Britney Spears is spending a fortune to be in a conservatorship. On the heels of the singer breaking her silence about the Framing Britney Spears documentary, a series of new court filings obtained by Yahoo Entertainment show the star is expected to pay more than $2 million in legal fees for her father alone. A large chunk of that, nearly $900,000, was spent for his legal team to fight her in court – as she tries to oust him as conservator – and in the court of public opinion. The documents also outline Jamie’s compensation for the job Britney wants him fired from.
Ahead of the next conservatorship hearing on April 27, which will include an accounting review, documents have been filed detailing how much everyone is getting paid – by Britney – for their roles in her conservatorship, which has been in place since 2008 and has sparked the #FreeBritney movement. Jamie’s legal team, comprised of lawyers from multiple firms, is receiving the most, which is notable of course because he’s retained them to fight being removed as conservator, per Britney’s wishes.
For the time period of October 17, 2020 to February 28, 2021 – the four months in which that fight has played out – Jamie’s attorney Vivian L Thoreen’s law firm Holland & Knight charged $821,390.25 in fees and $72,361.16 in costs, totaling $893,751.86. Thoreen, who has given multiple media interviews over the last month to clear up the perception that Jamie is a ‘villain,’ gets an hourly rate of $1,090 and provided about 220 hours of work.
