Britney Spears’ efforts to break free from her father’s long-term grip over her life and career have run into a legal roadblock yesterday. Judge Brenda Penny denied the Toxic singer’s lawyer’s attempt to remove Jamie Spears from his co-conservator position, which he has held since 2008 and from which he has overseen his daughter. In November 2020, her court-appointed lawyer Samuel Ingham III filed the petition to have Spears’ father removed.