Britney Spears’ former business manager, Lou Taylor, is being slammed by the singer’s attorney Mathew Rosengart after previously saying she had “no role whatsoever in the creation” of the conservatorship, which the high-powered lawyer says is far from true. In legal documents filed in Los Angeles Superior Court on Friday, Mathew alleges that not only did Lou help arrange the conservatorship in 2008, her company Tri Star Sports & Entertainment Group, alongside Britney’s father Jamie Spears, paid themselves $18 million and $6 million, respectively, from Britney’s estate.
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Mathew alleges that there was also an email sent from Lou, which is dated January 17, 2008, just 14 days before the “Gimme More” singer lost her freedom, as a judge granted Jamie full control over his daughter’s personal and professional life. Lou is alleged to have been communicating with Jamie’s former attorneys, Geraldine Wyle and Jeryll Cohen, writing, “I look for [sic] to working with you.” Just minutes after the email was sent, Lou allegedly followed up with another email to Jamie, saying she had spoken to the aforementioned lawyers about Andrew Wallet — who would go on to manage Britney’s money for 11 years — and that he and Tri Star would “serve as co-conservators” alongside Jamie.
Lou is also alleged to have had conversations with Geraldine on January 30, 2008, about prepping an official statement that would announce Britney had been conserved following a string of public meltdowns — the letter was to be written on behalf of Jamie. But Geraldine was concerned because “the only judge” available to take on the conservatorship case would “not give Jamie the power to administer psychotropic drugs” to Britney.
Another email Lou is said to have sent to Geraldine read, “One of the suggestions that Andrew had was the trust could pay the bills and that would get us around a great deal of the court submission issues, HOWEVER, when it is a business-related deductible expense those need to be paid out of Britney Brands, or Britney Touring. You will EXPOSE the trust if you pay business expenses from the Trust.”
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In response to Mathew’s court filing, Scott Edelman, who is the attorney for Tri Star, has told Page Six, “As all the evidence makes abundantly clear, the conservatorship was set up on the recommendation of legal counsel, not Tri Star, and approved by the court for more than 12 [sic] years. In fact, Tri Star was not even the business manager for the conservatorship when it was established.”