Britney Spears’ mother Lynne Spears posted a cryptic bible about ‘darkness’ after her daughter called for father Jamie Spears to be charged with conservatorship abuse.
The mother-of-three, 66, shared a Bible verse from the Gospel of John to her Instagram on Friday, telling her 41k followers: ‘The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.’
Lynne’s message comes following a virtual court hearing on Wednesday where her daughter was granted the right to hire her own attorney.
Mysterious message: Britney Spears’ mom Lynne shared a cryptic bible quote about darkness on Friday, just days after her daughter called for dad Jamie to be charged with conservatorship abuse. Seen in 2000 above
Optimism? The mother-of-three, 66, shared a Bible verse from the Gospel of John to her Instagram on Friday, telling her 41k followers: ‘The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it’
The songstress will now be represented by former federal prosecutor Mathew Rosengart, making it the first time since the conservatorship was brought in in 2008 that Spears has a lawyer of her own choosing representing her.
On July 6, following her daughter’s allegations, Lynne stated via her attorneys that Britney is in a different place than she was in 2008 when the conservatorship began.
Lynne also noted that her daughter is now able to care for herself.
‘Now, and for the past many years, Conservatee is able to care for her person and in fact has, within the parameters of this conservatorship, earned literally hundreds of millions of dollars as an international celebrity,’ the petition states.
Days later Jamie Spears filed papers expressing concern about ‘dangerous rhetoric’ around the case, and asked the court to investigate his daughter’s claims and give him an opportunity to respond.
Jamie, 69, and Lynne have been divorced since 2002. They are also parents to son Bryan, 44, and daughter Jamie Lynn, 30.
Not together: Britney’s father Jamie, 69, and Lynne have been divorced since 2002. They are seen in 2012 above
Lots to say: The singer offered an emotional testimony during the hearing
The singer offered an emotional testimony during the hearing, tearing up as she told Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Brenda Penny that she wants her father charged with conservatorship abuse.
‘I want to press charges against my father today,’ Spears said. ‘I want an investigation into my dad.’
She described once again the torment of her conservatorship, in a repeat of her explosive June 23 testimony.
She claimed her father, Jamie Spears, and others involved in the conservatorship had threatened her, and added: ‘There should be no threats to me at all, ever. I have serious abandonment issues.’
Spears said that her car keys, hair vitamins and coffee had been taken from her.
‘Ma’am, that’s not abuse, that’s just f****** cruelty,’ she tearfully told Judge Brenda Penny, according to Sky News.
‘Excuse my language but it’s the truth.’
She told the court: ‘I thought they were trying to kill me. If this is not abuse, I don’t know what is.’
New lawyer: The songstress will now be represented by former federal prosecutor Mathew Rosengart. Rosengart is seen on Wednesday in a court sketch, appearing before Judge Brenda Penny in Los Angeles
A court sketch from Wednesday’s hearing, with Judge Brenda Penny presiding and several participants dialing in by videolink. Britney Spears addressed the court by phone
Breaking down, Spears then requested a short break to compose herself.
She then called for her father be removed from the complex legal arrangement and be charged with ‘conservatorship abuse’.
She wants the conservatorship terminated without the need for a medical assessment, but said her priority was ousting her father from his role while allowing co-conservator Jodi Montgomery to remain in the meantime.
‘My dad needs to be removed today and I will be happy with Jodi helping me,’ Spears said.
During her testimony on Wednesday, the judge asked Spears to slow down so the court reporter could take it all down.
‘I’m here to press charges,’ Spears said. ‘I’m angry and I will go there.’
Before she spoke, supporters of the #FreeBritney movement gathered outside Los Angeles Supreme Court for the hearing, where the star’s hand-picked attorney Rosengart was appointed to take over her case.
Her right: On June 23, Spears told the court: ‘I haven’t really had the opportunity by my own self to actually handpick my own lawyer by myself. And I would like to be able to do that.’ New lawyer Mathew Rosengart is seen above
On June 23, Spears told the court: ‘I haven’t really had the opportunity by my own self to actually handpick my own lawyer by myself. And I would like to be able to do that.’
During that same hearing she told Judge Penny that she believed she was not allowed to choose her own attorney.
‘I was on tour in 2018. I was forced to do… My management said if I don’t do this tour, I will have to find an attorney, and by contract my own management could sue me if I didn’t follow through with the tour.
‘He handed me a sheet of paper as I got off the stage in Vegas and said I had to sign it. It was very threatening and scary.
‘And with the conservatorship, I couldn’t even get my own attorney,’ she said.
‘So out of fear, I went ahead and I did the tour.’
Free Britney: Before she spoke, supporters of the #FreeBritney movement gathered outside Los Angeles Supreme Court for the hearing