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Britney’s courtroom statement was a woman’s plea for human rights

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Virginia Heffernan
Jun 29, 2021
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The testimony of Britney Spears almost defies belief. In an unconventional but poetic speech before a Los Angeles probate judge on Wednesday, Spears described the shock, trauma and manipulation that has characterized her 13-year indenture to what she alleges is a brutal system of subjugation, medicalization and forced labor.

What came through in her 24-m…

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