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Britney Spears felt trapped. Her business manager benefited

By Liz Day, Emily Steel, Rachel Abrams and Samantha Stark
New York Times·
19 mins to read

Louise Taylor faces questions about whether she improperly enriched herself as the pop star's business manager.

In early 2008, a small-time Tennessee company with big-time aspirations made a loan to Britney Spears' father, who for years had struggled financially.

Less than a month later — after consulting with the owner of the company, Tri Star Sports & Entertainment Group — James P. Spears, known as Jamie, had his daughter placed into a conservatorship, a legal arrangement typically reserved for people

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