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News Articles: Britney Spears

Britney Spears and Sam Asghari got married on Thursday. The couple is pictured here at the premiere of <em>Once Upon A Time ... In Hollywood</em> in July 2019.

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Britney Spears' ex-husband is charged with stalking after trying to crash her wedding

Jason Alexander was Spears' first husband. The two were childhood friends but were only married for 55 hours before it was annulled. Alexander pleaded not guilty to all charges he is facing.

June 14, 2022
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  • Wynne Davis
GPB News NPR

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  • Pop Culture

Britney Spears marries Sam Asghari in California

Britney Spears married longtime partner Sam Asghari months after the pop superstar won her freedom from a court conservatorship. The wedding happened nine months after the pair were engaged.

June 11, 2022
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  • The Associated Press
Britney Spears, seen in 2018, recently succeeded in ending a 13-year conservatorship that had limited decisions about her own life, including getting pregnant.

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  • Arts & Life

Britney Spears announces she's pregnant

The 40-year-old pop star had her 13-year conservatorship terminated late last year. Spears is a mother to two teen boys from an earlier marriage.

April 12, 2022
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By:
  • Jaclyn Diaz
Britney Spears at the Billboard Music Awards in 2016 in Las Vegas.

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  • Law

Britney Spears' conservatorship has finally ended

After 13 years living under a legal arrangement that controlled both her personal life and finances, the pop star was released from her conservatorship Friday.

November 12, 2021
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By:
  • Anastasia Tsioulcas
#FreeBritney activists rally at the Stanley Mosk Courthouse in Los Angeles during the Britney Spears conservatorship hearing Wednesday.

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  • Arts & Life

Britney Spears is on the road to independence. The media should let her take the wheel

On Wednesday, Jamie Spears was suspended as his daughter's conservator. Is all the media attention, including three new Spears documentaries, still welcome?

September 30, 2021
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By:
  • Anastasia Tsioulcas
Britney Spears supporter Peter Stickles was among those demonstrating outside Los Angeles Superior Court on Wednesday.

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  • Law

A Judge Suspends Britney Spears' Dad From Her Conservatorship

At a hearing Wednesday at Los Angeles Superior Court, Judge Brenda J. Penny suspended the pop star's father from controlling her financial affairs. Britney Spears has accused him of exploiting her.

September 30, 2021
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By:
  • Anastasia Tsioulcas and
  • Mandalit del Barco
#FreeBritney activists protest outside the courthouse in Los Angeles during a conservatorship hearing on April 27.

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  • Law

Britney Spears Has Moved Toward Freedom From Her Father

Spears and her father petitioned to end his conservatorship role. A Los Angeles judge has granted that request.

September 29, 2021
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By:
  • Rachel Treisman
Britney Spears performs onstage at the iHeartRadio Music Festival in Las Vegas in 2016.

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  • Movies

What New Netflix And Hulu Documentaries Reveal About Britney Spears' Conservatorship

Netflix's Britney vs Spears and Hulu's Controlling Britney Spears — released right before an important hearing on the singer's conservatorship — piece together how Spears lost control of her life.

September 28, 2021
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  • Eric Deggans
Britney Spears' father, Jamie Spears, has filed to end the court conservatorship that has controlled the singer's life and money for 13 years.

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  • Music

In New Filing, Britney Spears Consents With The Petition To End Her Conservatorship

The filing represents the first time Britney Spears has called for an end to the arrangement in court documents, though she has called for its termination in hearings.

September 22, 2021
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  • The Associated Press
GPB News NPR

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  • Music

Father Claims Britney Spears' Medical Conservator Raised Possible New Hospitalization

James Spears says, in July, Jodi Montgomery suggested the possibility of involuntarily detaining the singer in a psychiatric hospital. Montgomery released a statement disputing that account.

August 07, 2021
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By:
  • Vanessa Romo
#FreeBritney activists outside of a Los Angeles court hearing regarding the Britney Spears conservatorship on July 14.

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  • Music News

Britney Spears' Lawyer Files To Have Her Father Removed From Controlling Her Finances

In a blistering 120-page document submitted to Los Angeles Superior Court, Mathew Rosengart claims that Jamie Spears appears to be responsible for the "dissipation" of the singer's fortune.

July 27, 2021
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  • Anastasia Tsioulcas
Britney Spears' recently hired lawyer, Mathew Rosengart, speaking to reporters outside the Los Angeles County Courthouse on July 19.

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  • Music News

Britney Spears' Lawyer Files Request For New Conservator Of Her Money

Attorney Mathew Rosengart, who began representing the pop singer a week and a half ago, wants someone new to look after Spears' estate. For the past 13 years, it's been controlled by her father.

July 26, 2021
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By:
  • Anastasia Tsioulcas
Protesters attend a #FreeBritney Rally at Stanley Mosk Courthouse on Wednesday in Los Angeles. The group is calling for an end to the 13-year conservatorship led by the pop star's father, Jamie Spears, who has control over her finances and business dealings.

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  • Music

Britney Spears Says She Will Not Perform Under Her Father's Conservatorship

The artist took to Instagram to address criticism of her dancing videos and to say that those are the only performances she will be doing under her father's conservatorship.

July 19, 2021
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By:
  • Wynne Davis
#FreeBritney activists protest outside a conservatorship hearing for pop singer Britney Spears on June 23 in Los Angeles.

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  • Arts & Life

Britney Spears' Conservatorship Is Back In Court: Who's Who, And What They Want

On Wednesday, the parties involved in the pop icon's conservatorship head back to court for the first time since Britney Spears spoke to the judge last month. Here's who the main players are.

July 14, 2021
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By:
  • Anastasia Tsioulcas
A #FreeBritney protestor flies a Britney flag outside a Los Angeles courthouse. The superstar's conservatorship case has another hearing July 14.

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  • Law

Spears' Case Goes Back To Court — Here's What Could Be Next For Her Conservatorship

While a flurry of petitions and requests were made after the popstar's testimony, no one has filed a petition to end the conservatorship.

July 12, 2021
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  • Andrew Limbong
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