"Cruelty": Britney Spears Files Plea To Replace Her Father In Conservatorship

Britney Spears was placed under a unique legal guardianship largely governed by her father after she suffered a highly public 2007 breakdown.

Britney Spears has launched a legal bid to remove her father from a controversial guardianship controlling her finances and replace him with an independent accountant, according to court documents filed Monday. Mathew Rosengart, who was appointed as the pop star's attorney this month, had pledged to move swiftly to remove Jamie Spears after the singer delivered two emotional testimonies to a Los Angeles court labeling the conservatorship as "cruelty." "If the court doesn't see this as abuse... I don't know what is," said Spears, 39, telling the court via telephone she wanted her father removed and to "press charges" against him. The Los Angeles Superior Court website on Monday listed a new petition to "Appoint Conservator of Estate (Successor)", and California-based accountant Jason Rubin is listed as "Nominee."