Will Britney Spears take her attempts at retaking control of her assets straight to Capitol Hill?
The pop star has been invited to testify before Congress by a Republican coalition led by Rep. Matt Gaetz of Florida regarding her legal struggles over the conservatorship over her estate held by her father, Jamie Spears.
Spears’s latest request to extract herself from her father’s control was denied June 30 by Judge Brenda Penny. Her plight has led to an ongoing internet-fueled movement under the hashtag #FreeBritney.
Gaetz and three other Republican lawmakers – Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia, Rep. Burgess Owens of Utah and Rep. Andy Biggs of Arizona – wrote a letter to Spears that reads, in part, “you have been mistreated by America's legal system. We want to help. What happened to you should never happen to any other American.”
Gaetz confirmed his request for Spears to testify Wednesday night during an appearance on the conservative television network OAN.
“Britney Spears wants to tell her story,” Gaetz said. “She’s not someone who wants to just crawl under a rug a pretend this didn’t happen.
She wants accountability and justice, and I can think of no better place than the United States Congress to really tackle this problem and … bring people together from all sides of politics to solve it.”
Spears has not responded to the request.
