Britney Spears’ Attorney Slams Jamie Spears for ‘Bullying’ His Daughter and Seeking Private Investigator’s Files
variety.comElizabeth Wagmeister Senior CorrespondentAs Britney Spears’ court battle continues, her lawyer is asking the judge to prohibit her father, Jamie Spears, from accessing files from a private investigator that was hired by the pop star’s legal team to help probe into his management of his daughter’s 13-year conservatorship, which he largely oversaw.Spears’ father has requested records from Kroll, the P.I.
firm brought on by the singer’s attorneys. Now, the star’s lawyer is asking the court to quash his attempt, as they point to his continued “bullying” and refusal to appear for his deposition.In a motion filed this week, the singer’s attorney, Mathew Rosengart, requests the court limit the elder Spears’ “deposition subpoena for the production of business records issued to non-party Kroll Associates.” Rosengart writes that his client’s father subpoena is “extremely overbroad, unduly burdensome and oppressive.” In the new court docs, Rosengart says that Spears’ father has failed to appear for his deposition three times, and now objects to being deposed in Los Angeles because he resides in Kentwood, La., which is the pop star’s hometown.“Mr.
Spears can run, but he cannot hide from his deposition forever,” Rosengart writes in the filing, adding that he will depose his client’s father in “any city or state, including Kentwood.”“It has been an honor to represent and seek to protect Britney Spears from further trauma and abuse.
In that regard, we respectfully submit that a decent father, a father who truly loved his daughter…would place his daughter’s interests above his own,” Rosengart states in the docs. “Such a father would show grace and decency and cease and desist from bullying and harassing his daughter.
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