
and who corroborated the claims made by the Black Box whistleblower. In January, Britney Spears' legal team also submitted the sworn declaration of former FBI agent Sherine Ebadi, a lead investigator in Robert Mueller's case against former Trump campaign chair Paul Manafort, who know works at security firm Kroll Inc. "Black Box Security, at the direction of Jamie Spears, placed a listening device in Britney Spears' bedroom," Rosengart told the court during a January hearing, referencing a story broken by The New York Times quoting a whistleblower from the company. Now at the heart of the ongoing case are critical testimonies surrounding Britney Spears's surveillance, which attorneys are now battling for a judge to hear – and which could be used to build civil or criminal cases against Jamie Spears. Lawyers for the father and famous daughter are still fighting to resolve issues such as whether Britney Spears owes attorney fees. Although the conservatorship ended last year, the ugly courtroom battles over financial details and Jamie's oversight of the conservatorship have persisted. His deposition will be the latest in the ongoing case of Britney Spears's 13-year-long conservatorship. The reality – albeit less dramatic – is that Jamie Spears will have to sit for a deposition which his team had evaded since at least October, to face questions around allegations that he recorded Britney Spears in her home for over 180 hours and made profits of over $6 million from his daughter's career. "Why don't we just skip to the part of the case where we construct the gallows and hang Jamie in the public square?" Weingarten told the court, repeatedly calling the deposition request an "ambush" and demanding that Britney Spears also be deposed. Her legal team will ask him about allegations that he spied on his daughter and profited off her.Ī trusts and estate lawyer told Insider that her team should be strategic about the deposition.Īfter a Los Angeles Judge ruled in July that Britney's Spears' father Jamie Spears would have to sit for questioning by mid-august, his lawyer Alex Weingarten likened the development to a brutal, germanic execution. AP and Getty Imagesīritney Spears' father Jamie Spears will sit for questioning by mid-August.
