Britney Spears’ legal situation is changing once again.
TMZ was first to report that the pop star’s court-appointed lawyer Samuel Ingham, who represents her in her conservatorship, was set to resign.
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The report claimed that Ingham, was “extremely upset” at the statement Spears gave in court in which she said she never knew she could end the conservatorship.
Sources told TMZ that the lawyer “regularly gave Britney options, including requesting that the conservatorship should end, but she never wanted to pull the plug.”
While Spears did reportedly talk to Ingham about removing her father Jamie from the conservatorship, sources say the final straw for the lawyer was Spears claiming in court that he never informed her of his legal requirements.
On Tuesday afternoon, Ingham filed with the Los Angeles Superior Court, reading, “SAMUEL D. INGHAM III hereby resigns as court-appointed counsel for BRITNEY JEAN SPEARS, conservatee, effective upon the appointment of new court-appointed counsel.”
Firm Loeb & Loeb is also leaving the conservatorship.
L.A. County Superior Court Judge Brenda Penny will have to approve their resignations.
The New Yorker recently claimed that Ingham was more loyal to Jamie than Spears, allegedly reporting her activities to her father. Ingham reportedly earned upwards of $520,000 yearly.
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The TMZ report also states that more resignations from Spears’ team are expected this week. On Monday, the singer’s longtime manager Larry Rudolph resigned, citing her retirement from performing.
Ingham has repped Spears for the last 13 years.
