Britney Spears speaks out against abusive conservatorship

Britney Spears broke her silence in a court hearing on Wednesday regarding her courtordered conservatorship that has been in place for nearly 13 years. Spears requested to address Judge Brenda Penny to speak out about the arrangement. The singer attended the hearing virtually by phone and spoke for more than 20 minutes as she read from prepared notes. A lot has happened since two years last time I was in court, she began. I haven t been back to court in a long time because I don t think I was heard on any level when I came to court the last She said she felt she had been forced to perform, was given no privacy and was made to use birth control, take medication and attend therapy sessions against her will. Spears said on Wednesday that she was put on lithium, despite her objections. Lithium is a very, very strong medication and completely different medication than what I ve been on. You can go mentally impaired if you take too much, st