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David LeCours II, a self-proclaimed Britney Spears superfan, has gone public with testimony he claims proves the pop singer is not mentally incompetent. LeCours hopes that by sharing it he can help end Spears’ conservatorship.
In an open letter posted to the website Breathe Heavy, LeCours claims to have met Spears multiple times over the years, beginning in 2014 when he was just 16 years old. At the time, he presented her with a letter thanking Spears for offering him comfort during his struggles with his sexuality. He further claimed that Spears and her music saved his life. Spears herself later responded with an emotional letter, thanking LeCours for sharing his story with her–an anecdote also related to Queerty by Framing Britney Spears director Samantha Stark.
“I was very happy to hear about how courageous you’ve been about being openly gay,” Britney wrote in her note. “It means so much to me to have a fan like you who takes the time to sit and write me such a touching letter.”
Thus began a pen-pal-type friendship between Spears and LeCours, with Spears inviting him backstage at her concerts several times over the next few years. LeCours claims Spears remembered him by name each time, and further asserts that her memory of him indicates she cannot be mentally incompetent.
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“When I walked in, once again she remembered me,” LeCours recalls of their final meeting, in 2016. “This time was really awesome, she seemed really excited when she saw me, she gave me the biggest hug ever, we talked, she told me that I’d grown into such a young man since the last time she’d seen me.”
“How would a woman who has ‘dementia’ remember me by name over the course of years?” LeCours wrote in his open letter, referring to claims by Britney’s father, Jamie Spears, that she suffers from memory loss. “How could she be so impaired to take care of herself, yet be able to hold such conversations as these and then go out an hour later and play a show to a sold-out crowd in Las Vegas?”
“The money, secrets, and control, it’s just all sickening that a group of individuals could do such inhumane things to a person that is truly so full of compassion and kindness,” LeCours further asserted. “Is it so much for her to ask for her life back? Haven’t you made enough to live more than one life off of her? I will not stay silent until the person that saved and changed my life has fully been able to live her life the way she deserves to. I pray for each and every single one of you to learn what compassion for another human is. All eyes are on California and the people involved in this case, I hope you make the right choice.”
LeCours’ letter comes amid growing scrutiny over Spears’ conservatorship, which began following an involuntary psychiatric hospitalization in 2008. Recently, the singer appeared in court to deliver a statement claiming abuse and exploitation by her father, her chief conservator. A number of her personal team subsequently resigned their employment with Spears, including her longtime manager Larry Rudolph and her lawyer Samuel D. Ingham III. Despite the public outcry, a number of Spears’ close associates have also hinted that the public may not know all the reasons for her conservatorship. That includes Britney’s sister Jamie Lynn Spears, who plans to publish a tell-all memoir later this year.
barryaksarben
I think of all the famous men who have acted out in public and no one would ever even consider a conservativeship for them. Nic Cage, Micheal Jackson, Shia LaBeouf, Tom Cruise, and of course Charlie Sheen. It is yet another example of women being victimized by our society esp if they have money
Toofie
100% agree! Especially when you point it out like that!
bbg372
All that proves is that people do not care enough about these men to intervene on their behalf. It is sexist, but not in the way you are thinking: people are content to allow men to self-destruct, because men are disposable in patriarchy.
Kevan1
How many young celebrities have had momentary break downs due to stress from Paparazzi, used drugs, like many who are not celebs, with tremendous stress for a kid much less an adult. I cannot imagine the stress and the influx of unimaginable ninety and not going a little bonkers. If that is the definition for a conservatorship, then all young celebs and many adults should be considered for a conservatorship. ( Demi Lavado, Justin Bieber on and on)Jamie Spears has hijacked his daughters life and money.
Mack
When all is said and done, it will come out the Jamie Spears has been lining his pockets for years.
Britney Spears may have medical conditions that we don’t know of, but I think someone other than her father should be in control and even they should be subject to audit.
moretruth
It’s comical to hear fans of Britney’s giving what they think is insight or relevant opinions about her mental state. Listen, the girl clearly has issues that her family knows well or she wouldn’t be under a conservatorship. A big red flag is when the patient says they no longer need to take their meds.
ShiningSex
Correct!
People need to let it go. She sounds like she’s back in some mental issues and frankly I don’t give two sh*ts about her. I’m so sick about hearing this crap
Gnarfield
Your opinions are TOXIC. Britney had a meltdown in 2007. What has she done since then that warrants her still being under a conservatorship? I’ll wait……
radiooutmike
There are apparently 60 million reasons for the conservatorship to continue.
Do Jamie Lyn and Jamie have her best issues at heart? Of course not. Britney can’t quit her job of being a professional vixen. She has mandated birth control and can’t marry anyone.
Even supposed “welfare queens” have more freedom than that. I think they pretty much want to work her to an early grave. That way her roughly $60 million fortune may come to them a whole lot more easily.
We can’t let wittle Britney make her own decisions and spend her hard-earned money. There might not be any left for me. I’m surprised they have not pulled a Rosemary Kennedy on her. But then again, if that happened, she would not be able to perform again.
Cam
Charlie Sheen wasn’t put under a conservatorship and he was having a public mental breakdown on camera for the entire world to see.
Fahd
A conservatorship has to be initiated by someone who petitions the court to be made the conservator. It can be more than one person. The court goes through a process where various investigations and assessments are done and an attorney is appointed for the proposed conservatee to look out for the proposed conservatee, or even contest, the proposed conservatorship. If the conservatorship is granted, the court is supposed to review it every two, maybe three, years to make sure that it is still appropriate. So, Britney’s case would have gone through that initial process and the conservatorship was reviewed and continued several times now. A grand sexist conspiracy? Maybe. But I think if some of the male celebrities mentioned here who went off the deep end had been put through the process, they might have become conservatees. Martin Sheen probably could have become the conservator for Charlie Sheen at times in Charlie’s history, if he had wanted to, but maybe Charlie Sheen didn’t want to do that to his son. Sexist? maybe. And Charlie probably would have resisted and gone into rehab etc. to avoid the judge granting the conservatorship. What were the circumstances when Britney first went through the process?
Now, Newsflash: The good news is that the Court has granted Britney’s request to have an attorney of her own choice represent her, and she apparently has chosen a powerful Hollywood type who no doubt will be able to influence who is chosen to reevaluate Britney and the process through which she is reevaluated to ensure that the court is getting an accurate picture of Britney’s current status. I think it is a safe bet that Britney will be free of the conservatorship very soon, and she herself deserves most of the credit.
I would expect Britney to want to protect her privacy, so I don’t think doing it publically is a good idea, but Britney’s case should be carefully reviewed to make sure there was no malpractice anywhere, including by the court itself.
MISTERJETT
isn’t Britney an adult?
CarterATL
What was the medical diagnosis that precipitated the conservatorship? That’s the only story I want to hear. How can anyone make a judgement here without the most important underlying fact?