Spears hearing to deal with turmoil from earlier court speech

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Three weeks after Britney Spears’ dramatic comments in court condemning the conservatorship that has controlled her life for 13 years, a Los Angeles judge and others with power over the pop star will convene for a hearing to deal with the aftermath.

Spears’ court-appointed lawyer resigned last week, and she is seeking to hire a lawyer of her choice.

Her father Jamie Spears, who oversees her money, and court-appointed professional Jodi Montgomery, who oversees her life choices, have been trading barbs in legal filings over who’s to blame for the circumstances that Britney Spears calls “abusive.”