. >> they were getting rich off of britney seriopears.ce was taking a huge toll on her mentally. >> reporter: what seemed to be a public unraveling coming to head, in a 2007 altercation with paparazzi in los angeles, broking down on the documentary "framing britney spears," moments after, she was denied access to her children. >> please, god. >> and britney started to come after me and started to beat the passenger side of my truck. >> reporter: that following year after two hospitalizations, britney's father, jamie, assumed control over his daughter's esta estate, along with an outside trust. >> britney spears con seserva conservatorship is unprecedented. it doesn't look like a lot of the steps getting in or getting out, were navigated or charted because they thought it would be temporary. here we are 13 years later. >> reporter: 13 years later, the court-mandated conservatorshcon denying the 39-year-old control of her estate. my colleague, amy robach talked to vivian thoreen. >> jamie saved britney's life. he has worked fi ed tirelessly