Britney’s dad runs up HUGE legal bill

Posted by heatworld on Tuesday 24 Mar 2009

Filed under: Britney Spears, Jamie Spears

If you’re currently worrying about what the financial climate means for your career, you might want to retrain as a lawyer and hotfoot it (or hotfly it – it’s quicker) to Los Angeles – it seems the Spears family are collecting laywers. New court papers have been released, revealing that, in just over a year as her conservator, Britney’s dad Jamie has spent almost £2million of his daughter’s money by using at least 17 different legal firms to get her life sorted out. In fact, the situation has become so extreme that at a recent court hearing, six different lawyers turned up, causing an opposing attorney to sarcastically enquire, “Which one of you am I supposed to talk to?” However, apparently they are all necessary given the various legal wranglings in Britney’s life – custody arrangements, restraining orders, driving penalties, property disputes, crimes against fashion, etc. However, there’s concern that Britney is being bled dry – although, given how much tickets to her concerts cost, we don’t think she’ll be doing her shopping at Poundland any time soon…