Britney Spears’ lawyer accuses her father’s lawyer of lying in court, and sister of lying in interviews

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There was a heated exchange between attorneys for Britney and Jamie Spears yesterday, in the latest court hearing regarding the winding up of the pop star’s long running conservatorship.

Both lawyers accused each other of lying, and they fought over a request by Jamie to have his daughter continue to pay his $1200 an hour legal fees.Despite Jamie being removed as his daughter’s conservator – and the conservatorship that had managed Britney’s personal and financial affairs since 2008 being terminated – the legal arrangement is still to be fully brought to a close.

In December, Jamie said that Britney should continue to pay his legal fees – as she did throughout the conservatorship – in order to ensure that it is “wound up quickly and efficiently”.Earlier this week, Britney’s attorney Mathew Rosengart filed new court papers in an effort to block that request.

He said that his client should not have to cover her father’s costs, given that he was removed as conservator prior to the guardianship being terminated.He also again accused Jamie of numerous acts of financial and other impropriety during his time overseeing his daughter’s affairs – including that claim that he paid a security firm $6 million to spy on Britney and others.These claims were discussed in a heated court hearing yesterday, in which Jamie’s attorney Alex Weingarten accused Rosengart of making up stories about his client and feeding them to the press – particularly the surveillance story, which first appeared in the New York Times last year.“Lies!” shouted Rosengart in response to this, according to Variety.