Britney Spears’ dad, Jamie Spears, is going after her again – and he is gunning for a deposition from his daughter.
New court documents obtained by news outlets show Jamie’s lawyers claiming that Britney is dodging a deposition. They also claim that she stands to make $15 million from an upcoming tell-all book that is about her conservatorship under her dad, which contains the very things that, according to them, Britney is refusing to discuss in court.
Jamie’s lawyers stated:
“Britney’s counsel has no legitimate basis to object to Britney’s deposition.”
They added that she has previously testifies in court in this case and that she “continues to make public social media posts containing incendiary allegations of various factual matters.” Jamie’s legal team declared:
“Britney’s own publicly-posted Instagram posts aimed at Jamie and soon to be publicly-published book directly contradict Britney’s counsel’s claim that Britney has no admissible evidence and that her testimony is not reasonably calculated to lead to the discovery of admissible evidence.”
They said that it is the 69-year-old Jamie’s right to depose Britney:
“Jamie has a right to prepare his case and depose Britney (just as the Court of Appeal already found in another case where Britney was a party) as she is the individual making inflammatory and unsubstantiated claims against him.
Britney’s testimony is directly relevant, reasonably calculated to lead to the discovery of admissible evidence, and well within the proper scope of discovery… Britney’s counsel has done nothing to meet the high burden to show good cause to prohibit Britney’s deposition.”
And they went on to say that the deposition is something the 40-year-old pop star cannot avoid:
“Britney cannot avoid testifying as a witness because her testimony may delve into emotionally difficult topics… Even a showing of some impact on Britney’s health is not a bar to her deposition in its entirety.
That Britney can speak about the very issues she publicly raises (including to cash a $15 million check) but suddenly would be unduly burdened by the litigation her counsel initiated is ridiculous.”
Jamie’s lawyers are also claiming that he has offered “multiple times” since January to be deposed and requested that he and Britney both be scheduled at the same week to give their depositions to make it fair, but that Britney’s counsel would not concur. They said that left with no option, Jamie is now seeking the intervention of the court.
A court date for Jamie’s motion is set for July 13.
