In 2014, Las Vegas celebrated this famous singer and her long-term residency with the first Britney Day, which is now an annual event. The city presented Spears with an official proclamation and a key to the Las Vegas strip. A second residency was due to being when tragedy struck. Her father’s colon ruptured, nearly killing him.
Spears went on an indefinite hiatus as her father recovered. Jamie Spears recovered, but during that time, his lawyer, Andrew M. Wallet, stated that Britney’s conservatorship should end, stating the consequences to Britney could be “substantial detriment, irreparable harm, and immediate danger.”
Clawing Her Way Back
Time passed, and Britney's life cooled down. She got a four-year residency in Las Vegas, and during that time, she put out several albums, all of them well regarded. She also started her own perfume line with Elizabeth Arden, releasing a total of twenty-four fragrances.
Almost a full decade after her woeful performance at the MTV Video Music Awards, she stepped onto the stage in 2016 and performed “Make Me” to great applause. Things hadn't ended for the singer, though. The sharks were circling, and they smelled perfume in the water.
Lufti Strikes Back
Spears's ex-manager Sam Lufti sued Britney and her parents for defamation, breach of contract, and libel. Lynne, Britney's mother, released a book in 2008 titled "Through the Storm: A Real Story of Fame and Family in a Tabloid World" that said Lufti drugged and manipulated Spears and her family.
Also, Lufti accused Spears's father of assault. After a long legal battle, a judge dismissed his case in 2012, but Lufti appealed, and the two parties agreed on a settlement fee in the low six figures. In 2019, Spears got a second, five-year restraining order against her former manager.
Who's in Charge Today?
More than a decade later, the conservatorship is still ongoing. It's been run by a long list of constantly-changing names, including family, ex-boyfriends, and lawyers. The only name that has always appeared is Britney's father, Jamie Spears. He remains in charge despite disturbing allegations as well as questions about his character.
Britney found herself under strict rules as part of the conservatorship (and we can see the reasoning there), including no driving and a strict regimen of prescription drugs. When Britney went against these edicts, her father had her put into a psychiatric facility against her will.
Back in the Ward
After her father's hospitalization, his lawyer's accusations, and constant legal battles, Spears once again found herself hospitalized in a psychiatric facility in 2019. The reason given was that she was under great stress due to her father's near-death, but a lot of people are trying to read deeper.
In May of 2019, Britney stated that her father had forced her into the mental facility and forced her to take certain medications. When this information – true or not – reached fans, the controversy deepened, and plenty of people started rallying around her, trying to help her.