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Britney Spears has shockingly settled her years-long legal battle with dad Jamie Spears and will end up footing his over $2million legal bills while getting nothing in the process.
The 41-year-old pop star - who recently showed off her sculpted physique - quietly resolved her legal battle with her 71-year-old father according to TMZ Friday and the singer is said to be furious over the matter.
According to the site, Jamie will not be paying a cent and his Toxic hitmaker daughter will be paying for his legal bills in what is said to be a stunning turn of events.
DailyMail.com has reached out to representatives for Spears and has yet to hear back.
Britney Spears has shockingly settled her years-long legal battle with dad Jamie Spears and will end up footing his over $2million legal bills while getting nothing in the process according to a report from TMZ on Friday
Back in February, it seemed like their legal battle was still in it for the long haul in the aftermath of her conservatorship is still continuing years after the arrangement was ended in 2021 — and Jamie claimed at the time that it was Britney's doing in new documents.
Jamie wrote in legal filings obtained Wednesday, February 7 by The Blast that his daughter has been using stall tactics to draw out the case.
He urged the judge overseeing the case not to grant a stay in the case, which could lead to a continuance that would postpone trial start until a later date.
Britney — who claimed that she was forced to give up her 'freedom' in order to see her children while under the conservatorship — is about to begin mediation sessions with her father later this month, and he suggests she is trying to stall the until after the mediation, even though he says it will likely be fruitless.
DailyMail.com has reached out to representatives for Britney for comment.
Back in February Jamie urged a judge overseeing the case of his daughter Britney's since-ended conservatorship not to delay the proceedings, according to new filings obtained Wednesday, February 7 by The Blast; seen in 2008
He accused Britney, 41, of requesting a stay for mediation scheduled for later in February, which he said is unlikely to result in a settlement
'There is no reason to stay any portion of the case (as the Court acknowledged at the January 5, 2024 hearing) and there is certainly no basis for staying briefing or any other activity that in any way relates to Jamie’s pending summary judgment motion set for hearing on April 12, 2024,' Spears' legal team wrote in their latest filing.
He indicated that he and Britney were unlikely to resolve their issues after spending more than two years without coming to an agreement.
'The parties have had months (indeed, years) to discuss settlement. They have not settled. Imposing a stay simply because there is a February 23, 2024 meditation seems certain to result in a trial continuance should the parties not settle at mediation,' he continued.
The petition also emphasizes that the former conservator to Britney filed his Petition for Order Allowing and Approving Payment of Compensation to Conservator and Attorneys for Conservative and Reimbursement of Costs over nearly three years ago in March of 2021.
The petition was a request for Britney to pay his legal fees over the conservatorship battle, but so far the Toxic singer
