Britney Spears has spoken out publically against her "abusive" conservatorship for the first time. The singer, 39, accused her father Jamie of controlling her "100,000%" and denying her the ability to have more children as well as putting her on the psychiatric drug lithium, <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-57586405">BBC</a> reports. He was given control of the singer's affairs in 2008 after her highly publicized mental health struggles. Britney told a Los Angeles judge on Wednesday, June 23, that she is now so traumatized that she cries daily, adding: "I just want my life back." Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Brenda Penny said that Britney was "courageous" for her words, but she has made no ruling on the matter. <a href="https://apnews.com/article/britney-spears-conservatorship-hearing-575ce4b7be0465603ad2e0e5df970809">Associated Press</a> reports that a long legal process must take place before Britney can be freed from the conservatorship. <img class="wp-image-1263114724 size-full" src="https://img.vt.co/2021/06/Britney-Speaks-2.jpg" alt="Britney Spears." width="600" height="861" />[[imagecaption|| Credit: Alamy / ZUMA Press, Inc.]] In a 20-minute address to the court via video link, the 'Toxic' singer said: "I want to end this conservatorship without being evaluated. "I deserve to have a life, I've worked my whole life. I deserve to have a two to three-year break." Elsewhere in her testimony, Britney alleged that she was forced to check into a live-in rehab treatment. "The control he had over someone as powerful as me, as he loved the control to hurt his own daughter 100,000%. He loved it," she testified, according to a transcript of her statement published by <a href="https://variety.com/2021/music/news/britney-spears-full-statement-conservatorship-1235003940/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Variety</a>. "I packed my bags and went to that place. I worked seven days a week, no days off, which in California, the only similar thing to this is called sex trafficking." She added: "Making anyone work against their will, taking all their possessions away - credit card, cash, phone passport - and placing them in a home where they work with the people who live with them. They all lived in the house with me, the nurses, the 24-7 security." Britney testified that if she didn't "work from eight to six at night...seven days a week, no days off" that she wasn't allowed to "see my kids or my boyfriend." Elsewhere, the singer said that the "conservatorship is doing me way more harm than good," she said. "I'm not happy, I can't sleep. I'm so angry and I cry every day." <img class="wp-image-1263114722" src="https://img.vt.co/2021/06/Britney-Speaks-1.jpg" alt="Britney Spears and Sam Asghari." width="701" height="599" />[[imagecaption|| Credit: Alamy / REUTERS]] <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-57586405">BBC</a> reports that the intricacies of the conservatorship, which Britney's father temporarily stepped down from in 2019, have never been made public. Jamie's representative said in a statement that he is "sorry to see his daughter suffering and in so much pain. Mr Spears loves his daughter, and he misses her very much." Britney now wishes to have Jodi Montgomery, a care professional, instated into the role instead of her father. Fans of the singer who are also members of the #FreeBritney movement gathered outside the court to show support for the singer, holding signs that read, "Free Britney now!" and "Get out of Britney's life!" Megan Radford, one of the movement's founders, told the <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-57586405">BBC</a>: "Everything she said was absolutely heartbreaking and it was actually even worse than I really thought it was. But I'm so thankful that her truth is out there and it cannot be denied anymore." <h6>Featured image credit: Alamy / Ovidiu Hrubaru</h6>

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