Britney Spears’ father, Jamie Spears, has been ordered by a choose to sit down for a deposition throughout the subsequent 30 days.
Choose Brenda Penny has additionally ordered that Jamie, 70, produce all of the paperwork requested by the singer’s workforce regarding alleged digital surveillance she was beneath throughout her conservatorship.
The order got here throughout a listening to in Los Angeles on Wednesday after Jamie claimed that every one allegations he spied on his daughter utilizing secret recording units hidden in her bed room are ‘false’.
Whereas Britney campaigned to have her conservatorship eliminated final 12 months, surprising allegations emerged that Jamie had employed a safety agency to maintain her beneath surveillance, reportedly bugging her bed room to report her non-public conversations.
Previous to the choose’s ruling, Jamie’s legal professional, Alex Weingarten, had requested the choose to provide his workforce entry to paperwork offered by Britney’s workforce to assist put together for the deposition, however the request was denied by the choose.
Jamie has all the time denied the allegations, together with his legal professional submitting a sworn declaration from Jamie final month stating: ‘I'm knowledgeable of the allegation by Britney’s counsel that a listening machine or “bug” was positioned her bed room as surveillance throughout the Conservatorship. This allegation is fake.’
Britney’s lawyer, Mathew Rosengart, informed reporters outdoors courtroom: ‘At the moment was an excellent day in courtroom for Britney Spears, and it was an excellent day for justice.
‘Mr Spears because the courtroom decided has now successfully been hiding from his deposition for at least 9 months.
‘The day of reckoning for Mr Spears has come… we've got seen nothing however obstruction and stone-walling from him.’
He added: ‘His daughter is lastly free. His daughter is married. His daughter is blissful. His daughter desires to maneuver on.
‘Mr Spears, if he loves his daughter as he professes he does, ought to go away her alone.’
Jamie’s legal professionals have additionally tried to get Britney deposed, which her representatives have climed is ‘retaliatory’.
Britney’s conservatorship rule was lifted final November after nearly 14 years, permitting her to regain management over her private and monetary selections.
The Poisonous star had been positioned beneath a conservatorship in 2008 following a public breakdown the 12 months earlier than, with Jamie appearing as conservator for almost all of its length.
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