Britney Spears and Jamie Spears.Photo: Steve Granitz/WireImage; Shutterstock
Britney Spearsscored another victory in court.
On Wednesday, Judge Brenda Penny decided that the 40-year-old singer will not have to sit down for a deposition in her ongoing legal battle with her father,Jamie Spears,Varietyreports.
“We are very pleased, but not surprised, that Judge Penny reconfirmed her thoughtful and legally correct ruling, once again rejecting Mr. Spears’s shameful and desperate effort to take his own daughter’s deposition,” Britney’s attorney Mathew Rosengart tells PEOPLE in a statement. “Any decent man, especially father, would accept his losses and simply move on.”
In her ruling, Judge Penny said details that would come out of the deposition wouldn’t be helpful to the case. Rosengart argued in court that a deposition would “retraumatize” Spears, noting that she wouldn’t serve as a witness in forthcoming proceedings, per the outlet.
Judge Penny’s decision is thelatest developmentin the court’s attempt to resolve the outstanding issues left over after the November 2021termination of Britney’s 13-year conservatorship. In December, Jamie requested that Britney’s estatepay his legal teamfor “ongoing fiduciary duties relating to the winding up of the Conservatorship of the Person and Estate.”
Britney Spears.Image Group LA/Disney Channel via Getty
Earlier this month, Judge Pennyordered Jamie to be deposedas part of an investigation into his role as conservator of her estate. At the time, the judge said she needed more time to decide if Britney should also be deposed, and pushed back her ruling until Wednesday.
“It was a very good day for justice generally,” he added to reporters outside court earlier this month. “The day of reckoning for Mr. Spears has come, at least at this stage, in terms of the court ordering him to appear for his deposition.”
Jamie’s deposition is scheduled for Aug. 12.
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He added, “I never conducted or authorized any surveillance of Britney’s bedroom at any time, including during the conservatorship. I am not aware of any such surveillance having occurred.”
In the months since her conservatorship was terminated, Britney haspurchased a new homeandmarried Sam Asghari.
source: people.com
