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Joy Saha

Britney's family can't quit her fame

Honoree Britney Spears accepts the Vanguard Award onstage at the 29th Annual GLAAD Media Awards at The Beverly Hilton Hotel on April 12, 2018 in Beverly Hills, California. Vivien Killilea/Getty Images for GLAAD

Britney Spears' long-standing conservatorship may have come to an end, but her entanglements with family are still far from over. Both her father and sister have shown that they're not done with trying to capitalize on her greater fame.

New court documents — filed ahead of a now-postponed hearing — reveal that Spears' father, Jamie Spears, "enriched himself" with "at least $6 million" from his daughter's estate while serving as her conservator, according to Variety. The filing — which was completed by Spears' attorney, Mathew Rosengart — came in response to Jamie Spears' "abomination" of a request for the singer to continue paying his legal fees after stepping down from the conservatorship.

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