BRITNEY Spears’s father last night defended the controversial legal order that sparked worldwide outrage — insisting she could have died without it.
Speaking exclusively for the first time about the 13-year conservatorship, which controlled almost every aspect of the troubled US pop superstar’s life, Jamie Spears claims he is far from the monster fans have painted him to be.
In his first interview in more than a decade, Jamie, speaking ahead of a book by Britney's ex-husband Kevin Federline about fatherhood during such public drama, said: “My God, where would she be without that conservatorship now?
I ain’t gonna paint you no pretty pictures. "That conservatorship was one hell of a time, and without it I don’t know if she would be alive now.” Jamie, 70, has endured cruel slurs that claimed he wanted power over Britney, 41, to line his own pockets and micro-manage her career.
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