The testimony of Britney Spears in the court case over her thirteen-year legal conservatorship should concern everyone. Publicly addressing the conditions of that conservatorship for the first time, Spears alleged that she had been subjected to forced visits to rehab, effective sterilization after being refused removal of a contraceptive device, and world tours performed under legal duress.

She claimed to have long been unaware that she was able to exit the conservatorship over her person and estate — a crucial deprivation of her right to appeal her legal status. After twenty-five minutes, she said the following to the presiding Los Angeles judge:

I wish I could stay with you on the phone forever, because when I get off the phone with you, all of a sudden all I hear are these noes . . . I deserve to have the same rights as anybody does.