- A judge ruled on Wednesday that
Jamie Spears be suspended immediately from his daughter's conservatorship. Britney Spears fans gathered outside the courthouse, waving signs and chanting as the hearing commenced.- A crowd of supporters outside could even be heard chanting from inside the courtroom.
A crowd of Britney Spears supporters outside the Los Angeles County Superior Court could be heard chanting from inside the courtroom on Wednesday as a judge ruled in favor of the singer's request to $4 from her 13-year conservatorship.
Fans of the pop singer $4 on Wednesday afternoon to hold a #FreeBritney rally as her legal team faced off against her father's. The street in front of the Stanley Mosk Courthouse in downtown Los Angeles was closed as the group congregated directly outside the federal building, waving signs and hosting speakers.
About an hour into the hearing, which Insider attended, a crowd of fans made their way to a courtyard directly outside the packed courtroom where Judge Brenda Penny was overseeing the contentious hearing.
The fans' chants and cheering could be heard from inside the courtroom for nearly five minutes as legal arguments proceeded. They waved flags and held signs, while shouting "Hey, hey. Ho, ho. The conservatorship has got to go."
Courthouse security said the group eventually left on their own to continue marching around the building.
During the hearing, Judge Penny ruled in favor of a petition $4 by Britney Spears' lawyer, Matthew Rosengart, to suspend the singer's father, Jamie, as the conservator of his daughter's financial estate. That position will temporarily be filled by John Zabel, a California-based consultant, Penny ruled.
The hearing continued following Penny's ruling.