Lawyer for Britney Spears’ dad defends him, but #FreeBritney fans aren’t having it
LA TimesThe legal team for Britney Spears’ father is attempting to wrest back the #FreeBritney narrative that has vilified him while the singer’s conservatorship case has persisted, insisting that James “Jamie” Spears loves his daughter and wants what’s best for her. “I understand that every story wants to have a villain, but people have it so wrong here,” Jamie’s attorney Vivian Lee Thoreen said Thursday during a virtual appearance on ABC News’ “Good Morning America.” The Holland & Knight lawyer defended the elder Spears’ role as the 39-year-old performer’s conservator — known in some states as a legal guardian — despite renewed scrutiny of the protracted arrangement catalyzed by the viral #FreeBritney movement and this month’s New York Times and FX documentary “Framing Britney Spears.” Television The #FreeBritney movement is bigger than Spears. A new doc shows why it’s so powerful Applying the rigor of “Frontline” to the story of her conservatorship, “Framing Britney Spears” is a pointed work of criticism aimed at celebrity culture. “Framing Britney Spears,” which explores the origins of the #FreeBritney movement, has emboldened both diehard Britney fans and casual viewers to pore over Spears’ conservatorship.