Britney Spears says she was banned from 'self-care' by her mother Lynne for an entire year in the testimony at her conservatorship court case.
The singer, 39, spoke in court on Wednesday to plead with an LA judge to free her from a conservatorship that has given her father Jamie control over her life and $60m fortune for the last 13 years, with Britney receiving a $2k-a-week allowance.
Among many heartbreaking details in the statement, she said that her mother told her no outlets were open for styling, despite Britney seeing her mother and her maids come to her home with fresh nails and hair.
She said: 'It also took a year, during COVID, to get me any self-care methods. [My mom] said there were no services available. She’s lying, ma’am... For a year, I didn’t have my nails done — no hairstyling and no massages, no acupuncture.'
Hitting out: Britney Spears says she was banned from 'self-care' by her mother Lynne for an entire year in the testimony at her conservatorship court case (Britney and Lynne, pictured in 1999)
The groundbreaking case saw Britney plead in a passionate 25-minute appeal to Judge Brenda Penny to be emancipated from her father's grasps.
Britney measured that her mother was as bad as her dad just with 'different dynamics', before she went on to reveal the self-care ban.
Speaking about the deception, she said: 'It also took a year, during COVID, to get me any self-care methods. She said there were no services available...
'She’s lying, ma’am. My mom went to the spot twice in Louisiana during COVID. For a year, I didn’t have nails done — no hairstyling and no massages, no acupuncture...
Tough: The singer, 39, spoke in court on Wednesday to plead with a Los Angeles judge to free her from a court-ordered conservatorship that has given her father Jamie control over her life and $60m fortune for the last 13 years (Britney pictured at home earlier this year)
'Nothing for a year. I saw the maids in my home each week with their nails done different each time. She made me feel like my dad does. Very similar, her behavior and my dad, but just a different dynamic.'
She also said to the Judge: 'I want this conservatorship to end - I truly believe that this conservatorship is abusive. I want to be able to get married to my boyfriend and have a baby but the conservatorship told me I can't do that.'
Britney explained that her contraception is controlled by her conservators: 'I have an IUD (intrauterine device) inside me to prevent me from having a baby.
Heartache: The groundbreaking case saw Britney plead in a passionate 25-minute appeal to Judge Brenda Penny to be emancipated from her father's grasps (pictured in 2012)
A court sketch from inside the Los Angeles County Courthouse, with Judge Brenda Penny presiding
