conversations

542
00:25:41,799 --> 00:25:45,219
were used
so often to control her.

543
00:25:45,219 --> 00:25:49,598
I know for a fact that Jamie
would confront Britney and say,

544
00:25:49,598 --> 00:25:52,434
"Hey, why did you
text this person?"

545
00:25:52,434 --> 00:25:55,938
Just because you're in control
doesn't give you the right

546
00:25:55,938 --> 00:26:00,359
to treat people like property.
It didn't feel

547
00:26:00,359 --> 00:26:02,653
like she was being treated
like a human being.

548
00:26:12,788 --> 00:26:14,206
BRITNEY: If I wasn't under
the restraints that I'm under

549
00:26:14,206 --> 00:26:15,833
right now with all the lawyers
and doctors

550
00:26:15,833 --> 00:26:18,127
and people analyzing me
every day,

551
00:26:18,127 --> 00:26:19,587
like, if that wasn't there,

552
00:26:19,587 --> 00:26:23,924
I'd feel so liberated
and feel like myself.

553
00:26:23,924 --> 00:26:26,885
[desolate music]

554
00:26:26,885 --> 00:26:29,430
♪ ♪

555
00:26:29,430 --> 00:26:30,514
I'm angry.

556
00:26:30,514 --> 00:26:31,932
INTERVIEWER: You're angry?

557
00:26:31,932 --> 00:26:33,142
‐ I'm very angry.

558
00:26:33,142 --> 00:26:34,560
INTERVIEWER: You don't seem
very angry.

559
00:26:34,560 --> 00:26:36,061
‐ I'm horribly angry.

560
00:26:36,061 --> 00:26:37,896
INTERVIEWER: Horribly angry?

561
00:26:37,896 --> 00:26:39,398
CREW MEMBER:
As she smiles saying it.

562
00:26:39,398 --> 00:26:41,567
INTERVIEWER: As you have
a huge grin on your face.

563
00:26:41,567 --> 00:26:43,193
‐ No, I'm smiling right now

564
00:26:43,193 --> 00:26:45,696
because I think it's funny
that y'all are laughing.

565
00:26:45,696 --> 00:26:51,577
♪ ♪

566
00:26:51,577 --> 00:26:54,163
When I tell them the way
I feel, it's like they hear me,

567
00:26:54,163 --> 00:26:56,957
but they're
really not listening.

568
00:26:56,957 --> 00:26:58,542
They're hearing
what they want to hear.

569
00:26:58,542 --> 00:27:00,794
They're not really listening
to what I'm telling them.

570
00:27:00,794 --> 00:27:04,131
It's, like, it's bad.

571
00:27:04,131 --> 00:27:10,054
♪ ♪

572
00:27:10,054 --> 00:27:11,597
‐ The first rule of
the conservatorship was,

573
00:27:11,597 --> 00:27:13,223
you don't talk about
the conservatorship.

574
00:27:13,223 --> 00:27:16,060
It was just
a hard and fast rule

575
00:27:16,060 --> 00:27:17,519
that we don't talk about it.

576
00:27:17,519 --> 00:27:20,397
We don't ask questions.
We don't voice opinions

577
00:27:20,397 --> 00:27:24,526
about it internally
or outside of the organization.

578
00:27:25,069 --> 00:27:27,946
She was kept
very, very isolated.

579
00:27:27,946 --> 00:27:31,158
Her manager, when I first
came on, said,

580
00:27:31,158 --> 00:27:33,243
"Be careful,
don't get too close.

581
00:27:33,243 --> 00:27:35,329
People have a way
of disappearing."

582
00:27:35,329 --> 00:27:37,414
At the time,
I assumed that the concern is

583
00:27:37,414 --> 00:27:38,749
that someone would come in

584
00:27:38,749 --> 00:27:41,251
and bring her drugs
or other contraband,

585
00:27:41,251 --> 00:27:43,712
but I think if you
were actually concerned

586
00:27:43,712 --> 00:27:45,547
with someone's mental health,

587
00:27:45,547 --> 00:27:47,883
you don't take their friends
away from them,

588
00:27:47,883 --> 00:27:51,637
and if their friends
are going away,

589
00:27:51,637 --> 00:27:53,722
you at least give them
a chance to say goodbye.

590
00:27:55,474 --> 00:27:56,975
‐ Hi, my name is Felicia,

591
00:27:56,975 --> 00:27:58,727
and I'm Britney's
personal assistant,

592
00:27:58,727 --> 00:28:01,438
and my main role
in this whole big production

593
00:28:01,438 --> 00:28:04,733
is, I keep her safe,
comfortable and happy.

594
00:28:04,733 --> 00:28:07,611
[pizzicato music]

595
00:28:07,611 --> 00:28:10,697
I went into my job
with Britney in my 30s.

596
00:28:10,697 --> 00:28:14,493
I knew who I was.
I knew what I was about,

597
00:28:14,493 --> 00:28:19,123
and I didn't want to do
anything more than assist her,

598
00:28:19,123 --> 00:28:21,708
and it was the Circus tour
that I came back for,

599
00:28:21,708 --> 00:28:25,712
and I went back into
my regular mode of assistant.

600
00:28:26,839 --> 00:28:28,382
Then it slowly became

601
00:28:28,382 --> 00:28:32,010
where I wasn't allowed
to be by her side

602
00:28:32,010 --> 00:28:34,096
and wasn't allowed
to have a conversation

603
00:28:34,096 --> 00:28:38,392
without having other people
present, which was very odd.

604
00:28:38,392 --> 00:28:43,647
On one leg of the Circus tour,
Britney's dad calls,

605
00:28:43,647 --> 00:28:44,898
and he said,
"Hey, Fefe,

606
00:28:44,898 --> 00:28:47,317
you need to come
to a urgent meeting."

607
00:28:47,317 --> 00:28:49,486
The meeting was to tell me

608
00:28:49,486 --> 00:28:52,614
that I was not to go
on the European tour.

609
00:28:52,614 --> 00:28:53,991
"Britney said she doesn't
want you there.

610
00:28:53,991 --> 00:28:55,868
She said she never wanted you
on this tour."

611
00:28:55,868 --> 00:28:59,455
Like, "Okay," and he said,
"She said if she ever sees you,

612
00:28:59,455 --> 00:29:01,206
she won't go on stage."

613
00:29:01,206 --> 00:29:04,209
And I said, "You know what?
I'm going on tour.

614
00:29:04,209 --> 00:29:07,087
My rooms are booked.
I just won't see her."

615
00:29:08,464 --> 00:29:11,216
And he's like,
"Well, you make sure of that."

616
00:29:11,216 --> 00:29:13,594
Maybe she was mad at me,

617
00:29:13,594 --> 00:29:15,721
but I knew
I needed to be there.

618
00:29:15,721 --> 00:29:17,890
If nothing else,
I needed to be there

619
00:29:17,890 --> 00:29:20,809
so she'd know I was there
and that I believed in her,

620
00:29:20,809 --> 00:29:23,228
and that the concerts
were amazing,

621
00:29:23,228 --> 00:29:25,314
and that what she was doing
was amazing,

622
00:29:25,314 --> 00:29:27,316
so at the last show,

623
00:29:27,316 --> 00:29:29,568
the very last show
of that European run,

624
00:29:29,568 --> 00:29:31,862
as I go to leave the office,

625
00:29:31,862 --> 00:29:35,449
she comes in with security
in the far door,

626
00:29:35,449 --> 00:29:38,452
and it's almost like
the very air

627
00:29:38,452 --> 00:29:40,120
was sucked out of the hall

628
00:29:40,120 --> 00:29:42,539
because everybody knew
I wasn't supposed to be there.

629
00:29:42,539 --> 00:29:45,542
And so the door opened.
I turned around.

630
00:29:45,542 --> 00:29:51,048
I made eye contact with her.
She took a full running leap

631
00:29:51,048 --> 00:29:55,260
and ran all the way down
the hall and leapt onto me,

632
00:29:55,260 --> 00:29:56,637
and she went, "Fe!"

633
00:29:56,637 --> 00:29:59,097
and wrapped her little legs
and her arms around,

634
00:29:59,097 --> 00:30:00,933
"Where have you been?"

635
00:30:00,933 --> 00:30:02,434
And it was at that point
that I thought,

636
00:30:02,434 --> 00:30:04,520
"No, wait a minute.

637
00:30:04,520 --> 00:30:07,523
Were they trying to turn the
two of us against each other?"

638
00:30:07,523 --> 00:30:10,359
♪ ♪

639
00:30:10,359 --> 00:30:13,111
I don't know what parameters
they were working

640
00:30:13,111 --> 00:30:17,491
under or with,
but I certainly realized now

641
00:30:17,491 --> 00:30:19,868
that I being part
of the support system

642
00:30:19,868 --> 00:30:21,870
was not welcome,

643
00:30:21,870 --> 00:30:24,831
and I feel like at some point,

644
00:30:24,831 --> 00:30:28,752
the reason that
I was moved away

645
00:30:28,752 --> 00:30:33,090
from being part of the support
system is that I simply said,

646
00:30:33,090 --> 00:30:36,802
"If I see something
with my eyes, I will tell it,"

647
00:30:36,802 --> 00:30:40,180
and if I had seen something
or if Brit had said

648
00:30:40,180 --> 00:30:43,183
or reached out in any way
and said, "Fe, I'm scared,"

649
00:30:43,183 --> 00:30:45,852
like she has vocally
said since,

650
00:30:45,852 --> 00:30:47,771
I wouldn't have allowed that.

651
00:30:49,273 --> 00:30:51,733
So the further
they could push me back,

652
00:30:51,733 --> 00:30:53,569
the smaller
the support system got.

653
00:30:54,528 --> 00:30:56,905
I will never forget
one of the statements

654
00:30:56,905 --> 00:30:58,365
that Robin made to me.

655
00:30:58,365 --> 00:31:00,576
She goes, "Well, you just don't
know who she is anymore."

656
00:31:02,077 --> 00:31:03,537
Maybe I didn't know the person

657
00:31:03,537 --> 00:31:07,165
that they were trying
to make her be,

658
00:31:07,165 --> 00:31:09,001
but I knew the person
that she was,

659
00:31:09,001 --> 00:31:10,294
and I knew the heart.

660
00:31:10,294 --> 00:31:12,879
Your heart stays the same
no matter what.

661
00:31:12,879 --> 00:31:16,133
So my heart and her heart
are very old friends.

662
00:31:28,520 --> 00:31:30,105
REPORTER: It was an all‐
Britney Spears bonanza

663
00:31:30,105 --> 00:31:31,481
on Glee.

664
00:31:31,481 --> 00:31:34,693
‐ ♪ Hey Britney
We can dance all night long ♪

665
00:31:34,693 --> 00:31:37,070
‐ You're really hot.
‐ You're sweet.

666
00:31:37,070 --> 00:31:38,947
‐ And your breath smells
really good.

667
00:31:38,947 --> 00:31:40,324
‐ So does yours.

668
00:31:40,324 --> 00:31:42,659
And you know why?
Because this is a fantasy.

669
00:31:42,659 --> 00:31:43,869
‐ Wow.

670
00:31:43,869 --> 00:31:45,203
REPORTER: And get this:
we learned today

671
00:31:45,203 --> 00:31:46,705
that Britney's appearance
on the show

672
00:31:46,705 --> 00:31:50,792
brought in the highest ratings
ever for Glee.

673
00:31:50,792 --> 00:31:53,629
LIZ: Britney is working a lot
during the conservatorship.

674
00:31:53,629 --> 00:31:56,173
‐ Simon, she has more talent
in her pinkie

675
00:31:56,173 --> 00:31:58,091
than you do in your‐‐
all of your contestants.

676
00:31:58,091 --> 00:32:00,135
REPORTER: Spears still making
58 million a year.

677
00:32:00,135 --> 00:32:01,678
REPORTER: 58 million?
What? How?

678
00:32:01,678 --> 00:32:04,431
REPORTER: Over 100 million
in album sales worldwide,

679
00:32:04,431 --> 00:32:06,642
the highest‐selling line
of celebrity fragrances

680
00:32:06,642 --> 00:32:08,268
on the market, including
a new one

681
00:32:08,268 --> 00:32:09,478
called Fantasy Twist.

682
00:32:09,478 --> 00:32:12,356
‐ ♪ Yeah ♪

683
00:32:12,356 --> 00:32:13,899
REPORTER:
Pop superstar is in talks

684
00:32:13,899 --> 00:32:15,859
to headline
her own Las Vegas show.

685
00:32:15,859 --> 00:32:19,363
REPORTER: They're raking in
around $310,000 per show.

686
00:32:19,363 --> 00:32:21,114
They deposit
close to $1 million

687
00:32:21,114 --> 00:32:23,408
in Brit's bank account
every week.

688
00:32:23,408 --> 00:32:26,620
‐ Britney makes a lot of money
under the conservatorship.

689
00:32:26,620 --> 00:32:28,163
[crowd cheering]

690
00:32:28,163 --> 00:32:29,998
She has the Vegas residency

691
00:32:29,998 --> 00:32:32,334
which is one of the most
successful shows of all time.

692
00:32:32,334 --> 00:32:35,003
REPORTER: Britney Spears is
the queen of Sin City.

693
00:32:35,003 --> 00:32:36,505
The pop star currently
a headliner

694
00:32:36,505 --> 00:32:38,757
at Planet Hollywood‐‐
LIZ: Also around that time,

695
00:32:38,757 --> 00:32:43,345
Jamie is approved to receive
1.5 percent of revenues

696
00:32:43,345 --> 00:32:45,514
tied to performances
and merchandise

697
00:32:45,514 --> 00:32:49,267
from Britney's
blockbuster Vegas show.

698
00:32:49,267 --> 00:32:51,228
REPORTER: Planet Hollywood not
only gave her a raise

699
00:32:51,228 --> 00:32:52,604
but increased
the number of shows

700
00:32:52,604 --> 00:32:55,565
she'll be performing
from 96 to 140.

701
00:32:55,565 --> 00:32:58,360
[delicate music]

702
00:32:58,360 --> 00:33:02,823
‐ The understanding was
that Britney had an allowance.

703
00:33:02,823 --> 00:33:07,994
She saw a pair of shoes
walking through the mall,

704
00:33:07,994 --> 00:33:10,080
coming into the gig,

705
00:33:10,080 --> 00:33:12,791
and she spotted them
and was like,

706
00:33:12,791 --> 00:33:16,753
"Hey, can, um, somebody
go get them for me?"

707
00:33:16,753 --> 00:33:19,631
And, of course, my ears perk up
when you hear, "Shoes."

708
00:33:19,631 --> 00:33:21,508
I'm thinking,
"Oh, this might be me,"

709
00:33:21,508 --> 00:33:24,469
and I said, "Well,
I'll go grab them for her.

710
00:33:24,469 --> 00:33:27,347
Just tell me which ones
they were," and they said,

711
00:33:27,347 --> 00:33:31,143
"No, she doesn't have any money
to be spending on Skechers."

712
00:33:31,143 --> 00:33:32,769
INTERVIEWER: Wait, she wanted
Skechers?

713
00:33:32,769 --> 00:33:34,312
‐ And she wanted
some Skechers.

714
00:33:34,312 --> 00:33:38,275
There was a Skechers,
a Skechers store.

715
00:33:38,275 --> 00:33:40,652
She spotted them,
and they were cute.

716
00:33:40,652 --> 00:33:44,322
And I told Britney,
"Hey, I'm‐‐

717
00:33:44,322 --> 00:33:48,702
"I'm putting these through
wardrobe expense, and we'll‐‐

718
00:33:48,702 --> 00:33:50,829
"we'll say that they didn't
work for stage.

719
00:33:50,829 --> 00:33:52,497
Take them home."

720
00:33:52,497 --> 00:33:55,041
And, um, that's what we did.

721
00:33:55,041 --> 00:33:58,253
♪ ♪

722
00:33:59,004 --> 00:34:02,007
[warbling electronic music]

723
00:34:02,507 --> 00:34:05,677
LIZ: In 2014, there's
a closed‐door court hearing

724
00:34:05,677 --> 00:34:08,597
in Britney's conservatorship
case with the judge

725
00:34:08,597 --> 00:34:11,600
and the lawyers involved,
and we obtained a transcript

726
00:34:11,600 --> 00:34:14,144
of what actually was said
behind closed doors.

727
00:34:15,020 --> 00:34:17,481
A quirk of the conservatorship
system is that Britney

728
00:34:17,481 --> 00:34:19,733
is paying not only
for her own lawyer,

729
00:34:19,733 --> 00:34:22,569
she's paying for
her conservator's lawyers.

730
00:34:22,569 --> 00:34:24,488
Britney,
for the entire 13 years

731
00:34:24,488 --> 00:34:25,697
of the conservatorship,

732
00:34:25,697 --> 00:34:27,032
had a court‐appointed lawyer,

733
00:34:27,032 --> 00:34:29,117
who she didn't choose,
named Sam Ingham.

734
00:34:29,117 --> 00:34:31,203
♪ ♪

735
00:34:31,203 --> 00:34:33,121
[reading quote]

736
00:34:47,677 --> 00:34:48,887
The judge says...

737
00:34:55,644 --> 00:34:56,895
Britney's lawyer says...

738
00:35:01,942 --> 00:35:03,777
The judge said that
she would consider

739
00:35:03,777 --> 00:35:05,153
ending the conservatorship

740
00:35:05,153 --> 00:35:07,364
if Britney established
a healthy relationship

741
00:35:07,364 --> 00:35:08,824
with a therapist

742
00:35:08,824 --> 00:35:11,827
and returned 1 year's worth
of clean drug tests,

743
00:35:11,827 --> 00:35:13,411
but the judge
would not guarantee it.

744
00:35:14,204 --> 00:35:18,875
Britney's lawyer also raised
the possibility of Britney

745
00:35:18,875 --> 00:35:21,211
removing Jamie
as her conservator.

746
00:35:22,295 --> 00:35:24,673
Jamie Spears
had serious alcohol issues

747
00:35:24,673 --> 00:35:26,216
when Britney was growing up,

748
00:35:26,216 --> 00:35:28,426
and he even enters rehab
a few years

749
00:35:28,426 --> 00:35:30,262
before becoming
her conservator.

750
00:35:31,179 --> 00:35:33,473
In this court transcript
in 2014,

751
00:35:33,473 --> 00:35:34,891
Britney's lawyer says

752
00:35:34,891 --> 00:35:37,227
that Britney
thinks he's still drinking.

753
00:35:37,227 --> 00:35:39,938
Lawyers representing
the conservatorship responded

754
00:35:39,938 --> 00:35:41,898
that Jamie had been taking

755
00:35:41,898 --> 00:35:44,442
regularly scheduled
alcohol tests,

756
00:35:44,442 --> 00:35:48,113
but Britney wanted
a random test.

757
00:35:49,114 --> 00:35:50,615
The judge replied...

758
00:35:57,956 --> 00:36:00,667
Britney's lawyer told the court
that she anticipates

759
00:36:00,667 --> 00:36:02,878
that, as it has been done
before,

760
00:36:02,878 --> 00:36:05,589
the court will simply
sweep it under the carpet

761
00:36:05,589 --> 00:36:07,966
and ignore
any negative inferences

762
00:36:07,966 --> 00:36:10,260
with regard to Jamie,

763
00:36:10,260 --> 00:36:13,180
and then there's sort of
an aside from the judge,

764
00:36:13,180 --> 00:36:14,598
where she says,

765
00:36:14,598 --> 00:36:17,392
"One more question, related
and sort of related:

766
00:36:17,392 --> 00:36:19,644
how are her sales
in Las Vegas?"

767
00:36:19,644 --> 00:36:26,651
♪ ♪

768
00:36:31,072 --> 00:36:34,117
[soft music]

769
00:36:34,117 --> 00:36:38,371
♪ ♪

770
00:36:38,371 --> 00:36:40,916
ANNOUNCER: Britney offers
a special VIP meet and greet

771
00:36:40,916 --> 00:36:42,918
for $2,500 after‐‐

772
00:36:42,918 --> 00:36:44,502
TISH: We would have
meet and greets.

773
00:36:44,502 --> 00:36:48,506
Meet and greets can be
very difficult.

774
00:36:48,506 --> 00:36:50,717
They just are.

775
00:36:50,717 --> 00:36:53,720
She might be really upset
at the moment

776
00:36:53,720 --> 00:36:56,723
or just got her phone
taken away,

777
00:36:56,723 --> 00:36:59,351
and then she needs to go
to a meet and greet

778
00:36:59,351 --> 00:37:03,897
and be super happy and joyful

779
00:37:03,897 --> 00:37:06,274
because these are people
that love and adore her,

780
00:37:06,274 --> 00:37:07,901
and she loves and adores them.

781
00:37:07,901 --> 00:37:11,321
REPORTER: The news today is,
it'll cost you 2,500 big ones

782
00:37:11,321 --> 00:37:13,573
for a meet and greet
in Vegas with Brit.

783
00:37:13,573 --> 00:37:15,575
It comes complete
with front‐row seats

784
00:37:15,575 --> 00:37:18,495
and backstage access‐‐
‐ I witnessed management

785
00:37:18,495 --> 00:37:22,582
telling her if she did not
do the meet and greets,

786
00:37:22,582 --> 00:37:26,044
that it would be
a huge loss of money.

787
00:37:26,795 --> 00:37:28,964
"Will you agree to 20 people?"
"Yes."

788
00:37:28,964 --> 00:37:31,007
"Okay, we're gonna do
20 people."

789
00:37:32,384 --> 00:37:34,302
20 people turns into 30 people.

790
00:37:35,804 --> 00:37:39,015
20 people turns
into 40 sometimes.

791
00:37:39,015 --> 00:37:43,228
♪ ♪

792
00:37:43,228 --> 00:37:46,940
Whenever she'd
bring up something

793
00:37:46,940 --> 00:37:51,569
that was disturbing her,
she'd always be dismissed,

794
00:37:51,569 --> 00:37:54,698
always be dismissed like,
"Why are you even asking?

795
00:37:54,698 --> 00:37:56,783
"Because you don't even have
control over your life.

796
00:37:56,783 --> 00:38:00,245
"So you don't need to ask
these questions

797
00:38:00,245 --> 00:38:01,913
because it's none
of your business."

798
00:38:03,790 --> 00:38:07,794
So she gave in.
She had to.

799
00:38:07,794 --> 00:38:09,379
She had to.

800
00:38:09,379 --> 00:38:12,674
There's no, like, "Well, why
didn't she just tell them no?"

801
00:38:12,674 --> 00:38:13,883
There isn't a no.

802
00:38:13,883 --> 00:38:20,682
♪ ♪

803
00:38:21,808 --> 00:38:26,062
Here's a note that Britney
wrote me, and I kept.

804
00:38:26,062 --> 00:38:28,398
She gave it to me
in her dressing room.

805
00:38:28,398 --> 00:38:30,066
Um, "Just a little message
to let you know

806
00:38:30,066 --> 00:38:31,818
"I appreciate
all your kind words

807
00:38:31,818 --> 00:38:35,196
"and patience with me
behind the stage.

808
00:38:35,196 --> 00:38:36,448
"You truly are an angel,

809
00:38:36,448 --> 00:38:38,366
"and just knowing
in the back of my mind

810
00:38:38,366 --> 00:38:41,369
"that there are genuine people
like you in this cruel world,

811
00:38:41,369 --> 00:38:43,788
"it helps me
to sleep better at night.

812
00:38:43,788 --> 00:38:45,790
Sending my love."

813
00:38:45,790 --> 00:38:48,626
So that's pretty‐‐
pretty deep for me

814
00:38:48,626 --> 00:38:51,546
and knowing
that she wrote it for me.

815
00:38:52,380 --> 00:38:57,177
There were definitely times
that I felt trapped there,

816
00:38:57,177 --> 00:39:00,972
because I‐‐I'm damned if I do,
and I'm damned if I don't.

817
00:39:00,972 --> 00:39:02,515
Like, she's‐‐

818
00:39:02,515 --> 00:39:06,811
She's going to be

819
00:39:06,811 --> 00:39:10,982
the person that this affects,

820
00:39:10,982 --> 00:39:13,818
that it's going to hurt
her more

821
00:39:13,818 --> 00:39:16,654
if I'm not there,
and there's so‐‐

822
00:39:16,654 --> 00:39:21,910
there's so many of us
that were in the background

823
00:39:21,910 --> 00:39:23,286
that did see the truth.

824
00:39:23,286 --> 00:39:25,830
This isn't‐‐
this isn't a he said,

825
00:39:25,830 --> 00:39:27,290
she said, or what we might‐‐

826
00:39:27,290 --> 00:39:30,710
these are things that we‐‐
we saw with our own eyes

827
00:39:30,710 --> 00:39:33,004
and heard with our own ears.

828
00:39:33,004 --> 00:39:35,256
Uh, it's hard on me to know

829
00:39:35,256 --> 00:39:37,342
that I could be a person
to help,

830
00:39:37,342 --> 00:39:39,386
but maybe that's what
I'm doing now.

831
00:39:50,063 --> 00:39:51,356
‐ Iggy, when Britney
was promoting "Pretty Girls,"

832
00:39:51,356 --> 00:39:52,941
she said she came to
your house for salad.

833
00:39:52,941 --> 00:39:55,860
‐ Yeah, nothing is, you know,
nothing weird.

834
00:39:55,860 --> 00:39:57,362
ANDY COHEN: Nothing weird?

835
00:39:57,362 --> 00:40:00,365
[soft music]

836
00:40:00,365 --> 00:40:02,117
♪ ♪

837
00:40:02,117 --> 00:40:06,121
‐ They came and, like, checked
my place to make sure I, like,

838
00:40:06,121 --> 00:40:08,498
wasn't trying to, like,
stash anything weird

839
00:40:08,498 --> 00:40:10,333
and, like,
give it to her or something.

840
00:40:10,333 --> 00:40:13,294
‐ Britney had advance people
come scope out the place?

841
00:40:13,294 --> 00:40:14,838
‐ Yeah, yeah.
ANDY: Wow.

842
00:40:14,838 --> 00:40:17,424
‐ Yeah, to make sure I wasn't,
like, a bad influence or‐‐

843
00:40:17,424 --> 00:40:18,675
‐ Wow!
‐ I was like,

844
00:40:18,675 --> 00:40:19,926
"I promise I'm
not gonna do anything bad."

845
00:40:19,926 --> 00:40:21,386
ANDY: Right.
‐ "I just want to have lunch."

846
00:40:21,386 --> 00:40:23,388
ANDY: Right, right.
IGGY: Uh, yeah.

847
00:40:25,390 --> 00:40:28,893
ALEX: Working in Black Box,
I saw so much.

848
00:40:28,893 --> 00:40:32,605
I'm not a law expert,
so I can't speak to legality

849
00:40:32,605 --> 00:40:38,570
of everything, but ethically,
it was just one big mess.

850
00:40:39,946 --> 00:40:43,241
Edan had
a audio recording device

851
00:40:43,241 --> 00:40:44,659
put into Britney's bedroom.

852
00:40:44,659 --> 00:40:47,662
[electronic music]

853
00:40:47,662 --> 00:40:54,669
♪ ♪

854
00:41:05,305 --> 00:41:07,599
Edan and one of the agents
working with him

855
00:41:07,599 --> 00:41:09,100
came into my office

856
00:41:09,100 --> 00:41:12,228
and handed me
the audio recording device

857
00:41:12,228 --> 00:41:15,148
and a USB drive
and asked me to wipe it.

858
00:41:16,316 --> 00:41:20,361
I had them tell me
what was on it.

859
00:41:20,361 --> 00:41:22,197
They seemed very nervous

860
00:41:22,197 --> 00:41:25,158
and said that it was
extremely sensitive,

861
00:41:25,158 --> 00:41:27,285
that nobody can ever know
about this,

862
00:41:27,285 --> 00:41:32,790
and that's why I need
to delete everything on it

863
00:41:32,790 --> 00:41:35,710
so there's no record of it.

864
00:41:35,710 --> 00:41:38,463
That raised
so many red flags with me,

865
00:41:38,463 --> 00:41:40,423
and I did not want
to be complicit

866
00:41:40,423 --> 00:41:42,592
in whatever they
were involved in.

867
00:41:42,592 --> 00:41:47,639
So I kept a copy because I
don't want to delete evidence.

868
00:41:48,348 --> 00:41:50,058
And I don't think
it's a coincidence

869
00:41:50,058 --> 00:41:51,935
that it was done days

870
00:41:51,935 --> 00:41:54,604
before she was due to meet
with a court investigator.

871
00:41:54,604 --> 00:41:57,607
[uneasy music]

872
00:41:57,607 --> 00:42:04,614
♪ ♪

873
00:42:09,661 --> 00:42:11,454
‐ "Interview with
the conservatee,

874
00:42:11,454 --> 00:42:15,124
"Britney Jean Spears.
On September 7th, 2016,

875
00:42:15,124 --> 00:42:17,502
"an announced visit was made
to Britney's residence,

876
00:42:17,502 --> 00:42:19,087
"where she was interviewed
in person

877
00:42:19,087 --> 00:42:23,424
and in a private setting."
So in September 2016...

878
00:42:23,424 --> 00:42:25,301
[upbeat music]

879
00:42:25,301 --> 00:42:28,805
Right after Britney releases
her ninth studio album

880
00:42:28,805 --> 00:42:32,100
and in the midst of her very
successful Las Vegas show...

881
00:42:32,100 --> 00:42:33,935
‐ How you doing, Vegas?

882
00:42:35,395 --> 00:42:37,730
‐ A court investigator
comes to Britney's house

883
00:42:37,730 --> 00:42:41,276
to conduct a periodic review
for the judge.

884
00:42:41,276 --> 00:42:44,904
♪ ♪

885
00:42:44,904 --> 00:42:47,949
The investigator wrote
in her report...

886
00:42:54,664 --> 00:42:58,001
"She said people are making
a ton of money off of her,

887
00:42:58,001 --> 00:43:00,670
"and she said she is smart
and knows what is going on.

888
00:43:08,219 --> 00:43:09,929
"The court investigator
was told

889
00:43:09,929 --> 00:43:11,556
"that Britney had an allowance,

890
00:43:11,556 --> 00:43:14,183
"and that her credit card
was held by her security team

891
00:43:14,183 --> 00:43:16,519
"or assistant
and used at their discretion.

892
00:43:22,317 --> 00:43:24,235
"She said
she cannot drive alone.

893
00:43:24,235 --> 00:43:26,779
"She cannot befriend people,
especially men,

894
00:43:26,779 --> 00:43:28,531
unless they are approved
by her father."

895
00:43:29,657 --> 00:43:34,370
‐ There was an obsession
with the men in Britney's life.

896
00:43:35,204 --> 00:43:37,290
They would have
to sign contracts.

897
00:43:37,290 --> 00:43:38,541
They would have to sign NDAs.

898
00:43:38,541 --> 00:43:40,918
‐ "Then they are followed
by private investigators

899
00:43:40,918 --> 00:43:44,130
to make sure their behaviors
are acceptable to her father."

900
00:43:44,130 --> 00:43:46,799
‐ I heard that your dad
kind of set you up

901
00:43:46,799 --> 00:43:49,135
with your current boyfriend.
Is that true?

902
00:43:49,469 --> 00:43:52,013
‐ No. It's not true.

903
00:43:52,013 --> 00:43:55,099
‐ The reports of your dad doing
a background check on David.

904
00:43:55,099 --> 00:43:56,434
Is that not true?

905
00:43:56,434 --> 00:43:58,102
‐ That is true.
‐ That is true?

906
00:43:58,102 --> 00:43:59,604
‐ Yeah.
‐ That's crazy!

907
00:43:59,604 --> 00:44:01,272
‐ Yeah!
HOST: Does that embarrass you?

908
00:44:01,272 --> 00:44:03,566
‐ My dad's a little crazy
like that. He's‐‐

909
00:44:04,859 --> 00:44:06,402
HOST: Does he‐‐does he own
a gun?

910
00:44:06,402 --> 00:44:10,865
‐ Um, he does own a gun.
‐ Okay, note to self there.

911
00:44:10,865 --> 00:44:13,576
‐ "She said she feels
her father is obsessed with her

912
00:44:13,576 --> 00:44:16,829
"in the sense he wants to
control everything about her.

913
00:44:16,829 --> 00:44:20,416
"'Any mistakes resulted
in very harsh consequences,'

914
00:44:20,416 --> 00:44:23,252
"Britney said, and that
the conservatorship

915
00:44:23,252 --> 00:44:25,129
"'comes with a lot of fear.'

916
00:44:26,172 --> 00:44:27,840
"Britney told
the court investigator

917
00:44:27,840 --> 00:44:29,801
"she is not happy
being conserved,

918
00:44:29,801 --> 00:44:33,054
"and she said she wants it
terminated as soon as possible,

919
00:44:33,054 --> 00:44:35,056
"and she wants direction
from the court

920
00:44:35,056 --> 00:44:39,394
on what she would need to do."
The report concludes...

921
00:44:39,686 --> 00:44:42,605
"It appears the conservators
have done an excellent job

922
00:44:42,605 --> 00:44:44,107
of protecting Britney,

923
00:44:44,107 --> 00:44:46,776
and it is apparent they have
made commendable efforts

924
00:44:46,776 --> 00:44:49,445
"to help her reach the
positive places in her life

925
00:44:49,445 --> 00:44:51,447
"she has to this date.

926
00:44:51,989 --> 00:44:54,951
"It appears effort should
be made to provide Britney

927
00:44:54,951 --> 00:44:56,369
a pathway to independence

928
00:44:56,369 --> 00:44:59,414
and the eventual termination
of the conservatorship.

929
00:45:00,498 --> 00:45:02,875
"In the interim, it is
important for all entities

930
00:45:02,875 --> 00:45:05,253
"associated with
the conservatorship to do

931
00:45:05,253 --> 00:45:07,714
"all possible
to prevent the conservatorship

932
00:45:07,714 --> 00:45:10,299
from giving Britney
feelings of subjugation."

933
00:45:22,687 --> 00:45:23,855
‐ I heard that
after the show‐‐

934
00:45:23,855 --> 00:45:25,898
which‐‐I believe
you're doing 96 shows?

935
00:45:25,898 --> 00:45:27,108
‐ Yes.
MARIO LOPEZ: After this run,

936
00:45:27,108 --> 00:45:28,276
I should say.
96 shows in 2 years

937
00:45:28,276 --> 00:45:29,652
is just amazing, a lot of work.

938
00:45:29,652 --> 00:45:31,279
That obviously, you'd want
to take a long break,

939
00:45:31,279 --> 00:45:32,947
but you might even
possibly retire.

940
00:45:32,947 --> 00:45:34,282
Is that true?

941
00:45:34,282 --> 00:45:37,285
[soft music]

942
00:45:37,285 --> 00:45:38,870
♪ ♪

943
00:45:38,870 --> 00:45:40,329
‐ I might.
Who knows?

944
00:45:40,329 --> 00:45:41,956
I may have two more kids and‐‐

945
00:45:41,956 --> 00:45:43,207
‐ Really?
BRITNEY: I don't know. Yeah.

946
00:45:44,625 --> 00:45:48,129
I said, "How you feeling?"
[crowd cheers]

947
00:45:48,129 --> 00:45:50,798
[upbeat electronic music]

948
00:45:50,798 --> 00:45:52,759
♪ ♪

949
00:45:52,759 --> 00:45:55,595
TISH: We're in Las Vegas,
doing the Piece of Me show,

950
00:45:55,595 --> 00:45:58,014
and they were publicly saying,

951
00:45:58,014 --> 00:46:00,183
"Come get your last tickets
of the Piece of Me.

952
00:46:00,183 --> 00:46:01,809
We're done. We're done.
We're done."

953
00:46:01,809 --> 00:46:05,730
‐ I think it was, like,
119 degrees today outside.

954
00:46:05,730 --> 00:46:07,940
I literally almost fainted,
dear God.

955
00:46:07,940 --> 00:46:11,778
TISH: We were all exhausted.
‐ Thank you.

956
00:46:11,778 --> 00:46:14,197
‐ You know, when you're
running a marathon,

957
00:46:14,197 --> 00:46:18,576
and you're getting to the end,
you're ready to relax.

958
00:46:18,576 --> 00:46:19,869
You're ready to take a break.

959
00:46:19,869 --> 00:46:21,496
‐ Thank you.

960
00:46:21,496 --> 00:46:23,122
TISH: The crew
and everyone thought,

961
00:46:23,122 --> 00:46:25,166
"Okay, we're done with this."

962
00:46:27,710 --> 00:46:31,839
Then... they tossed

963
00:46:31,839 --> 00:46:37,470
a 3‐week continuation
of the Piece of Me on the road.

964
00:46:37,470 --> 00:46:39,263
[cheers and applause]

965
00:46:39,263 --> 00:46:41,015
‐ It's going to be really,
really hot up here.

966
00:46:41,015 --> 00:46:42,350
I'm warning you.

967
00:46:42,350 --> 00:46:44,769
I'm about to pass out,
and I'm sick.

968
00:46:44,769 --> 00:46:47,855
So I have actually
102 fever right now.

969
00:46:49,065 --> 00:46:52,109
♪ ♪

970
00:46:52,109 --> 00:46:54,320
‐ And we were going
to go to Europe.

971
00:46:54,320 --> 00:46:57,824
♪ ♪

972
00:46:57,824 --> 00:46:59,867
This is a large tour.

973
00:46:59,867 --> 00:47:02,870
[somber music]

974
00:47:02,870 --> 00:47:04,747
♪ ♪

975
00:47:04,747 --> 00:47:10,253
After that, we had heard that
there was bidding wars in Vegas

976
00:47:10,253 --> 00:47:13,297
for a new residency
for Britney.

977
00:47:14,507 --> 00:47:17,677
So now the Piece of Me
is finishing,

978
00:47:17,677 --> 00:47:19,971
and she is going
straight into promotions

979
00:47:19,971 --> 00:47:24,767
for Domination already.
There was no break.

980
00:47:26,143 --> 00:47:27,645
BRITNEY:
When I came off that tour,

981
00:47:27,645 --> 00:47:30,106
a new show in Las Vegas
was supposed to take place.

982
00:47:32,024 --> 00:47:34,402
I started rehearsing early,
but it was hard

983
00:47:34,402 --> 00:47:36,320
because I'd been doing Vegas
for 4 years,

984
00:47:36,320 --> 00:47:38,531
and I needed
a break in between.

985
00:47:38,531 --> 00:47:40,533
But, no, I was told,
"This is the timeline,

986
00:47:40,533 --> 00:47:41,993
and
this is how it's going to go."

987
00:47:41,993 --> 00:47:43,744
Five, six, seven, eight.

988
00:47:43,744 --> 00:47:45,371
I take everything
I do very seriously.

989
00:47:45,371 --> 00:47:48,165
There's tons of video
with me at rehearsals.

990
00:47:48,165 --> 00:47:50,376
I wasn't good.
I was great.

991
00:47:51,085 --> 00:47:52,837
♪ ♪

992
00:47:52,837 --> 00:47:54,714
I was really,
really hard on myself,

993
00:47:54,714 --> 00:47:57,633
and it was too much.
I couldn't take it anymore.

994
00:47:58,843 --> 00:48:02,889
EMCEE: Ladies and gentlemen,
the new queen of Vegas.

995
00:48:02,889 --> 00:48:07,518
BRITNEY: I remember telling
my assistant, "You know what?

996
00:48:07,518 --> 00:48:09,103
"I feel weird if I say no.

997
00:48:09,103 --> 00:48:10,563
"I feel like
they're gonna come back

998
00:48:10,563 --> 00:48:12,356
and be mean to me
or punish me or something."

999
00:48:12,356 --> 00:48:13,774
REPORTER: Britney canceled her

1000
00:48:13,774 --> 00:48:16,068
highly anticipated
Vegas show, Domination.

1001
00:48:16,068 --> 00:48:17,987
REPORTER: Her show, Britney:
Domination, was supposed

1002
00:48:17,987 --> 00:48:20,364
to begin February 13th
at the Park Theater.

1003
00:48:20,364 --> 00:48:22,533
BRITNEY: Three days later,
after I said no to Vegas,

1004
00:48:22,533 --> 00:48:24,035
my therapist sat me
down in a room

1005
00:48:24,035 --> 00:48:25,953
and said he had
a million phone calls

1006
00:48:25,953 --> 00:48:28,372
about how I was not
cooperating under house rules

1007
00:48:28,372 --> 00:48:30,458
and I haven't been
taking my medication.

1008
00:48:30,458 --> 00:48:31,876
All this was a false‐‐

1009
00:48:33,002 --> 00:48:35,838
He immediately, the next day,
put me on lithium.

1010
00:48:36,797 --> 00:48:38,758
I got a phone call
from my dad saying,

1011
00:48:38,758 --> 00:48:40,551
"They're planning to send you
to a small home

1012
00:48:40,551 --> 00:48:43,054
"in Beverly Hills
to do a small rehab program

1013
00:48:43,054 --> 00:48:44,722
that we're going to
make up for you."

1014
00:48:44,722 --> 00:48:46,057
I cried on the phone
for an hour,

1015
00:48:46,057 --> 00:48:48,517
and he loved
every minute of it.

1016
00:48:48,517 --> 00:48:51,520
The control he had over
someone as powerful as me,

1017
00:48:51,520 --> 00:48:53,981
as he loved the control
to hurt his own daughter.

1018
00:48:53,981 --> 00:48:57,443
100,000%, he loved it.

1019
00:48:57,443 --> 00:48:59,612
I packed my bags
and went to that place‐‐

1020
00:49:02,073 --> 00:49:06,619
‐ It was January of 2019.

1021
00:49:06,619 --> 00:49:09,664
Edan, you know,
reached out to me

1022
00:49:09,664 --> 00:49:15,336
and asked if the iPad
was still in the safe.

1023
00:49:16,420 --> 00:49:18,714
I said, "Of course, you know,
where else would it be?"

1024
00:49:18,714 --> 00:49:20,633
I was out of town at that time,

1025
00:49:20,633 --> 00:49:24,804
and then I come back
in February from my vacation,

1026
00:49:24,804 --> 00:49:30,059
and Britney is gone.

1027
00:49:30,893 --> 00:49:32,186
REPORTER: Britney Spears

1028
00:49:32,186 --> 00:49:33,729
checked into
a mental health clinic

1029
00:49:33,729 --> 00:49:36,148
last week,
according to to TMZ.

1030
00:49:36,148 --> 00:49:37,400
REPORTER:
Their source saying Britney

1031
00:49:37,400 --> 00:49:38,859
just needed to focus
on herself

1032
00:49:38,859 --> 00:49:40,987
as she cares for her father,
Jamie,

1033
00:49:40,987 --> 00:49:43,990
after his life‐threatening
colon rupture‐‐

1034
00:49:43,990 --> 00:49:47,910
‐ So it really seems as
if this facility stay in 2019

1035
00:49:47,910 --> 00:49:51,122
is a really big turning point
in the conservatorship

1036
00:49:51,122 --> 00:49:52,707
for almost everyone involved.

1037
00:49:52,707 --> 00:49:54,750
‐ She did not want to be there.

1038
00:49:55,793 --> 00:49:59,005
I heard this
from multiple people,

1039
00:49:59,005 --> 00:50:02,550
including Robin
and Jamie themselves

1040
00:50:02,550 --> 00:50:04,927
when they would talk
on the phone to Edan.

1041
00:50:05,511 --> 00:50:07,722
I overheard
multiple conversations

1042
00:50:07,722 --> 00:50:10,725
where they knew Britney
didn't want to be there.

1043
00:50:10,725 --> 00:50:13,102
BRITNEY: I had no privacy door
for my room.

1044
00:50:13,102 --> 00:50:14,437
They all lived
in the house with me,

1045
00:50:14,437 --> 00:50:16,814
the nurses, the 24/7 security.

1046
00:50:16,814 --> 00:50:18,649
I never had a say
in my schedule.

1047
00:50:18,649 --> 00:50:20,443
They always told me
I had to do this.

1048
00:50:20,443 --> 00:50:23,487
And, ma'am, I will tell you,
sitting in a chair

1049
00:50:23,487 --> 00:50:27,116
10 hours a day,
7 days a week, it ain't fun,

1050
00:50:27,116 --> 00:50:29,702
and especially when you can't
walk out the front door.

1051
00:50:32,121 --> 00:50:34,123
LIZ: Under California
conservatorship,

1052
00:50:34,123 --> 00:50:37,585
a conservator is not allowed
to force a conservatee

1053
00:50:37,585 --> 00:50:41,047
into a mental health treatment
facility against their will.

1054
00:50:42,339 --> 00:50:45,926
It's really murky who sent
Britney to the facility,

1055
00:50:45,926 --> 00:50:48,387
why she was sent there.

1056
00:50:48,387 --> 00:50:49,680
There's a lot
of finger‐pointing

1057
00:50:49,680 --> 00:50:52,099
going on among conservators

1058
00:50:52,099 --> 00:50:54,477
and different people involved,
saying, you know,

1059
00:50:54,477 --> 00:50:56,270
"They sent her here."
"No, they did,"

1060
00:50:56,270 --> 00:50:58,564
and, you know, they even claim
that Britney, herself,

1061
00:50:58,564 --> 00:51:01,484
signed papers saying
that she wanted to go in.

1062
00:51:01,484 --> 00:51:05,571
We obtained text messages
that Britney had been sending

1063
00:51:05,571 --> 00:51:09,533
when she was in the facility
in early spring 2019,

1064
00:51:09,533 --> 00:51:13,162
where she says,
"I am here involuntarily.

1065
00:51:13,162 --> 00:51:15,331
I feel as if I cannot leave."

1066
00:51:17,333 --> 00:51:21,378
She texts a friend, "My lawyer
doesn't even work for me.

1067
00:51:21,378 --> 00:51:24,215
Security is at the door 24/7."

1068
00:51:24,215 --> 00:51:26,509
‐ They were monitoring
everything,

1069
00:51:26,509 --> 00:51:32,765
conversations with her friends,
with her mom.

1070
00:51:32,765 --> 00:51:38,229
She reached out to an attorney
asking if he can sneak in.

1071
00:51:38,229 --> 00:51:39,688
‐ And this new lawyer
is saying,

1072
00:51:39,688 --> 00:51:42,858
"Okay, can I come meet you?"
And Britney says,

1073
00:51:42,858 --> 00:51:44,401
"I don't think they're going
to let you come in

1074
00:51:44,401 --> 00:51:46,695
"and meet me if they know
that you're a lawyer.

1075
00:51:46,695 --> 00:51:49,115
I don't think they're gonna
let me hire a new lawyer,"

1076
00:51:49,115 --> 00:51:53,577
and she suggests that this
lawyer pretend to be a plumber

1077
00:51:53,577 --> 00:51:56,413
and, you know, hide the fact
that they were a lawyer.

1078
00:51:56,413 --> 00:51:58,791
And Britney acknowledges
in the text

1079
00:51:58,791 --> 00:52:00,835
that she's stuck
in this catch‐22.

1080
00:52:00,835 --> 00:52:05,297
She says, "How am I supposed to
know whether I want to hire you

1081
00:52:05,297 --> 00:52:08,217
if I'm not even able
to meet with you first?"

1082
00:52:08,217 --> 00:52:13,013
And Jamie and security
had monitored all of this.

1083
00:52:13,013 --> 00:52:16,142
It seems as if one
of the rationales, perhaps,

1084
00:52:16,142 --> 00:52:19,728
for trying to have
such close oversight of Britney

1085
00:52:19,728 --> 00:52:23,566
is trying to protect her
from bad influence,

1086
00:52:23,566 --> 00:52:26,443
but that's not what I'm seeing
in these text messages.

1087
00:52:26,443 --> 00:52:28,904
It seems as if she's trying
to get help.

1088
00:52:30,156 --> 00:52:35,327
‐ They openly talked about
everything that was going on,

1089
00:52:35,327 --> 00:52:38,706
and I still felt that I'm not
understanding something,

1090
00:52:38,706 --> 00:52:40,166
that I don't know
the full story,

1091
00:52:40,166 --> 00:52:41,542
that there's so much
more to it,

1092
00:52:41,542 --> 00:52:44,003
um, and it was easy
to detach yourself emotionally

1093
00:52:44,003 --> 00:52:46,172
from‐‐from everything
that was going on.

1094
00:52:49,592 --> 00:52:56,348
And I think this is when
I snapped back into reality.

1095
00:53:06,650 --> 00:53:08,068
‐ ♪ Got a clue
what you're doing ♪

1096
00:53:08,068 --> 00:53:09,528
REPORTER: Fans
of Britney Spears are worried

1097
00:53:09,528 --> 00:53:11,780
about her well‐being
following bombshell claims

1098
00:53:11,780 --> 00:53:14,700
that she is being
held against her will

1099
00:53:14,700 --> 00:53:16,285
in a mental health facility.

1100
00:53:16,285 --> 00:53:18,454
‐ What do we want?
CROWD: Free Britney.

1101
00:53:18,454 --> 00:53:20,164
‐ When do we want it?
CROWD: Now.

1102
00:53:20,164 --> 00:53:21,957
LIZ: So in spring 2019,

1103
00:53:21,957 --> 00:53:24,043
the Free Britney movement
really starts to catch on.

1104
00:53:24,043 --> 00:53:27,171
‐ We're here not as fans
of Britney Spears the pop star.

1105
00:53:27,171 --> 00:53:29,548
We're here to advocate,
I mean, truly for human rights.

1106
00:53:29,548 --> 00:53:31,050
REPORTER: Social media
is erupting

1107
00:53:31,050 --> 00:53:32,968
in Britney Spears hysteria,

1108
00:53:32,968 --> 00:53:35,346
launching
a Free Britney movement.

1109
00:53:35,346 --> 00:53:36,680
‐ Hashtag‐‐
‐ Free Britney.

1110
00:53:36,680 --> 00:53:38,641
CROWD: End
conservatorship abuse.

1111
00:53:38,641 --> 00:53:40,184
PROTESTER: We think that,
you know,

1112
00:53:40,184 --> 00:53:43,312
the conservatorship
she's been under seems unjust.

1113
00:53:43,312 --> 00:53:46,523
‐ Do you believe Britney Spears
is being held against her will?

1114
00:53:46,523 --> 00:53:47,942
AUDIENCE: Yes!

1115
00:53:47,942 --> 00:53:51,195
‐ Edan initially was
very worried

1116
00:53:51,195 --> 00:53:52,571
about the Free Britney movement

1117
00:53:52,571 --> 00:53:57,534
because it was something
out of their control.

1118
00:53:57,534 --> 00:53:59,703
It was something
that was shaping on its own.

1119
00:53:59,703 --> 00:54:02,581
‐ She was out and about
yesterday on Easter Sunday.

1120
00:54:02,581 --> 00:54:05,793
That is her
with her boyfriend, Sam,

1121
00:54:05,793 --> 00:54:08,504
at the Montage Hotel
in Beverly Hills.

1122
00:54:08,504 --> 00:54:10,297
REPORTER: Hi, Britney,
how you feeling?

1123
00:54:10,839 --> 00:54:14,009
How you feeling, Britney?
How's your dad doing?

1124
00:54:14,009 --> 00:54:15,219
ALEX: It was orchestrated

1125
00:54:15,219 --> 00:54:16,720
that she would come
out of the hotel

1126
00:54:16,720 --> 00:54:17,888
to show the public that,

1127
00:54:17,888 --> 00:54:19,390
"You have nothing
to worry about.

1128
00:54:19,390 --> 00:54:21,684
"Look, Britney
is walking around.

1129
00:54:21,684 --> 00:54:23,269
She's with her boyfriend."

1130
00:54:23,269 --> 00:54:24,728
HOST: These photos
are a big deal

1131
00:54:24,728 --> 00:54:27,022
because, obviously, here
she is out and about.

1132
00:54:27,022 --> 00:54:29,733
Clearly, she's not a prisoner
at this facility.

1133
00:54:29,733 --> 00:54:31,402
HOST: She's not.

1134
00:54:31,402 --> 00:54:34,113
REPORTER: Britney Spears back
home with her family tonight

1135
00:54:34,113 --> 00:54:36,365
after checking out
of a mental health facility.

1136
00:54:36,365 --> 00:54:38,284
‐ When she was released
from the facility,

1137
00:54:38,284 --> 00:54:44,373
security was asked
to prepare a iPhone for her

1138
00:54:44,373 --> 00:54:47,668
that would only be allowed
to make phone calls,

1139
00:54:47,668 --> 00:54:50,129
no text messaging,
no Internet access.

1140
00:54:50,129 --> 00:54:51,839
CROWD: Hey, hey, ho, ho.

1141
00:54:51,839 --> 00:54:54,383
The conservatorship
has got to go.

1142
00:54:54,383 --> 00:54:55,759
ALEX:
The Free Britney movement

1143
00:54:55,759 --> 00:55:01,932
was heavily investigated
in its early days.

1144
00:55:03,142 --> 00:55:07,479
Undercover investigators
were placed within the crowds

1145
00:55:07,479 --> 00:55:14,069
to talk to fans, to ID them,
to document who they were.

1146
00:55:15,237 --> 00:55:17,281
It was all under
the umbrella of,

1147
00:55:17,281 --> 00:55:19,074
"This is
for Britney's protection."

1148
00:55:19,074 --> 00:55:20,784
REPORTER:
Britney Spears' father Jamie

1149
00:55:20,784 --> 00:55:23,203
speaking out against
the viral campaign,

1150
00:55:23,203 --> 00:55:25,080
"All these
conspiracy theorists

1151
00:55:25,080 --> 00:55:26,540
"don't know anything.

1152
00:55:26,540 --> 00:55:28,375
"It's up to the court
of California

1153
00:55:28,375 --> 00:55:30,169
to decide what's best
for my daughter."

1154
00:55:33,297 --> 00:55:36,300
[crowd chanting]

1155
00:55:36,300 --> 00:55:43,265
♪ ♪

1156
00:55:43,390 --> 00:55:45,392
PROTESTER:
End conservatorship.

1157
00:55:45,392 --> 00:55:48,520
CROWD: End
conservatorship abuse.

1158
00:55:48,520 --> 00:55:50,230
‐ Free Britney!

1159
00:55:50,230 --> 00:55:53,650
LIZ: In a court filing,
Britney's lawyer said,

1160
00:55:53,650 --> 00:55:56,695
"Britney herself is vehemently
opposed to this effort

1161
00:55:56,695 --> 00:55:59,073
"by her father
to keep her legal struggle

1162
00:55:59,073 --> 00:56:02,034
"hidden away in the closet
as a family secret.

1163
00:56:02,576 --> 00:56:05,287
"In this case,
it is not an exaggeration

1164
00:56:05,287 --> 00:56:07,206
to say that
the whole world is watching."

1165
00:56:07,206 --> 00:56:09,541
PROTESTER: What do we want?
CROWD: Free Britney!

1166
00:56:09,541 --> 00:56:11,460
PROTESTER: When do we want it?
CROWD: Now!

1167
00:56:11,460 --> 00:56:12,795
‐ Hey, guys, it's Megan.

1168
00:56:12,795 --> 00:56:14,546
The judge has not made
any decisions yet,

1169
00:56:14,546 --> 00:56:16,340
but we did want
to give you a quick update‐‐

1170
00:56:16,340 --> 00:56:19,176
Britney has told Ingham
on multiple occasions

1171
00:56:19,176 --> 00:56:22,429
that she's scared of her father
and that she refuses to work

1172
00:56:22,429 --> 00:56:25,432
until he is no longer
in control of her career.

1173
00:56:25,432 --> 00:56:32,439
♪ ♪

1174
00:56:35,275 --> 00:56:37,945
VIVIAN: Britney's assets
were clearly being mismanaged,

1175
00:56:37,945 --> 00:56:40,197
and she was being taken
advantage of financially

1176
00:56:40,197 --> 00:56:42,032
by some of those around her.

1177
00:56:42,032 --> 00:56:45,494
‐ How did Jamie turn
Britney's finances around

1178
00:56:45,494 --> 00:56:47,121
so dramatically?

1179
00:56:47,121 --> 00:56:49,957
‐ He has collaborated with her.
He‐‐

1180
00:56:49,957 --> 00:56:52,876
When she is up for performing,
she has performed.

1181
00:56:52,876 --> 00:56:54,586
When she wants to record
an album,

1182
00:56:54,586 --> 00:56:56,130
she can record an album,

1183
00:56:56,130 --> 00:56:58,423
and when she wants to live
her life the way she wants,

1184
00:56:58,423 --> 00:56:59,883
like a normal person,

1185
00:56:59,883 --> 00:57:02,386
he has collaborated with her
to do that, as well.

1186
00:57:02,386 --> 00:57:06,140
♪ ♪

1187
00:57:06,140 --> 00:57:09,726
‐ Britney knows that her daddy
loves her,

1188
00:57:09,726 --> 00:57:14,273
and she knows that
she can call on him anytime.

1189
00:57:14,273 --> 00:57:16,150
CROWD: Free Britney now!

1190
00:57:16,150 --> 00:57:17,818
Free Britney now!

1191
00:57:17,818 --> 00:57:20,988
Free Britney now!
Free Britney now!

1192
00:57:20,988 --> 00:57:23,323
Free Britney now!

1193
00:57:23,323 --> 00:57:24,658
REPORTER:
She's calling in, I guess.

1194
00:57:24,658 --> 00:57:26,785
PROTESTER: Yeah?

1195
00:57:26,785 --> 00:57:28,036
JUDGE: Good afternoon,
Ms. Spears.

1196
00:57:28,036 --> 00:57:29,913
I believe you're
on the telephone.

1197
00:57:30,455 --> 00:57:32,082
BRITNEY: Hi, good afternoon.

1198
00:57:32,082 --> 00:57:34,001
[crowd cheering]

1199
00:57:34,001 --> 00:57:36,044
JUDGE: I'm happy to hear
from you, Ms. Spears,

1200
00:57:36,044 --> 00:57:39,006
so feel free
to address me at this point.

1201
00:57:39,798 --> 00:57:41,049
BRITNEY:
I have this written down.

1202
00:57:41,049 --> 00:57:42,801
I have a lot to say,
so bear with me.

1203
00:57:42,801 --> 00:57:44,344
‐ Oh, God.
BRITNEY: Ma'am, I didn't know

1204
00:57:44,344 --> 00:57:45,846
I could petition
the conservatorship

1205
00:57:45,846 --> 00:57:47,931
to end it.
I'm sorry for my ignorance,

1206
00:57:47,931 --> 00:57:49,808
but I honestly
didn't know that.

1207
00:57:49,808 --> 00:57:53,270
‐ It was the complete opposite
of what, you know,

1208
00:57:53,270 --> 00:57:55,439
we've always
been told working there.

1209
00:57:56,982 --> 00:58:01,612
It was that she didn't want
to be in the conservatorship,

1210
00:58:01,612 --> 00:58:04,698
and that she felt like
she was abused.

1211
00:58:04,698 --> 00:58:06,116
BRITNEY: I want to be able
to get married

1212
00:58:06,116 --> 00:58:07,451
and have a baby.

1213
00:58:07,451 --> 00:58:11,288
I have a IUD inside of myself
right now

1214
00:58:11,288 --> 00:58:15,167
so I don't get pregnant.
I wanted to take the IUD out

1215
00:58:15,167 --> 00:58:17,377
so I could start trying
to have another baby,

1216
00:58:17,377 --> 00:58:21,215
but this so‐called team
won't let me go to the doctor

1217
00:58:21,215 --> 00:58:23,467
to take it out
because they don't want me

1218
00:58:23,467 --> 00:58:25,552
to have children,
any more children.

1219
00:58:25,552 --> 00:58:28,347
Um, so, basically,
this conservatorship‐‐

1220
00:58:28,347 --> 00:58:31,016
ALEX:
I heard Britney's testimony,

1221
00:58:31,016 --> 00:58:34,394
and I think that was
the final indicator

1222
00:58:34,394 --> 00:58:38,440
that I wanted to come forward
with what I know.

1223
00:58:38,440 --> 00:58:41,109
[tranquil electronic music]

1224
00:58:41,109 --> 00:58:45,864
I think these emails I saved,
because of how scary they were,

1225
00:58:45,864 --> 00:58:48,158
and you don't get a lot of this
in writing ever.

1226
00:58:48,158 --> 00:58:51,036
Edan forwarded me
an email thread

1227
00:58:51,036 --> 00:58:56,416
in which Sam Ingham emailed
Edan and the legal team.

1228
00:59:11,431 --> 00:59:15,310
And so the response to that is,
"Sam, Jamie confirms...

1229
00:59:19,940 --> 00:59:24,194
And so when this email
came across my desk,

1230
00:59:24,194 --> 00:59:26,321
I was‐‐I was very confused.

1231
00:59:26,321 --> 00:59:29,574
♪ ♪

1232
00:59:29,574 --> 00:59:31,243
I know that this
is the right thing.

1233
00:59:31,243 --> 00:59:35,747
I know that this is
what I should do,

1234
00:59:35,747 --> 00:59:40,252
but I don't know what's gonna
happen after this comes out.

1235
00:59:43,088 --> 00:59:48,927
When I was leaving Black Box,
my filter went away, you know?

1236
00:59:48,927 --> 00:59:51,263
I was very open about,

1237
00:59:51,263 --> 00:59:53,890
"I disagree
how you run the business.

1238
00:59:53,890 --> 00:59:55,726
I disagree
how you are ethically."

1239
00:59:56,351 --> 00:59:58,770
He's like, "Well, we should
really talk about that."

1240
00:59:58,770 --> 01:00:01,440
He calls me into his office,
and, you know,

1241
01:00:01,440 --> 01:00:07,529
he takes the gun in his holster
with his clip out

1242
01:00:07,529 --> 01:00:11,533
and puts it on the table
and starts with,

1243
01:00:11,533 --> 01:00:14,119
"So you don't like the way
I run my business?"

1244
01:00:15,787 --> 01:00:20,042
I mean, it's not a threat,
but it's a threat.

1245
01:00:33,013 --> 01:00:36,016
[soft music]

1246
01:00:36,016 --> 01:00:39,644
♪ ♪

1247
01:00:39,644 --> 01:00:42,356
CROWD: Let Britney choose!

1248
01:00:42,356 --> 01:00:45,233
Let Britney choose!
Let Britney choose!

1249
01:00:45,233 --> 01:00:47,194
Let Britney choose!

1250
01:00:49,863 --> 01:00:51,073
[crowd cheers]

1251
01:00:51,073 --> 01:00:52,949
PROTESTER: Are they getting
updates?

1252
01:00:52,949 --> 01:00:56,286
What, what?
What? What?

1253
01:00:56,286 --> 01:00:58,872
‐ She gets her own lawyer!
She gets her own lawyer!

1254
01:00:58,872 --> 01:01:00,374
She gets her own lawyer!
She's now free to choose

1255
01:01:00,374 --> 01:01:01,708
her own lawyer!

1256
01:01:01,708 --> 01:01:03,585
PROTESTER: Britney gets
to choose her own lawyer!

1257
01:01:03,585 --> 01:01:05,837
[crowd cheers]

1258
01:01:05,837 --> 01:01:07,381
‐ Matthew Rosengart,

1259
01:01:07,381 --> 01:01:10,425
a high‐powered Hollywood
attorney now representing her.

1260
01:01:10,425 --> 01:01:12,803
LIZ: It seems
like a small victory,

1261
01:01:12,803 --> 01:01:14,554
but it was
a really big victory

1262
01:01:14,554 --> 01:01:17,682
because for the entire 13 years
of the conservatorship,

1263
01:01:17,682 --> 01:01:20,394
she had a court‐appointed
lawyer who she didn't choose.

1264
01:01:20,394 --> 01:01:23,688
‐ One thing that everybody
has lost sight of

1265
01:01:23,688 --> 01:01:25,273
in all of the controversy,

1266
01:01:25,273 --> 01:01:28,151
all of the litigation,
and all of the drama is,

1267
01:01:28,151 --> 01:01:31,113
what is in the best interest
of Britney Spears?

1268
01:01:31,113 --> 01:01:34,074
My firm and I are going to be
taking a top‐to‐bottom look

1269
01:01:34,074 --> 01:01:37,077
at what's happened here
over the past decade.

1270
01:01:37,077 --> 01:01:39,955
‐ Yes! Everyone did that!

1271
01:01:39,955 --> 01:01:41,581
LIZ: Britney's new lawyer

1272
01:01:41,581 --> 01:01:43,542
almost immediately files
to remove Jamie.

1273
01:01:43,542 --> 01:01:45,836
‐ Since the cat is
out of the bag,

1274
01:01:45,836 --> 01:01:47,462
literally out of the bag,

1275
01:01:47,462 --> 01:01:51,174
and you guys know my situation,
I do want to let you guys know,

1276
01:01:51,174 --> 01:01:54,428
things are way better
than what I ever anticipated.

1277
01:01:54,428 --> 01:01:57,389
[discordant music]

1278
01:01:57,389 --> 01:02:01,393
♪ ♪

1279
01:02:01,393 --> 01:02:03,728
HOST: There is
an enormous development

1280
01:02:03,728 --> 01:02:06,398
in the Britney Spears
conservatorship case.

1281
01:02:06,398 --> 01:02:11,027
Jamie Spears, we found out,
has agreed to step down.

1282
01:02:11,027 --> 01:02:14,322
This is a monumental move.

1283
01:02:15,657 --> 01:02:17,659
‐ But that's not actually
what the court filing said.

1284
01:02:17,659 --> 01:02:20,662
The court filing said,
"Jamie has done nothing wrong.

1285
01:02:20,662 --> 01:02:23,039
"The public does not know
Britney's addiction

1286
01:02:23,039 --> 01:02:26,001
"and mental health issues,
and if they did,

1287
01:02:26,001 --> 01:02:28,587
they would praise Jamie
for the job he has done."

1288
01:02:28,587 --> 01:02:30,714
It said, "He is willing
to step down

1289
01:02:30,714 --> 01:02:32,174
when the time is right,"

1290
01:02:32,174 --> 01:02:34,759
and appeared to be setting
some conditions for that.

1291
01:02:35,385 --> 01:02:36,803
REPORTER: Jamie says
the finances

1292
01:02:36,803 --> 01:02:38,680
still need to be worked out,
among other things.

1293
01:02:38,680 --> 01:02:40,056
REPORTER:
Court documents reveal

1294
01:02:40,056 --> 01:02:42,559
that Spears is currently worth
$60 million.

1295
01:02:42,559 --> 01:02:45,604
‐ I'm gonna be in Vegas
for two more years!

1296
01:02:45,604 --> 01:02:47,481
REPORTER: That may sound
like a lot at first,

1297
01:02:47,481 --> 01:02:49,983
but it's not when compared
to others in the industry.

1298
01:02:54,696 --> 01:02:56,239
‐ The pop star
and her new attorney

1299
01:02:56,239 --> 01:03:00,285
say her father is trying
to get a $2‐million payout

1300
01:03:00,285 --> 01:03:02,120
before stepping down
as her conservator.

1301
01:03:02,120 --> 01:03:03,830
REPORTER:
Matthew Rosengart insisting

1302
01:03:03,830 --> 01:03:05,123
she will not be, quote...

1303
01:03:07,125 --> 01:03:08,502
REPORTER:
The former federal prosecutor

1304
01:03:08,502 --> 01:03:09,794
also adding in a statement...

1305
01:03:15,592 --> 01:03:17,010
HOST: They're going
to take his deposition,

1306
01:03:17,010 --> 01:03:18,595
and he's going to
have to sit there,

1307
01:03:18,595 --> 01:03:19,971
and he's going to go through
all of the things,

1308
01:03:19,971 --> 01:03:22,140
you know,
involving the business manager

1309
01:03:22,140 --> 01:03:25,101
and salaries
and things like that.

1310
01:03:30,106 --> 01:03:31,816
REPORTER: We begin tonight
with breaking news.

1311
01:03:31,816 --> 01:03:34,194
After 13 years,
the conservatorship

1312
01:03:34,194 --> 01:03:36,780
of singer Britney Spears
may be about to end.

1313
01:03:36,780 --> 01:03:39,866
Jamie Spears, her father
and conservator of her estate,

1314
01:03:39,866 --> 01:03:41,952
filed a petition
to end the conservatorship.

1315
01:03:41,952 --> 01:03:45,163
‐ I feel like we're all like,
"Whoa, there's new news

1316
01:03:45,163 --> 01:03:47,541
and a twist
and turn every single day."

1317
01:03:47,541 --> 01:03:48,875
REPORTER: It is stunning.

1318
01:03:48,875 --> 01:03:50,752
All of the things
he said in this document

1319
01:03:50,752 --> 01:03:54,256
that he filed with the court
are very, very different,

1320
01:03:54,256 --> 01:03:58,635
in fact, opposite from what
he had been saying all along.

1321
01:04:04,724 --> 01:04:06,268
REPORTER: So the big question:
what's next?

1322
01:04:06,268 --> 01:04:07,644
REPORTER:
Does this mean that she will

1323
01:04:07,644 --> 01:04:09,312
soon not have to do
what her father says?

1324
01:04:09,312 --> 01:04:11,064
REPORTER: How could this kind
of, like, go off the rails?

1325
01:04:11,064 --> 01:04:12,941
REPORTER:
Only time will tell, right?

1326
01:04:12,941 --> 01:04:15,110
LIZ:
A lot of big questions remain.

1327
01:04:15,110 --> 01:04:17,153
Will Jamie be removed?

1328
01:04:17,153 --> 01:04:20,615
Will the conservatorship
be terminated entirely,

1329
01:04:20,615 --> 01:04:23,159
and will there ever be
a full examination

1330
01:04:23,159 --> 01:04:24,995
of the last 13 years?

1331
01:04:26,997 --> 01:04:30,292
‐ That's the one thing that
I don't know still to this day.

1332
01:04:30,292 --> 01:04:32,502
Is the court aware
of any of this shit?

1333
01:04:32,502 --> 01:04:34,671
Like, how‐‐how they've
been monitoring her?

1334
01:04:34,671 --> 01:04:36,256
Do they actually
know about that?

1335
01:04:36,256 --> 01:04:39,134
Like, I'm super curious,
and Edan telling me

1336
01:04:39,134 --> 01:04:43,054
that Sam Ingham
knew that Jamie and Robin

1337
01:04:43,054 --> 01:04:46,266
were reading all her
text messages, is that true?

1338
01:04:46,266 --> 01:04:52,439
And if they did know about
this, how was that allowed?

1339
01:04:57,652 --> 01:05:01,364
‐ Britney's case has raised
a lot of questions and scrutiny

1340
01:05:01,364 --> 01:05:03,950
on the conservatorship system
at large.

1341
01:05:04,951 --> 01:05:07,871
It really makes you wonder.
If all of this can happen

1342
01:05:07,871 --> 01:05:11,041
to one of the most
famous people on this planet,

1343
01:05:11,041 --> 01:05:13,877
what does that mean
for the many people

1344
01:05:13,877 --> 01:05:17,088
under conservatorships
who are very vulnerable?

1345
01:05:17,797 --> 01:05:20,383
♪ ♪

1346
01:05:20,383 --> 01:05:22,177
BRITNEY: I'm not sure how you
make your decisions, ma'am,

1347
01:05:22,177 --> 01:05:23,595
but this is
the only chance for me

1348
01:05:23,595 --> 01:05:26,097
to talk to for you a while.
I need your help,

1349
01:05:26,097 --> 01:05:28,600
so if you can just kind of
let me know

1350
01:05:28,600 --> 01:05:29,768
where your head is.

1351
01:05:29,768 --> 01:05:31,353
I'm scared of people.

1352
01:05:31,353 --> 01:05:33,438
I don't trust people
with what I've been through.

1353
01:05:34,105 --> 01:05:37,233
‐ I think the thing that stands
out to me most from Brit

1354
01:05:37,233 --> 01:05:40,945
speaking out in court
is that she was frightened.

1355
01:05:40,945 --> 01:05:44,574
That's the thing that I want
to say bothers me the most

1356
01:05:44,574 --> 01:05:48,078
because these are people that
are supposed to protect her.

1357
01:05:48,078 --> 01:05:50,205
How many times
has she said this before,

1358
01:05:50,205 --> 01:05:52,499
and why has nothing changed?

1359
01:05:53,625 --> 01:05:56,294
I think she simply
wants to be heard,

1360
01:05:56,294 --> 01:05:57,796
but, my goodness,

1361
01:05:57,796 --> 01:05:59,631
how many times
does she have to say it?

1362
01:05:59,631 --> 01:06:01,508
How loud does she
have to scream it?

1363
01:06:01,508 --> 01:06:03,677
BRITNEY: I wish I could stay
with you on the phone forever

1364
01:06:03,677 --> 01:06:05,804
because when I get off
the phone with you,

1365
01:06:05,804 --> 01:06:08,348
I hear all these nos,
"No, no, no,"

1366
01:06:08,348 --> 01:06:10,767
and, then all of a sudden,
I feel ganged up on,

1367
01:06:10,767 --> 01:06:12,227
and I feel bullied,

1368
01:06:12,227 --> 01:06:14,479
and I feel left out and alone,

1369
01:06:14,479 --> 01:06:16,898
and I'm tired
of feeling alone.

1370
01:06:19,567 --> 01:06:21,111
And now, we can sit here
all day and say,

1371
01:06:21,111 --> 01:06:23,154
"Oh, conservatorships
are here to help people,"

1372
01:06:23,154 --> 01:06:25,865
but, ma'am, there's
a thousand conservatorships

1373
01:06:25,865 --> 01:06:27,534
that are abusive as well.

1374
01:06:29,411 --> 01:06:30,745
FELICIA: You know,
I don't have any way

1375
01:06:30,745 --> 01:06:33,498
of getting in touch
with her at this point.

1376
01:06:33,498 --> 01:06:36,209
All the numbers
that I have are now changed.

1377
01:06:36,209 --> 01:06:38,461
‐ I cannot call her up.

1378
01:06:38,461 --> 01:06:41,506
I know she memorizes numbers,

1379
01:06:41,506 --> 01:06:43,883
so as an end‐of‐tour gift,

1380
01:06:43,883 --> 01:06:45,593
I bought her
a Tiffany's necklace

1381
01:06:45,593 --> 01:06:48,513
'cause I know
that she likes Tiffany's,

1382
01:06:48,513 --> 01:06:53,059
and I had my number engraved
on it in case she needed me.

1383
01:06:53,685 --> 01:06:55,270
INTERVIEWER: If you were
talking to her right now,

1384
01:06:55,270 --> 01:06:56,438
what would you say to her?

1385
01:06:57,313 --> 01:07:01,568
‐ Well, yeah, if we actually
got to see each other

1386
01:07:01,568 --> 01:07:05,655
and see Britney again is that,
you have a lot of support,

1387
01:07:05,655 --> 01:07:09,117
a lot of good support
behind you,

1388
01:07:09,117 --> 01:07:10,952
and we will be here for you.

1389
01:07:12,287 --> 01:07:13,955
INTERVIEWER:
If you could talk to Britney,

1390
01:07:13,955 --> 01:07:15,540
what would you
want to her to know?

1391
01:07:15,540 --> 01:07:18,793
Like, if she's watching this,
what would you say?

1392
01:07:19,586 --> 01:07:20,879
‐ Okay.

1393
01:07:20,879 --> 01:07:24,007
And, Brit, first off,
I would make you giggle,

1394
01:07:24,007 --> 01:07:26,426
and second off,
I want you to remember

1395
01:07:26,426 --> 01:07:28,845
all the funny things
and all the fun times.

1396
01:07:28,845 --> 01:07:30,764
I want you to remember
how strong you are,

1397
01:07:30,764 --> 01:07:34,976
how talented you are,
how silly you are,

1398
01:07:34,976 --> 01:07:37,312
how goofy you are,

1399
01:07:37,312 --> 01:07:42,734
and that that heart of yours
is gigantic and that how‐‐

1400
01:07:42,734 --> 01:07:46,196
I mean, my goodness, I told you
every day how much I loved you.

1401
01:07:46,196 --> 01:07:50,074
If I had one penny
for every fan

1402
01:07:50,074 --> 01:07:52,118
that's just reached out to me

1403
01:07:52,118 --> 01:07:55,497
to send their love to you, boy,
would I be a rich woman.

1404
01:07:57,123 --> 01:08:00,001
Hang in there.
Your voice is coming back.

1405
01:08:00,001 --> 01:08:03,296
You are louder and prouder
and more powerful

1406
01:08:03,296 --> 01:08:05,924
than I've seen you
in a really long time,

1407
01:08:05,924 --> 01:08:07,717
and I love you,

1408
01:08:07,717 --> 01:08:11,930
and I will support
you no matter what.

1409
01:08:11,930 --> 01:08:13,264
And I wasn't going to cry

1410
01:08:13,264 --> 01:08:14,724
because you know
I don't like to cry.

1411
01:08:14,724 --> 01:08:16,726
It makes my nose big and red.
I love you.

1412
01:08:20,855 --> 01:08:22,690
BRITNEY:
I deserve to have a life.

1413
01:08:22,690 --> 01:08:26,861
I deserve to have the same
rights as anybody does,

1414
01:08:26,861 --> 01:08:28,655
and that's all I wanted
to say to you,

1415
01:08:28,655 --> 01:08:31,115
and thank you so much for
letting me speak to you today.

1416
01:08:31,741 --> 01:08:33,535
Thank you.

1417
01:08:40,124 --> 01:08:43,127
[soft music]

1418
01:08:43,127 --> 01:08:50,134
♪ ♪