Britney Spears' longtime manager Larry Rudolph resigns

Britney Spears' long-time manager Larry Rudolph has resigned as the pop star's manager. Rudolph wrote a letter to Britney's conservators, stating he hadn't talked to the 39-year-old in two-and-a-half years and it is in her best interest that he resign. The news comes amid Spears' court battle to end her conservatorship.

In the letter, which was obtained exclusively by Deadline, Rudolph said he "became aware that Britney had been voicing her intention to officially retire." "As you know, I have never been a part of the conservatorship nor its operations, so I am not privy to many of these details," Rudolph said in the letter, which was addressed to Jamie Spears and Jodi Montgomery, co-executors of the star's estate.