Elizabeth Wagmeister Senior CorrespondentBritney Spears’ court-appointed attorney, Samuel Ingham III, will resign from the pop star’s conservatorship case, Variety has confirmed.Ingham filed paperwork on Tuesday, asking the Los Angeles Superior Court to dismiss him as Spears’ legal representative. “Samuel D.
Ingham III hereby resigns as court-appointed counsel for Britney Jean Spears, conservatee, effective upon the appointment of new court-appointed counsel,” the court filings read.Ingham has been representing Spears for the entirety of her 13-year conservatorship.
In 2008, the court put the arrangement in place, with her father, Jamie Spears, as her sole conservator.Ingham and Spears’ working relationship came into question last month.
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