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Yes Britney. You answered the questions everyone is asking in your comments However, maybe she’s pointing out that she IS seeing the comments. Therefore she DID see the yellow shirt thing.

Hello all! I want to start a thread summarizing the #FreeBritney movement. There is so much information we have, but it is scattered in so many places. I want to try to narrow it down to a summary of facts and hard data that we have so that anyone can use this as a point of reference and an easy way to talk about the movement with friends and family. Below is a summary I've started so far. Please note that this is a constant work-in-progress and is being updated very frequently. ------------------------------------------------------------ January 4, 2019: Britney announces she's cancelling her upcoming residency, Domination, after her father and conservator, Jamie Spears, had been hospitalized and "nearly died." Britney goes absent on social media for months. Source: Instagram March 4, 2019: Andrew Wallet, one of Britney's conservators that had been in that position for over 10 years, resigns "immediately.” This resignation happens even though Wallet had just sought out a pay raise to get $426,000 at the end of 2018. Source: BreatheHeavy Source: Page Six April 3, 2019: The media reports that Britney checked herself into a wellness center voluntarily due to struggling to accept her dad's illness. Source: Fox News April 4, 2019: Britney makes a social media post about having "me time." Source: Instagram Credit to @Watch Me Work It April 12, 2019: the original 2016 music video for Make Me... leaks on to the internet. This is relevant later on. April 16, 2019: A paralegal that worked for Britney's team calls into a podcast, Britney's Gram, to whistleblow that Britney was actually forced into a rehabilitation center because she wasn't taking her drugs and was driving around with her boyfriend despite not being allowed to. This countered media reports that she checked in voluntarily. Source: Britney's Gram The #FreeBritney movement begins. Main argument: How is Britney able to release multiple albums, go on multiple world tours, have years of a Vegas residency, perfume lines, shoot videos, be a mom, etc. but not able to have the normal freedoms of an adult due to her conservatorship? Conservatorships are meant for the extreme elderly or people in a "vegetable state." Britney is clearly nothing near that. According to court documents, Jamie Spears originally filed the conservatorship because he claimed Britney has dementia. It is unlikely Britney actually has dementia given Britney's age and her career accomplishments over the past 10+ years. This questions the entire legality and legitimacy of Britney's conservatorship. Source: Court Documents Suspicions arise that Andrew Wallet, Britney's former conservator that resigned (refer to bullet #2), must've resigned because he knew Britney's situation was either illegal and/or immoral, and didn't want liability for it. April 18, 2019: Lynne Spears, Britney's mom, likes multiple comments in support of the #FreeBritney movement on Instagram. Source: Newsweek April 21, 2019: Sam Lutfi (Britney's shady former manager from 2007) released very personal pictures of Britney and Lou Taylor never released before, along with supposed screenshots of Britney emails from 2006-2008. The emails said Lou Taylor was stalking Britney and telling Britney she was "possessed and that she needs to come and kill these spirits." Britney (assuming the emails are legit) says in the email she is scared for her life because of Taylor. Lou Taylor has since become part of Britney's team. Fans begin suspecting that the video of Britney from 2006-2007 making fun a woman telling her to "go to the light and see Jesus" is actually about Lou. Source: The Blast Link to All Emails Here “Go to the light and see Jesus” video here at the 1:00 timestamp April 24, 2019: Britney posts a video of her saying "all is well" and she just "needs time to deal." However, the caption on the video went on this long rant about Sam Lutfi's "fake emails." This was really weird to Britney fans because no one in the general public had any idea who Sam Lutfi was or knew about the emails. Fans suspect that maybe Britney is only getting fed certain information (hence the video saying she just needs time to deal) and that her IG is being controlled/written by her team (hence the long rant caption about Sam Lutfi that was not connected to the video at all) Source: Instagram April 29, 2019: David LaChapelle (director of the original Make Me... video and has worked with Britney since she was 17) said in an Instagram comment that he found it "very suspect" that the original Make Me... video leaked while Britney was away (hinting that Britney’s team may have leaked it to distract fans). He also said that “the only direction Britney ever gave me for this video is for me to film her in a cage.” He finished off his message with “#FreeBritney” Source: DailyMail Screenshot of LaChapelle's comment here May 10, 2019: Britney and Lynne (Britney's mom) appear in court to fight against Jamie and the conservatorship. The judge orders an expert evaluation of the conservatorship set by Jamie Spears (red flag) and a court-appointed lawyer. Britney fans protested against the conservatorship outside the courthouse during the hearing. Source: TMZ May 13, 2019: Britney claims in court that Jamie forced her to take medications against her will, even though he was not authorized to do so under her conservatorship. Source: The Sun May 15, 2019: Forbes reports that Britney reportedly earned $672 million during her career up until 2016, yet her annual conservatorship filings reported her net worth as of early 2018 to be $56 million, only slightly above her reported 2007 net worth, of $54 million. Source: Forbes Credit to @CripplerCrossface May 31, 2019: Andrew Gallery, photographer of Britney: For the Record, shared a letter Britney wrote between 2009-2010 that she wanted shared publicly, but couldn't until recently due to legal contracts and the conservatorship trying to destroy the letter. Britney wrote about how she was manipulated into getting her kids taken from her, how she was being silenced and her conservators were using her kids as blackmail to keep her under their control, and how multiple people around her were benefitting with millions of dollars from the conservatorship. Credit to @C0CKy and @Fenixxx123 here June 26, 2019: Jamie Spears sues Anthony Elia from Britney fansite, Absolute Britney, for defamation because Elia claimed that Britney's team was manipulating her Instagram to create the illusion that she needed help. Source: TMZ Credit to @CripplerCrossface August 22, 2019: Jamie Spears files legal documents asking to be allowed to file the conservatorship over Britney in 9 other states/regions (Alabama, Arizona, Washington D.C., Georgia, Massachusetts, Michigan, Mississippi, Tennessee, Virginia). Jamie had already done this for Florida, Louisiana, and Hawaii, and Britney's conservatorship is based in California. If permitted, this would allow Jamie to have legal control over Britney in a total of 13 states. Source: TMZ Credit to @CripplerCrossface September 3, 2019: Jamie Spears, Britney's dad and conservator, is investigated for child abuse against Britney and Kevin Federline's son. Federline had reported to Ventura Co. Sheriff's Department an abuse incident where Jamie Spears broke down a door and grabbed his grandson, though no bruises or injuries were found on the child. Source: TMZ Credit to @CripplerCrossface September 6, 2019: Jamie Spears asks to step down temporarily (until January 20, 2020) as Britney's conservator due to "personal health reasons," and wants to assign Jodi Montomery to take his place. It is suspected that Jamie did this to avoid having the conservatorship challenged by Kevin Federline or Britney due to the recent child abuse investigation. Source: TMZ Credit to @CripplerCrossface September 9, 2019: Britney's doctor dies just 10 days before the judge in the conservator case would be given a report about whether Britney's medical treatment is appropriate or not. Source: TMZ Credit to @Dirk March 4, 2020: Britney's son, Jayden Federline, goes live on Instagram and says that his grandfather (Jamie Spears) "can go die." Source: Page Six Britney has repeatedly spoken against the conservatorship, both in court and throughout her career. She spoke out against it in Britney: For the Record, in her letter to Andrew Gallery, and reportedly in a 2016 interview with Johnathan Ross (that ultimately got removed from the released version) where Britney implied she was forced to do her last couple albums, FF and BJ. Britney also tried to get legal defense/attorney against her dad back around 2008. Multiple sources here (Thanks @Applejack) Britney has no control of her finances, isn't able to drive, can't get married, can't vote, can't have children, has business decisions negotiated for her, her conservators can file restraining orders against people for her, can have her visitors restricted, and more. There are constant conspiracies about how Britney's team is controlling the media's perception of her and Britney herself, especially given that they kept lying/changing the story around Britney's rehabilitation. In the height of the beginning of #FreeBritney, news articles about Britney were slanted in favor of the conservatorship, saying it saved her life, that people around her were worried for her well-being, articles written slamming Britney as unstable just for being barefoot while walking to her vehicle after a court hearing. This made fans suspect Britney's team was paying the media to slant in favor of keeping her under conservatorship. Again, fans wonder if Britney is really in charge of her Instagram, if she's writing her captions, if she's being forced to do certain videos (like the recent one where she's rocking back and forth nervously while reading "fan questions" that fans never asked), if she's being made to look more unstable than she really is, if she's only being given certain information since legally, she's not supposed to have unlimited access to a phone/internet, etc. ------------------------------------------------------------ For a document with a complete timeline of the conservatorship since its beginning and more details, check out this Google Document created by @Applejack I need YOUR help to keep this updated and factually correct. Please tell me about things that should be corrected, added, or redacted. I will be continuously updating this post and summary to make it as correct, clear, and up-to-date as possible. My goal is to eventually have a clear timeline of events with direct sources to back up each bullet point. So, if you have sources for any of the bullet points above (for example: a link to an instagram post), please share those as well! This is meant to be like a Wikipedia page on the movement. DISCLAIMER: This is not a thread for bashing or making false accusations against Britney's team or anyone else. I'm not claiming that anything in this post is true or false, I'm just simply reporting what has happened based on media reports/sources and adding in the opinions of fans based on posts I've seen here on Exhale. Sign the federal government petition to investigate Britney's conservatorship here (Thanks @khaleesi!) Related:

Sports & pop culture blog Barstool Sports exposed their 8.4 million followers to the injustices taking place with Britney's conservatorship. It’s going down ya’ll!!!!!!!!!!!

Who wants freedom when you can have free clothes?

I have a feeling a lot of the stuff that the gp didn’t pay attention too is gonna start coming up as breaking news.... jamie better watch out

What I think is super interesting (generally speaking) is that Britney fans dislike literally everyone around Britney (with the exception of Fe, and even she some times gets flack). Can anyone name someone that is actually liked? Sam, Jamie, Jamie Lynn, Lynne, Cade, managers, RCA, The Zone etc. Everyone is trying to hurt Britney in some way apparently. Now hear me out. I'm not defending any of the people mentioned. There IS wrongdoing going on in Britney's life. What I'm trying to illustrate is that Internet culture in the Britney fandom... no one is good enough for her. That must suck for Britney that anyone in close proximity to her is subject to get criticized. I'm no angel, I've made mistakes in the past, but I've thoughtfully written and defended Britney for 16 years and even I'm criticized on a daily basis for~ using Britney,~ for trying to take her down etc. And I'm like WhAT?! I honestly don't know what more I could do to show the world that I think this woman is a champion. So I think I get sensitive when I see people tear down others, like the women from The Zone, Tess and Babs, Alli... sometimes I even feel compassion for her business manager Lou and father because of the hate (even if I disagree with how they've handled/handle things)... it just doesn't feel right. This comment isn't directed at anyone here btw. Just speaking in broader terms.

Then get the **** off here and go to the Gaga forums

A photographer named Andrew Gallery, who worked with Britney on For The Record and became close friends with her, just revealed that he was the one to share a letter Britney wrote him between 2009-2010. Britney asked it be shared with us, but he couldn't at the time because he was under contract. Gallery says the conservatorship ultimately destroyed the letter, but before they could he made a copy. The letter was originally published on the Daily Mail in 2019, but no one knew if it was 100% real or not because the source was anonymous. Gallery reveals he was that anonymous source. He is now speaking up publicly because of the severity of her situation.

It's 5am here and I haven't slept so apologies for any errors - I transcribed it as quickly as I could After reading Kevin's article in People, I was amazed at how a lot of the focus was on Britney, their mother, to sell a story for People magazine instead of the focus being on Kevin. What happened to Britney was a year ago and people need to get with the times. And as far as Kevin saying Britney divorced him, she was forced to by her lawyers because she went to visit him in New York and he wouldn't see her and the children and her lawyers said if she doesn't divorce him, he's going to do it himself. So Kevin trying to play the innocent victim is hardly irrelevant. He left her and the babies. Her going on the mend partying two years ago has nothing to do with the situation now. She is a completely different person and most of their fighting was done back then because of his problem waking and baking to ********* at 5:00 in the morning. No one knows about these things because no one knows the truth. Her behaviour when her children got taken away because of her locking herself in the bathroom is understandable considering her friend at the door kept telling her "the cops are leaving, don't worry, stay in the bathroom". She was lied to and set up. Her children were taken away and she did spin out of control which any mother would in these circumstances. Her next visit took a toll as well. She wasn't listening to her manager - he lost control so he wanted to scare her. Now this year, Britney has been silenced to speak about anything that's really going on. The people controlling her life have made 3 million dollars this year. She would love for new eyes to see her situation, but if she brings it up, she's constantly threatened that the conservators will take her kids away. So how long does this go on? As long as the people are getting paid and she has no rights, it could go on for a while but it doesn't make it right at all. Everyone is very quick to put a gloomy eye on Britney. Does anyone talk about Janet Jackson giving her baby to her brother? Hopefully, she won't do it with this child. Britney given her brother a 2 million dollar apartment - her mother a 4 million estate in Louisiana - and her father the best job in showbusiness. She is a very giving person and would love to get the respect she deserves.

Should i ban ha?

i dont give a f0ck about how this letter was written - all i see is it was a cry for help. and if u dont get that message then ur the dumb one.

She chose questions that her fans asked her....on which platform? I only see an overabundance of questions asking if she's okay and to clap three times / wear yellow if she needs help.

Just seen someone comment under the post- ‘We didn’t ask your favourite food. We ****king asked if you were OK Bxtch!’ I cackled.

Honestly the biggest proof of the abuse from the past 12 years is in the pudding. How is it possible that in 2008, just MONTHS after her breakdown during For The Record she speaks so eloquently, calm and factually, you can argue shes back to being Britney. An obviously broken yet level headed and calm Britney. She looked healthy, but tired, knowing the cycle was starting again, a cycle she wanted to end. Nonetheless she complies, so not much effort is needed to “control” her. Britney knew her career needed fixing and her image needed cleaning for the sake of her kids at least, she went through with the motions of the Circus era with the pretense she would be freed soon enough. But when she saw that this “temporary” c-ship wasn’t going to be just for the Circus era as originally told, thats when things got ugly. Another strike to using and tricking her, just to drain money from her. Theres a reason why from the moment the Circus tour ended and she found out she would be in the c-ship indefinitely her condition began getting worse. She wasn’t as compliant and more extreme measures were being take to make sure she was in there control. I’m sure they pumped her full of medications she didn’t NEED to make sure she complied. Which gave us a bloated, tired, anxious Britney during FF, and it has progressively been getting worst. It makes me so angry to think about how her condition has gotten worse because of the same people who are suppose to help her.

could you please remind me why Alli Sims was such an horrible person to Britney? I swear this fan base, every person who is friendly with Britney it's taking advantage of her and not good enough. Alli was a company to Britney in the dark periods, they had a lot of fun too, two young girls and I believe she was naive too in some situations.

You mean to tell me you didn’t get Britney for an AMA Jordan?

That can be the cover of Smile (by Demand)

Stop. ✋🏽 Artists today would give a leg to have one performance even HALF as iconic as the Madonna/Britney vma performance. WTF

She’s just going to block you immediately. Especially once she sees this thread.

I really think the world is going to be shocked when whatever is going on with her is exposed. I just hope it’s not going to be revealed too late...

Lou probably in the back like

Lol the thought didn't even occur to me to ask her team. I might as well write out the rejection email myself.

We been knew Britney's projects when she becomes POTUS will be for ending unemployment loving criminals the exploration and discovery of life on Mars ending slavery fighting overprotective conservatorships supporting girls in becoming women rock 'n' roll advocacy supporting LGBTQ+ rights because she loves them so much it hurts Ice advocacy The preservation of circuses The research, development, and advancement of Inception Albino python conservation Hosting apocalypse parties Complimentary perfumes every month (you get a Fantasy! you get a Fantasy! you get a Fantasy!) Fighting cheating and adultery Ménage à trois advocacy Mandatory slumber parties #BritneyForPresident #BritneyPOTUS #Britney2020

Not loving the vibe of this topic. They are both super intelligent, sweet and pro #FreeBritney. I spoke with Tess two-three weeks ago on the phone. The sentiment in the OP is appreciated, but it is very inaccurate. Give them some time. I don't feel super comfortable speaking for them, but due to the nature of this topic and its responses, I feel it's important to clarify that they are working on some things for the movement.

Freebritney is everywhere. My fb timeline which consists only of people I know has more than a few shares about it all ( never saw one before last couple of days), my statuses are gaining attention where as they were largely ignored in the past and even my friend was like " so I have spent hours looking into freebritney, we need a chat. Her instagram videos concerned me and I had to read up". not to mention twitter where so many non fans are enraged! I dont know who's grande plan it was on her team that thought they were paying her a disservice for uploading them - but they are the ironic hero in getting GP invested in what's happening to her. Lets keep this up.

I am glad that he has shown his face because that tells us again that the letter is valid and it is written by her and she in that letter speaks clearly of her thoughts and this is something fundamental, a good lawyer would have already used it.

Also this hit hard at home. Never noticed this "coincidence". And spam Rose with Yes answers and inform her. I hope she brings this issue on NationalTv. She is a strong woman. And if she recognizes that Britney needs help. She will fight for her no matter what consequences.

I hate how nervous she looks. I also hate pointing this out cause if she’s self conscious and anxious then comments like mine aren’t helping - but who is feeding her those questions literally none of her fans are asking and does she even enjoy filming this stuff? Do they WANT her to appear this way? I hope she’s fine. Im sure there are sinister intentions here so it’s uncomfortable to watch.

She got one thing right

Britney not releasing new music since 2016 killed pop music

193cm, which is 6 feet and 4 inches (I think). Sometimes, when people learn this fact about me, I get really thirsty responses from people wanting me to be the dom top of their dreams. Like, calm down, Chile, I literally look like this:

She should troll her fans and say she's releasing her album when B10 comes out

Ugh there are still exhalers that completely deny free Britney I thought we got rid of them last year

Cher, Miley, Hedi Montag, Paris Hilton, and now Tinasha. I made a post about it before and I still believe Britney’s biggest weapon will be the support of female celebrities. They are the only ones who can remotely relate to her and have major platforms to spread awareness and apply pressure on her handlers and court system.

Swifties are joining in as well! Just saw a Taylor Swift fan account asking for fellow Swifties to tweet about it with over 500 likes

#FreeBritney 2.0 has started

Please sign & share this petition. An official response from The Whitehouse will be required if it reaches 100,000 signatures in 30 days. https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/conservatorship-and-civil-liberties-britney-spears

This is HUGE. Someone that was very close to Britney during that time has come out to prove just how corrupt the c-ship is. The letter has been out a while, but whats NEW is the confirmation that the letter is in fact very real and its VERY telling, she was bamboozled into the situation she is in by everyone around her. **** them all.

Ok this is honestly tied with that lawyers voicemail as the biggest break through we’ve received. I’m honestly 100% sure now that Britney isn’t scared and hiding away. She wants **** known and guess what...karma is a *****! Silencing her during her hardest times was wrong but honestly the public would have scrutinized her regardless. Twelve years later and after much change in the world, this story finally coming out is going to RUIN her ******* ******* **** *** ***** team! Her time is coming and thank GOD for people like this man. I hope he doesn’t suffer any consequences but I know he is a man of integrity and has already made the choice to deal with these people should they attack. Britney we’re going to get you out girl. Stay patient.

THIS IS WHAT BRITNEY NEEDS. I know tweeting #FreeBritney also helps but this is what celebrities should do. They have the money, influence and the platform to do this. Imagine if more celebrities would offer this kind of help to Britney, I think she'll be free sooner than we think!

She made music yea but most of it never came out. Perhaps Britney encouraged her to make music too? I personally don't think the Britney Army should sink their teeth into her.

I'm not sure if this is interesting or not but a tiktok just popped up on my for you page about Britney and her situation. It's getting a lot of attention and currently has over 700k likes. The comments are also really positive and it seems to be helping spread awareness to her situation I saw a comment that said something like "this isn't right we should start a petition to help her" and it has 29k likes https://vm.tiktok.com/JR33e6M/

Are you working for Lou? You just joined the forum on June 25th and already are trying to invoke fear & doubt in the fan base and the FreeBritney movement. You told me in another thread Britney won’t work again if she leaves the c-ship. How do you know? Almost as to invoke fear in us so we work against freeing her. Twitter is a public forum, unless Team Britney is going to sue millions of fans, we’ll be fine.

clown of pop officially confirmed

What are you doing on a Britney forum if you think like this? All in favor of @Roxxy banning this twisted individual say I --

MOTHER WE ARE COMING TO SAVE YOU FINALLY HOLD ON TITE

Reading the comments from non Britney fans is amazing. People want to help

And to add add to this, Micheal Lohan came out saying that Lou Taylor and Dinah Lohan wanted to send Lindsay to rehab so they can serve her c-ship without her getting in the way. Like how low is that? If Lou was gonna bamboozle Lilo then show obviously did the same to Brit. Thankfully Lou wasn’t able to capture Lindsay too, and I mean granted, Lindsay has had hiccups here and there but shes MATURED and hasn’t hurt herself or anyone else. Imagine had Lindsay been forced into a c-ship and been constantly fed pills against her will to keep her compliant how she would be now. Britney was only a kid when she was forced into a c-ship, what 25 year old does not do stupid ****? But she never had a DUI, hurt herself or hurt anyone else. The most she did was shave her head. This narrative that Britney was a danger to herself and others and thats why shes in the c-ship has to stop. What Britney needed was a 5-6 year long break with her babies in Hawaii. Had her figure herself out, live peacefully in a private property in Hawaii away from Hollywood. But instead they forced her into a c-ship and straight back to work in Hollywood. How is that looking out for her at all?

tinashe girl! Tell us what you know, i know you saw some things. This is big. Didnt she previously take the generic way out and say she needed to see more info to make a decision?