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EP. 219.5 — Fraud Friday: Oops!, I Scammed You Again: Britney Spears’ Conservatorship
It’s Fraud Friday! This week, we revisit our Britney Spears Episode! Comedians Tess Barker and Babs Gray, hosts of the Toxic: The Britney Spears Story podcast, join us to discuss the scam that is the Britney Spears’ Conservatorship. Plus, a Danish museum is duped by a concept artist, who literally took the money and ran!
This was recorded on Oct. 1st 2021.
Research By Kaelyn Brandt
SOURCES:
https://www.vulture.com/2021/06/britney-spears-petition-to-end-conservatorship-guide.html
https://www.newyorker.com/news/american-chronicles/britney-spears-conservatorship-nightmare
https://variety.com/2021/music/news/britney-spears-full-statement-conservatorship-1235003940/
https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/9445409/britney-spears-conservatorship-timeline/
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2021/09/29/arts/britney-spears-conservatorship
https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/heidiblake/conservatorship-investigation-free-britney-spears
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/toxic-the-britney-spears-story/id1565880473
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