December 7, 2023

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.refinery29.com/en-us/2021/07/10589818/britney-spears-money-conservators-jamie-spears-return

https://www.vulture.com/2021/06/britney-spears-petition-to-end-conservatorship-guide.html

https://www.refinery29.com/en-us/2021/06/10545139/britney-spears-conservatorship-legal-abuse-dangerous

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.forbes.com/sites/maddieberg/2021/02/17/britney-spears-net-worth-revealed–and-its-shockingly-low-compared-to-her-pop-peers/?sh=67fbdfb618ac

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

https://937theriver.iheart.com/content/2021-09-29-take-the-money-run-museum-gives-artist-84k-gets-blank-canvases/

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