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i'm joined by ronan farrow, investigative reporter to "the new yorker" and jonathan martinis, senior or for center for disability rights at syracuse university. ronan, there was this development, britney spears can hire her own attorney. what more do we know about that development? as you've done extensive reporting on this case, what stands out to you about the case? ronan: obviously what we're learning today is this lyer of spears' own choosing, matthew rosengard, former federal prosecutor, is going to be able to represent her. why that's significant is because as we laid out in this recent investigative report, in the new new "the new yorker," britney spears has been trying to secure her own counsel for years. we document how again and again from the conception of the conservatorship she was setting clandestine meetings with contacts that might give her phones that she could use to call lawyers up to sophistated plans where she would mee with a contact in a hotel steam room to get a zip locked bag with a phone in it. so hiring her own counsel is a significant step and a long time c

to unpack this and the broader concerns, i'm joined by ronan farrow, an investigative reporter and contributingr to the "new yorker." and, jonathan martinis, senior director for law and policy at the burton blatt institute at syracuse university. thank you both for being here. ronan, i want to start with you. this was the development now britney spears can hire her own attorney. what more do we know about the the development, and what stands out to you about this case? >> yamiche, obviously what we're learning today is this lawyer of spears' own choosing, mathew rosengard, a former federal prosecutor and prominent l.a. attorney, is going to be able to represent her. why that's significant is because, as we've laid out in the recent investigative report, in "the new yorker," britney spears has been trying to secure her own counsel of her own choosing for years. we document how again and again, essentially from the inception to have the conservatorship, she was setting clandestine meetings with contacts who might give her phones she could then use to call lawyers, including sophisticated plans wh

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a newly-released article in the new yorker by pulitzer prize winners ronan farrow and jia tolentino revealed on the night before britney's open testimony back in june she called 911 to report herself as a victim of conservatorship abuse. >> on june 23rd, fans were able to hear from the pop star in her own words. detailing the emotional abuse and financial strain she's endured, the new yorker article describing how swiftly her father jamie spears was able to secure the legal arrangement, after spears had suffered a very public breakdown. friends saying the conservatorship taking maybe ten minutes. no one testified, no questions were asked. she never had a chance. that friend adding that after the arrangement was made, jamie spears would boast, i am britney spears. britney's mother saying she had mixed feelings about everything. i don't know what to think. it's a lot of pain, a lot of worry. >> since her conservatorship spears has released four albums headlined a global tour that earned over $100 million and starred in her own las vegas show but the article revealed during that time britney ha

in a new article in "the new yorker" pulitzer prize-winning author ronan farrow and co-author jia tolentinoment in court two weeks ago, the pop star called 911 to report she was a victim of conservatorship abuse. they write that night members of spears' team began texting one another frantically worried about what spears might say the next day and they discussed how to prepare in the event she went rogue. it was at that court hearing when fans got to hear from the 39-year-old herself, describing how she's been isolated, exploited, embarrassed and demoralized by the conservatorship that's controlled her life and finances for the last 13 years asking that it be terminated. a conservatorship is typically granted for the elderly or someone unable to care for themself. "the new yorker" reporting that in 2008, a judge gave power to a team including britney's father after a hearing lasting just ten minutes. the day after britney was committed to a hospital for a second time. caught in a bitter divorce and custody battle and a former friend of the spears family whose testimony helped create the con

joining us to talk about the stories are the staff writers for the new yorker, ronan farrow and jia tolentinones, obviously, what you start on with this 911 call. tell us about it. >> well, we know how even from subsequent publication confirming our reporting that officers were dispatched to her home the previous day. i think, brianna, this is what we learned in that explosive courtroom testimony from britney spears that she says she's being exploited and in her words enslaved. and that her basic bodily and economic and legal writes are being violated. and that's opened >> yeah, it's opened up a lot of issues. what's happened to britney spears and they don't understand how it has gone on this long. gia you write in this story about how brittany spear's lawyers or the lawyers for the conservatorship were frantic she might go rogue in her hearing last month. she was furious, as you point out. tell us about what they were expecting and how surprised they were. >> it's a feature of these conservatorships that they have had it on lock for a long time. it has -- the public has sort of desired to re

ronan farrow who co-authored the investigation says it is the latest in a long disturbing history ofught about the extent to which her rights have been curtailed. she has sought actively and seemingly capably to get outside legal representation, to break free of these constraints. at this point for years and year. >> the next court hearing in the case is july 14th. >>> and this morning hollywood fans -- i should say hollywood heavy weights and movie fans are mourning the death of producer and director itch aa richard do. he died monday at the age of 91. he had a six decade career with films including superman and the classic the goonies. he also helped bring new life to the buddy comedy with work on the lethal weapon franchise. steven spielberg put out a statement remembering him as the greatest goonie of all, all kid, all heart all the time. >>> let's get a check on cnn business. looking at markets around the world, you can see asian shares closed narrowly mixed. on wall street, stock index futures are basically flat here. watching oil really the big story this morning after opec an

journalist ronan farrow sets the scene in the new yorker.managing spears' legal affairs, public and social media, some license requests and spears' posts to instagram and twitter. the conservatorship began in 2008 after a series of personal issues that played out publicly for the singer. a third of her life now has been spent under this conservatorship and she has continued to make money. she has complained she needs permission to spend that money, even to change the color of her kitchen cabinets according to court records obtained by "the new york times." perhaps the most troubling of her claims, during the recent hearing she told the judge of the i.u.d. birth control she uses. the so-called team won't let me go to the doctor to take it out because they don't want me to have any more children. spears' father has called for an investigation into the claims she made in court. forbes estimates her net worth at $60 million. at the tail end of a powerful list of pop stars, rihanna is worth $600 million. beyonce, $420 million. taylor swift, $365

joining me now to discuss, journalist ronan farrow, who has a major article on britney spears in the help us walk through this entire story. thank you. ronan, i mean, this is a bombshell piece you have. i mean, you report that the evening before that shocking testimony that we, all, heard. britney spears actually called 9-1-1 to report herself as a victim of conservatorship abuse. i mean, what can you tell us about this call? and how the attorneys for it are reacting? >> that's right. and subsequent to the publication of this piece over the holiday weekend, we have had other outlets not only confirm that that call took police but also that law enforcement was dispatched to britney spears' home in siventura county, california. so this is the latest symptom of a long history we are able to document in this story, which, with a lot of new perspectives, we haven't heard before. a lot of new documents and other pieces of evidence. pieces together how britney spears has been distraught about the extent to which her rights are being curtailed for a long time. how britney spears has sought,

in a new article in "the new yorker," ronan farrow and jia tolentino revealing hours before that courtay about the call. >> this appears to be a new escalation in the case. she, it seems, wanted to create a legal record of that complaint. we also know from subsequent other publications confirming our reporting on this in the last couple of days that officers were dispatched in that moment. so it seems like we now know that testimony emerged from a moment of her being distraught over this arrangement. >> reporter: now, for as involved as larry rudolph has been in britney spears life for 25 years, he says it's been over 2 1/2 years since they last communicated. that's how long it's been since she performed. george? >> that is some gap. okay, kaylee, thanks very much. michael? >>> george, we're going to turn now to an abc news exclusive. a tragedy at an amusement park that left an 11-year-old boy dead and his brother in critical condition. this morning, the family is speaking out. erielle reshef joins us with that. good morning, erielle. >> reporter: good morning to you, michael. the jara