The disharmony between Britney Spears and her younger sister continued as the pop star fired off a cease-and-desist letter.
The letter urged Jamie Lynn Spears to quit “referencing Britney derogatorily” as she promotes her new book, People reported Wednesday.
It’s the latest chapter in a family feud that’s seen Britney Spears accuse her sibling of not being supportive during her highly publicized fight to end a court-ordered conservatorship.
“You of all people know the abuse and wrongdoing Britney had to endure during the conservatorship, after initially growing up with a ‘ruinous,’ alcoholic father,” the singer’s lawyer, Mathew Rosengart, says in the letter.
“In fact, your own book reportedly states that your father ‘spent most of my life in that cycle of ruinous behavior. His bouts of drinking caused me periods of torment and sorrow.’ "
In November, a judge terminated Britney Spears’ conservatorship, through which her father, Jamie Spears, and others controlled multiple aspects of the “Toxic” singer’s life, including finances.
The cease-and-desist letter also slammed Jamie Lynn Spears’ book — which is titled “Things I Should Have Said” — as “ill-timed,” and claimed it featured “misleading or outrageous claims” about her older sister.
“You recently reportedly stated that the book was ‘not about her.’ She takes you at your word and we, therefore, demand that you cease and desist from referencing Britney derogatorily during your promotional campaign,” the letter continues, according to People. “If you fail to do so or defame her, Britney will be forced to consider and take all appropriate legal action.”
In a separate endeavor, Rosengart contended in a legal filing that Britney Spears’ father should have to cover his own legal expenses from their court battle, according to NBC News.
In that filing, Rosengart accused the singer’s father of “taking more than $6 million from his daughter’s earnings” during the conservatorship, which spanned 13 years.
Jamie Spears, 69, previously asked for his daughter to be required to keep covering the fees.
“Mr. Spears, an ignominiously-suspended conservator — of a conservatorship that has been terminated — now seeks to siphon even more money from his daughter,” the paperwork reads.
Last week, Britney Spears, 40, referred to her sister, 30, as a “scum person” on Twitter, before walking back the comment in a subsequent post.
“What Dad did to me, they don’t even do that to criminals ... so for you to sit back and act completely aloof to what has happened to me is honestly insane to me,” Britney wrote Saturday.
Jamie Lynn Spears later asked her sister to “just call me.”
“I have attempted many times to speak to you directly like sisters should, but you still choose to do everything on a public platform,” Jamie Lynn Spears wrote Saturday.
“I’m happy to share how many times I’ve reached out to you, supported you and tried to help you,” Jamie Lynn added. “This is embarrassing and has to stop. Love you.”
Britney Spears, who won a Grammy in 2004, is known for hits such as “...Baby One More Time” and “Oops!...I Did It Again.”
Jamie Lynn Spears, meanwhile, starred on the Nickelodeon show “Zoey 101″ as a child actress, and now appears on the romantic-drama series “Sweet Magnolias.”
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