ShortHand: Free Britney
Britney Spears showed immense talent from a very young age. And despite shooting to the kind of success that every young singer dreams about – her career was far from lucky. When custody battles, endless paparazzi and a world of stress got on top of her, she had a very public breakdown.
Her family’s response to this was an ‘involuntary psychiatric hold’, and a financial conservatorship. It severely limited her access to her money and her kids – as well as her privacy – for years. And despite having been declared mentally unfit to even feed herself, she was still put to work, day after day, in a glitzy Las Vegas residency. This is the story of how Britney took back control.
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