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- A judge has denied Britney Spears' request to remove her father from her conservatorship, according to Variety.
- Jamie Spears and finance firm Bessemer Trust will continue to split duties for now.
- Last week, Britney delivered powerful testimony in court, formally asking for her estranged father to be removed.
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A judge denied Britney Spears' request to remove her father as her conservator, ruling Wednesday that Jamie Spears and Bessemer Trust will retain equal power over the pop star's finances and person, according to Variety.
The decision comes days after Britney, 39, delivered powerful testimony in court, speaking publicly for the first time about the conservatorship that has controlled her life since 2008 and formally requesting an end to the guardianship managed by her father.
"It's my wish and my dream for all of this to end," Spears said while addressing the judge in a Los Angeles courtroom last week.
Britney alleged that under the conservatorship she was overworked, over medicated, and prohibited from getting married, having additional children, and removing her birth control device – all of which she said Jamie played a role in overseeing.
But Judge Brenda J. Penny ultimately rejected Britney's request to remove her estranged father from the conservatorship on Wednesday. Penny's decision marks the second time she has denied Britney and lawyer Samuel D. Ingham's request to remove Jamie, after she first declined to remove him in November.
"The conservator's request to suspend James P. Spears immediately upon the appointment of Bessemer Trust Company of California as sole conservator of estate is denied without prejudice," Variety reported court documents filed in the Los Angeles Superior Court on Wednesday said.
Jamie and a third-party financial firm, Bessemer Trust, currently share guardianship over Britney's estate as co-conservators. Bessemer Trust was added to the conservatorship in November 2020.
According to Variety, Wednesday's court records said the court found Spears to be "substantially unable to manage his or her financial resources or to resist fraud or undue influence."
The rejection comes just days after Jamie filed a petition seeking an investigation by the court into claims Britney made during her testimony last week.
Jamie has fervently denied Britney's allegations, arguing in court documents obtained by Insider that he has no involvement in her "current medical treatment" or "personal affairs."
Instead, Jamie's legal team pointed to Jodi Montgomery and Bessemer Trust, fellow co-conservators, as well as Ingham, saying that Jamie stopped making decisions related to his daughter's personal affairs after Montgomery signed on as a temporary conservator in September 2019.
Bur during her testimony in court last week, Britney pleaded for an end to the years-long conservatorship.
"I just want my life back. The conservatorship should end," Britney said. "I truly believe this conservatorship is abusive."