Pop star Britney Spears is getting some love from her former lawyer, Mathew Rosengart, who was by her side at the end of her approximately 13-year conservatorship, which was struck down by a judge in November 2021. Fans have continued to express concern for the “Toxic” singer’s health since that time, but things took a turn in early March when she was arrested under suspicion of driving under the influence.
Britney Spears’ Former Lawyer Breaks Silence On Her Arrest
In a brief statement made to Us Weekly approximately two weeks after her arrest, Rosengart called the “Oops!… I Did It Again” singer an “icon” and shared that he will always be immensely “proud” of her and what she’s accomplished throughout her long career.
“It was my great honor to work with and protect Britney as her litigator, and I will always be proud of her and the work we did together, ranging from helping, at her request and direction, to restore her freedom, civil rights and civil liberties after a 13-year conservatorship that stripped her of those rights, to many other matters,” he said.
“Britney is and always will be an icon,” he continued. “While I do not have the facts concerning March 4, with freedom comes responsibility, and I was pleased to see that Britney will take the right steps and comply with the law. I’ll always care greatly about her and help and support her in any way I can.”
Inside Mathew Rosengart’s Role In Ending Her Conservatorship
After her court-appointed attorney, Samuel D. Ingham III, resigned, the “Crossroads” actress retained the former federal prosecutor to represent her in her conservatorship battle. Rosengart was able to get her estranged father, Jamie Spears, suspended as her conservator two months before a Los Angeles judge decided to terminate the conservatorship entirely.
In addition to helping end her controversial guardianship, he also helped her obtain several lucrative deals, including her bestselling 2023 memoir, “The Woman In Me,” in which she opened up about her conservatorship in her own words.
In 2024, he stepped down after Britney and Jamie settled their court case.
Britney Spears Settled Her Conservatorship Case In 2024
In April 2024, Britney and Jamie finally settled their conservatorship case, finally ensuring Britney’s freedom once and for all. At the time, Rosengart also made a brief statement to Us Weekly, saying that it was an “honor” for him to work with the Princess of Pop in this regard.
“It has been our honor and privilege to represent, protect, and defend Britney Spears. Ms. Spears is and always will be an icon and a brilliant and brave artist of historic and epic proportion,” he said at the time. “Although the conservatorship was terminated in November 2021, her wish for freedom is now truly complete.”
As part of the settlement, Britney would no longer have to “attend or be involved with court or entangled with legal proceedings,” as was her wish.
“Britney Spears won when the court suspended her father, and Britney Spears won when her fundamental rights and civil liberties were restored,” he added.
Britney Said That She Felt Like A ‘Robot’ During Her Conservatorship
In “The Woman In Me,” the pop star compared herself to a “child-robot” and claimed that the conservatorship “stripped” her of her womanhood, turning her “into a child.”
“I became a robot. But not just a robot — a sort of child-robot. I had been so infantilized that I was losing pieces of what made me feel like myself,” she wrote. “The conservatorship stripped me of my womanhood, made me into a child. I became more of an entity than a person onstage. I had always felt music in my bones and my blood; they stole that from me.”
Inside Britney Spears’ March 2026 DUI Arrest
On March 4, Britney was arrested near her home in Ventura County, California, after law enforcement officials suspected she was driving under the influence. Although she was released from jail the following day, she has a hearing scheduled for May 4.
“This was an unfortunate incident that is completely inexcusable,” her rep said in a brief statement. “Britney is going to take the right steps and comply with the law, and hopefully this can be the first step in long overdue change that needs to occur in Britney’s life. Hopefully, she can get the help and support she needs during this difficult time.”