He continued his statement by saying, “We again plead for a sense decency from Ms. Spears. The conservatorship was ended and he was immediately suspended. He says he ‘loves’ his daughter. He would simply do what is right if he believed that. This is the right thing for a loving and decent father to do. That is still his chance, and we wish him the best.

Jamie’s legal team requested that Britney sit for a deposition as well. Britney’s legal team opposed the request, asserting that Britney would be traumatized by it. The judge did not make a final decision on this and said she needed more time to consider both legal teams’ arguments, delaying her decision until July 27.

The surveillance allegations stem from “Controlling Britney Spears,” a 2021 episode of the docu-series The New York Times Presents, in which a former member of Britney’s security team claimed that her father monitored her phone and bugged her bedroom with “an audio recording device” without her knowledge.

Britney’s attorney was present at the time. Mathew Rosengart The Times that the accusations “must be fully and aggressively investigated.”