Britney Spears returns to court. Here's what has happened in her conservatorship battle since the last hearing

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(CNN)In the 3 weeks since Britney Spears' almighty testimony successful which she called her astir 13-year conservatorship "abusive" and pleaded for the court-ordered statement to end, determination person been aggregate consequent ineligible filings successful the lawsuit and increasing outcries of enactment for the singer.

Spears told Judge Brenda Penny astatine the proceeding past period that she wanted to prosecute her ain lawyer to advocator connected her behalf, stating that she had been forced by her conservators to perform, instrumentality lithium and stay connected commencement power against her will.

Her court-appointed lawyer since the inception of her conservatorship successful 2008, Samuel D. Ingham, subsequently submitted his resignation, arsenic did the appointed co-conservator of her estimated $60 cardinal dollar estate, Bessemer Trust.

    There is different proceeding for Spears' conservatorship connected Wednesday, during which Judge Penny is expected to see the singer's petition for caller counsel, on with different petitions successful the case. Though Spears is not required to attend, it's anticipated she volition telephone successful by phone, arsenic she did astatine the past hearing.

      Here is simply a timeline of what's transpired since.

      June 23, 2021

      Britney Spears calls into a hearing astatine the Los Angeles County Superior Court to code Judge Brenda Penny regarding her conservatorship. Audio from the proceeding is unrecorded streamed, marking the archetypal nationalist comments from Spears astir her conservatorship successful astir 13 years. Spears speaks for much than 20 minutes and makes a bid of explosive accusations.

      "I felt drunk," Spears says of taking lithium against her will. "I couldn't adjacent instrumentality up for myself. I couldn't adjacent person a speech with my ma oregon dada astir anything. I told them I was frightened and they had six antithetic nurses travel to my location to show maine portion I was connected this medicine that I didn't privation to beryllium connected to statesman with."

      She calls her conservatorship "abusive," comparing her attraction to sex-trafficking and criticizing her household and others progressive successful managing her day-to-day affairs and aesculapian care.

      "Ma'am, they should beryllium successful jail," Spears tells Judge Penny.

      A afloat transcript of the proceeding tin beryllium recovered here.

      June 23, 2021

      Mariah Carey, Justin Timberlake, Brandy, Liz Phair and different artists and entertainers amusement enactment for Spears connected societal media.

      "Oldest instrumentality successful the playbook of the patriarchy: state a pistillate huffy and summation power of her assets/property. Been happening for centuries," Phair writes.

      June 24, 2021

      Spears shares a station on Instagram successful which she apologizes to her supporters for not being honorable successful the past astir however she has felt astir her conservatorship.

      "I apologize for pretending similar I've been good the past 2 years ... I did it due to the fact that of my pridefulness and I was embarrassed to stock what happened to me," Spears writes.

      June 28, 2021

      Christina Aguilera joins others successful voicing enactment for Spears.

      "These past fewer days I've been reasoning astir Britney and everything she is going through," Aguilera tweets.

      "It is unacceptable that immoderate woman, oregon human, wanting to beryllium successful power of their ain destiny mightiness not beryllium allowed to unrecorded beingness arsenic they wish."

      June 30, 2021

      The singer's begetter and co-conservator of her estate, Jamie Spears, asks the tribunal to motorboat an investigation into the allegations of maltreatment by the conservatorship made by his daughter.

      Jamie Spears is co-conservator of Britney Spears' estate.

      July 2, 2021

      The appointed co-conservator of Spears' estimated $60 cardinal dollar estate, Bessemer Trust, a wealthiness absorption firm, asks to resign, citing "changed circumstances."

      July 5, 2021

      Spears' longtime manager, Larry Rudolph resigns. In a missive sent to Spears' begetter and obtained by CNN, the euphony enforcement writes that helium is stepping down, due, successful part, to the vocalist "voicing her volition to officially retire." Spears has yet to accidental publically that she plans to measurement distant from euphony permanently.

      Britney Spears and Larry Rudolph.

      July 6, 2021

      Spears' mother, Lynne Spears files a petition asking the tribunal to let her girl to take her ain counsel. In the filing obtained by CNN, Lynne Spears states via her attorneys that her girl is successful a overmuch antithetic spot than erstwhile her conservatorship began successful 2008. "Now, and for the past galore years, Conservatee is capable to attraction for her idiosyncratic and successful information has, wrong the parameters of this conservatorship, earned virtually hundreds of millions of dollars arsenic an planetary celebrity."

      July 6, 2021

      The singer's court-appointed lawyer for the duration of her conservatorship, Samuel D. Ingham, submits a petition asking the tribunal for support to resign. The quality comes aft Spears asked the justice during her proceeding for the close to take her ain lawyer. Loeb & Loeb, the steadfast appointed arsenic an associated court-appointed counsel, requests to resign astatine the aforesaid time.

      July 7, 2021

      Jodi Montgomery, who arsenic impermanent conservator of her idiosyncratic oversees Spears' aesculapian care, submits a petition with the tribunal stating that the vocalist requested Montgomery assistance her find an attorney. Montgomery's filing asks the tribunal to name a Guardian advertisement Litem, to adjutant successful the process of helping Spears prosecute a lawyer.

      July 8, 2021

      Madonna shows her enactment for Spears.

      The reigning queen of popular posts a photograph of herself successful a garment that work "Britney Spears" to her Instagram stories with the caption: "Give this pistillate her beingness back. Slavery was abolished truthful agelong ago! Death to the greedy patriarchy that has been doing this to women for centuries. This is simply a usurpation of quality rights! Britney we coming to get you retired of jail!"

      July 8, 2021

      In different tribunal filing, Jamie Spears asks the tribunal to cull Montgomery's petition for property conservators to screen the outgo of further information for herself aft allegedly receiving decease threats since the June 23 hearing. In the papers obtained by CNN, the elder Spears states that he, his ineligible squad and different household members person been taxable to decease threats and harassment for years.

      July 12, 2021

      A root acquainted with the substance tells CNN that Britney Spears is consulting with Mathew Rosengart, a erstwhile national prosecutor, astir perchance representing her successful her conservatorship battle.

        Rosengart is simply a seasoned amusement litigator who has represented Steven Spielberg and Sean Penn successful the past.

        He had nary remark erstwhile reached by CNN.

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