US pop star Britney Spears on Wednesday told a US court that she wants to press charges against her father Jamie for his alleged “conservatorship abuse”. “I’m here to press charges. I’m angry and I will go there,” the singer said over a lawyer’s phone on Wednesday, according to BBC.

This came after a Los Angeles judge ruled that she can choose her own lawyer in her fight to end the controversial legal arrangement.

An hour after becoming Britney Spears’ new lawyer, Matthew Rosengart began the process of removing the conservatorship that has ruled over her personal and professional life for more than a decade.

Since 2008, Britney has been under conservatorship as her family filed a case against her, stating that she was not fit to take care of her personal and professional life. The motion will almost certainly set up a battle royale between Spears and her father Jamie Spears, who controls the conservatorship and his daughter’s $50 million fortune unless there is a dramatic shift in perspectives soon.

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Spears had informed the court that she is okay with co-conservator Jodi Montgomery continuing to manage her medical and personal matters for the time being.

An emotional Spears told Judge Brenda Penny on Wednesday that she was “here to get rid” of her estranged father and co-conservator Jamie Spears, after aggressively stating on June 23 that she thought “this conservatorship is abusive” and “I would honestly like to be allowed to sue my family.”

“I want to charge him with conservatorship abuse,” the 39-year-old singer continued.

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The much-anticipated hearing on the restrictive 13-year-old contract turned into a multi-ring circus — in and outside Los Angeles Superior Court — following the blistering testimony of the ‘Toxic’ singer last month and crucial resignations of managers and more, submissions and battles of new lawyers, and pricey security requirements in the last two weeks.

Since that testimony, many of the central figures in the complex and controversial network installed to manage Spears’ affairs have distanced themselves.