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Amid ‘free Britney Spears’ frenzy, singer’s mental health battle and why dad keeps her in a bubble
Britney Spears walked out of a Los Angeles courtroom this month wearing a red skirt, black T-shirt and no shoes. Moments earlier, in a closed hearing room with paper covering the windows, her parents and their lawyers discussed with a judge the status of Spears’ conservatorship. The court-supervised arrangement gives her father control over her US$47 million estate and personal affairs, and has been in place since Spears suffered a very public breakdown in 2008.Outside, a group of fans hoisted…