Britney Spears accuses father of hiring security firm to track people close to her

nme.com:

Britney Spears has accused her father of paying a security team to track the locations of those close to the singer.As reported by The New York Times, Spears lawyer claimed in court papers filed yesterday (January 18) that the star’s dad, Jamie Spears, had committed financial misconduct on a number of occasions over several years.Jamie was suspended from his role as his daughter’s conservator by a judge last September, with the conservatorship then being terminated completely in November after 13 years.Last month, it was reported that Jamie had asked Britney to cover his ongoing legal costs – a request the singer’s attorney Mathew Rosengart called “an abomination” and “legally meritless”.Now, in an effort to block Jamie’s plea, Britney’s lawyer has made various accusations of financial improprieties against him and others involved with the conservatorship.Among them is the allegation that Jamie paid almost $6million (£4.4m) from Britney’s estate to a security firm that obtained private phone records for the singer’s mother and others and obtained GPS “ping data” to track the locations of people close to the star.Per The New York Times‘ article, lawyer Mathew S Rosengart referred to several revelations about the handling of the conservatorship which were first reported by the outlet last September.He also cited new findings from Sherine Ebadi, an investigator at Kroll and a former FBI agent retained by Britney’s legal team.

Within the new court filing is the declaration from Ebadi that she had spoken to Alex Vlasov, a former employee of Black Box Security.It was previously claimed that the firm had surveilled Britney’s phone and monitored calls with lawyers, as well as secretly recording her in her bedroom.During a.