Pop star Britney Spears is getting some love from her former lawyer, Mathew Rosengart, who was by her side at the top of her roughly 13-year conservatorship, which was struck down by a judge in November 2021. Fans have continued to specific concern for the “Toxic” singer’s health since that point, but things took a turn in early March when she was arrested under suspicion of driving under the influence.
Britney Spears’ Former Lawyer Breaks Silence On Her Arrest
In a temporary statement made to Us Weekly roughly two weeks after her arrest, Rosengart called the “Oops!… I Did It Again” singer an “icon” and shared that he’ll all the time be immensely “proud” of her and what she’s completed throughout her long profession.
“It was my great honor to work with and protect Britney as her litigator, and I’ll all the time be pleased with her and the work we did together, starting from helping, at her request and direction, to revive her freedom, civil rights and civil liberties after a 13-year conservatorship that stripped her of those rights, to many other matters,” he said.
“Britney is and all the time might be an icon,” he continued. “While I wouldn’t have the facts concerning March 4, with freedom comes responsibility, and I used to be pleased to see that Britney will take the suitable steps and comply with the law. I’ll all the time care greatly about her and help and support her in any way I can.”
Inside Mathew Rosengart’s Role In Ending Her Conservatorship
After her court-appointed attorney, Samuel D. Ingham III, resigned, the “Crossroads” actress retained the previous federal prosecutor to represent her in her conservatorship battle. Rosengart was in a position to get her estranged father, Jamie Spears, suspended as her conservator two months before a Los Angeles judge decided to terminate the conservatorship entirely.
Along with helping end her controversial guardianship, he also helped her obtain several lucrative deals, including her bestselling 2023 memoir, “The Woman In Me,” during which she opened up about her conservatorship in her own words.
In 2024, he stepped down after Britney and Jamie settled their court case.
Britney Spears Settled Her Conservatorship Case In 2024
In April 2024, Britney and Jamie finally settled their conservatorship case, finally ensuring Britney’s freedom once and for all. On the time, Rosengart also made a temporary statement to Us Weekly, saying that it was an “honor” for him to work with the Princess of Pop on this regard.
“It has been our honor and privilege to represent, protect, and defend Britney Spears. Ms. Spears is and all the time might be an icon and a superb and brave artist of historic and epic proportion,” he said on the time. “Although the conservatorship was terminated in November 2021, her wish for freedom is now truly complete.”
As a part of the settlement, Britney would not should “attend or be involved with court or entangled with legal proceedings,” as was her wish.
“Britney Spears won when the court suspended her father, and Britney Spears won when her fundamental rights and civil liberties were restored,” he added.
Britney Said That She Felt Like A ‘Robot’ During Her Conservatorship
In “The Woman In Me,” the pop star compared herself to a “child-robot” and claimed that the conservatorship “stripped” her of her womanhood, turning her “into a baby.”
“I became a robot. But not only a robot — a kind of child-robot. I had been so infantilized that I used to be losing pieces of what made me feel like myself,” she wrote. “The conservatorship stripped me of my womanhood, made me into a baby. I became more of an entity than an individual onstage. I had all the time felt music in my bones and my blood; they stole that from me.”
Inside Britney Spears’ March 2026 DUI Arrest
On March 4, Britney was arrested near her home in Ventura County, California, after law enforcement officials suspected she was driving under the influence. Although she was released from jail the next day, she has a hearing scheduled for May 4.
“This was an unlucky incident that is totally inexcusable,” her rep said in a temporary statement. “Britney goes to take the suitable steps and comply with the law, and hopefully this will be step one in long overdue change that should occur in Britney’s life. Hopefully, she will be able to get the assistance and support she needs during this difficult time.”