Iggy Azalea Says She 'Personally Witnessed' The Behavior Britney Spears Alleged In Court Testimony
With Britney Spears' shocking court testimony still making headlines, Iggy Azalea is the latest star to lend her support to the 39-year-old.
The 31-year-old alleged that she witnessed some of the behavior Britney mentioned in her testimony where the "Womanizer" singer said her conservatorship was "abusive."
"Its [sic] basic human decency to at the very least remove a person Britney has identified as abusive from her life. This should be illegal," the "Fancy" singer began her statement.
"During the time we worked together in 2015, I personally witnessed the same behavior Britney detailed in regards to her father [Jamie Spears] last week and I just want to back her up & tell the world that: She is not exaggerating or lying," she continued.
Azalea alleged that Jamie had her sign an NDA ahead of her and Britney's joint performance of their song "Pretty Girls" at the 2015 Billboard Music Awards. "Her father conveniently waited until literally moments before our BMAs performance when I was backstage in the dressing room & told me if I did not sign an NDA he would not allow me on stage," she alleged.
"The way he went about getting me to sign a contract, sounded similar to the tactics Britney spoke about last week in regards to her Las Vegas show," Azalea wrote. "Jamie Spears has a habit of making people sign documents while under Duress it seems, and Britney Spears should not be forced to co-exist with that man when she’s made it clear it is negatively impacting her mental health. This is not right at all."
Azalea also alleged that while she was working with Britney, she "saw her restricted from even the most bizarre & trivial things: like how many sodas she was allowed to drink. Why is that even Necessary?"
Last week, Britney alleged that she had an IUD put in place but could not get it removed because her conservators allegedly do not want her to have more children or to get married. She also claimed that she has little privacy in her home, with caretakers even allegedly watching her get changed.
The "Circus" singer also claimed that she was put on Lithium after she said she wanted to pull out of a show in Las Vegas.
"He took me off my normal meds I’ve been on for five years. And Lithium is a very, very strong and completely different medication compared to what I was used to. You can go mentally impaired if you take too much, if you stay on it longer than five months. But he put me on that and I felt drunk. …Not only did my family not do a goddamn thing, my dad was all for it. Anything that happened to me had to be approved by my dad," she said.
Jamie has since filed new court documents stating he does not "participate in or discuss Ms. Spears’ personal affairs with her, such as issues related to her self-care, marriage, and reproductive desires…Mr. Spears is simply not involved in any decisions related to Ms. Spears’ personal care of medical or reproductive issues."
New court documents filed by the Los Angeles Superior Court on Wednesday, June 30, revealed that a request filed by Britney's attorney Samuel Ingham III months ago to remove Jamie as her sole conservator was denied. It was not in response to her hearing last week.
