LOS ANGELES (AP) — Britney Spears' attorney says she is afraid of her father, and will not resume her musical career so long as he has power over her. Spears attorney Samuel Ingham made the statement in a dramatic Los Angeles court hearing Tuesday where he and the pop star sought to have her father suspended from the court conservatorship that has controlled her life and money for 12 years. James Spears' attorneys said he has done an impeccable job, and has taken his daughter from being in debt to being worth over $60 million. Judge Brenda Penny declined to suspend James Spears, but said she would consider future petitions to remove him.
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FILE - In this Thursday, April 12, 2018, file photo, Britney Spears accepts the Vanguard award at the 29th annual GLAAD Media Awards at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, Calif. Spears wants to be freed from her father. In a recent series of court maneuvers, Spears has sought greater say over her life and affairs, which for years have been under the control of a court conservatorship run mostly by her father, James Spears. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP, File)
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