Page Six and People report that on Monday, February 21, she signed a preliminary contract with the publishing house Simon & Schuster to publish a book about the beginning of her career, about difficult relations with her family and what her life was like when she lived under the legal guardianship of the father. The contract is to be worth USD 15 million, which, according to industry experts, is a record salary. Only Barack and Michelle Obamas gained more, who signed a contract with Penguin Random House in 2017 to publish several books.
Britney Spears will release an autobiography
The decision to publish an autobiography is a response to an autobiographical book by her younger sister, Jamie Lynn Spears, she reports. The singer’s relative spoke about Britney’s mental health during the promotion of her publishing house, including during an interview on the TV show “Good Morning America”. During it she described an incident where Spears allegedly locked them in a bathroom with a knife in her hands and described her behavior as “unpredictable, paranoid and escalating.”
Britney Spears then accused her sister of “selling the book at her expense,” and lawyer Mathew Rosengart sent Jamie Lynn a cease and desist order. In the letter, he stressed that his client “survived a 13-year period of guardianship during which she was stripped of her basic human rights and fundamental freedoms”, so she should no longer be “persecuted by her own family” anymore. “Britney hasn’t read and intends to read your book, but she and millions of her fans have been shocked at how you re-use it for financial gain. She shouldn’t and will no longer tolerate it,” the magazine points out.
Rosengart, in a letter to Jamie Lynn, warns that she will not hesitate to take the legal path if the singer’s sister continues to use Spears’ image for her own benefit. She also explains why promoting a biography with stories about Britney is at least unethical: “You know best what the abuse Britney had to endure during her probation was like, after she had a difficult childhood with her toxic alcoholic father. (…) You yourself write in your book that your father repeated most of your life a devastating cycle, that his outbursts of alcoholism caused you pain and suffering … Britney supported and supported the whole family, including you. bad, especially when it is aimed at shooting a book sale “- he described in detail, because I can see, he took the trouble to read the memories of his client’s sister. Jamie Lynn later released a statement that the book was not about the singer.
Fight for the freedom of Britney Spears
The decision to publish an autobiography is one of Britney Spears’ first independent decisions after 13 years of incapacitation. Her father, James “Jamie” Spears, was in control of her approximately $ 60 million fortune and private life. The official reason at that time was, among others the singer’s addiction to alcohol and her poor mental condition. Usually, this type of guardianship is extended to elderly or infirm people who are not able to make decisions about their lives for themselves. Fans of the singer have long argued that the guardianship of Britney is extended against her will, and since 2009, the #FreeBritney movement has been in operation.
The fight for freedom in the courts lasted over two years. Spears in 2021, during a public testimony before a judge in Los Angeles, said that she was forced to work during probation, although she pleaded for a break. She also reported that she also had no control over her finances and was denied the right to marry her beloved boyfriend. In addition, she was forbidden to give up contraception, even though she wants to have a third child. “I was shocked, I am traumatized. I just want my life back” – relates the singer.
The guardianship was removed in November 2021. Britney soon announced that she believed most of her family members “should be imprisoned” for “demoralizing and degrading treatment” they had been incapacitated for 13 years. Her mother, Lynne Spears, testified in court that Britney’s relationship with her father “had dropped to the level of fear and hate” after he took control of the singer’s life.
Source: Gazeta
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