Britney Spears's father Jamie is reportedly facing an FBI investigation after allegations that he secretly recorded conversations his daughter had in her own home.
The allegations were at the center of a documentary released last week by The New York Times, titled Controlling Britney Spears.
The film claimed that Jamie arranged for the 'Toxic' singer's messages and calls to be tracked, and secretly taped conversations she had in her bedroom.
Following the explosive claims, the pop star's lawyer accused Jamie of "horrifying and unconscionable invasions of his adult daughter’s privacy", and said he should be removed from her conservatorship immediately, The Independent reports.
According to the paper, Jamie is arguing that Britney was fully aware of the recordings.
However, Deadline reports that the FBI is investigating the matter in order to ascertain whether he broke a law in California that stipulates that consent is required when another party is recorded.
On Monday, September 27, Britney's lawyers stated that while the allegations directed at Jamie in the documentary, which aired on Hulu, were not evidence, they "warrant serious investigation, certainly by Ms. Spears as, among other things, California is a 'two-party' consent state."
They continued: "As a result of these deeply disturbing allegations, Mr. Spears will inevitably be focused over the next several days and weeks on defending his own interests not his daughter’s (yet again).
"And regardless of the outcome of the allegations, what cannot be genuinely disputed is how deeply upsetting they are to Ms. Spears and if nothing else, they magnify the need to suspend Mr. Spears immediately."
"The chickens have truly come home to roost," the lawyers added.
Earlier this month, Jamie filed court documents in order to terminate the conservatorship, which has seen him control his daughter's personal and financial affairs for 13 years.
His petition to the Los Angeles County Superior Court states that Britney "is entitled to have this Court now seriously consider whether this conservatorship is no longer required."
It adds: "Recent events related to this conservatorship have called into question whether circumstances have changed to such an extent that grounds for the establishment of a conservatorship may no longer exist."