What does Britney Spears have to do with racketeering charges?
You might have thought the closest the singer would come to the RICO Act, typically associated with organized crime, would be watching "The Sopranos," but a lawyer who claims to represent the singer is making some serious allegations on her behalf, claiming in federal-court documents that her assets may have been misappropriated. (Her father's lawyers, in the meantime, want the attorney to pay them back for spending time on his claims.)
In a declaration filed Friday, Jon Eardley maintains that the pop star's civil rights have been violated, including her right to be heard "as to the appropriateness" of her father, Jamie Spears, being given co-conservatorship powers over her person and estate. (Jamie, along with attorney Andrew Wallet, were granted the powers when Britney was hospitalized on a psychiatric hold for the second time in a month.) Spears attempted to hire a lawyer, Adam Streisand, to fight the conservatorship, but he stepped down February 7 after the probate court ruled that Britney lacked the capacity to retain direct counsel of her own choosing.
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You might have thought the closest the singer would come to the RICO Act, typically associated with organized crime, would be watching "The Sopranos," but a lawyer who claims to represent the singer is making some serious allegations on her behalf, claiming in federal-court documents that her assets may have been misappropriated. (Her father's lawyers, in the meantime, want the attorney to pay them back for spending time on his claims.)
In a declaration filed Friday, Jon Eardley maintains that the pop star's civil rights have been violated, including her right to be heard "as to the appropriateness" of her father, Jamie Spears, being given co-conservatorship powers over her person and estate. (Jamie, along with attorney Andrew Wallet, were granted the powers when Britney was hospitalized on a psychiatric hold for the second time in a month.) Spears attempted to hire a lawyer, Adam Streisand, to fight the conservatorship, but he stepped down February 7 after the probate court ruled that Britney lacked the capacity to retain direct counsel of her own choosing.
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