Los Angeles: American pop star Britney Spears' conservatorship that takes care of her personal and professional life sued a blogger on Wednesday in case of defamation.
The lawsuit filed against the blogger alleges that Britney's Instagram account has been manipulated to make her appear needy and troubled.
The suit opens with "It is time for the conspiracy theories about Britney Spears' well-being and the mob #FreeBritney movement to stop."
According to the lawsuit, blogger Anthony Elia has played a key role in the 'Free Britney' phenomenon claiming that the pop star is being controlled against her will by her father Jaime, who serves as her conservator, and that she is secretively seeking help to free herself.
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The suit alleges that Elia "has made it his mission to spread false and malicious lies on the internet about Britney, her conservatorship and her team, including that those around Britney are harming her and not acting in her best interests."
The suit emphasizes on Absolute Britney Instagram post shared on June 14 alleging that the conservatorship was seeking to manipulate Britney Spears' Instagram account.
"Britney's team is deleting positive comments on her Instagram post and leaving negative ones to keep up the illusion that she needs help!" the post says.
"This has to be a human rights violation!!!!"
The post, which the suit calls "false and defamatory," was discussed by bigger blogs and some media outlets. Elia shared some of those reports.
The suit seeks unspecified damages and a court injunction permanently prohibiting Elia from spreading information on the subject.
However, Spears has put her career on hold for most of the year.
In January the 'Criminal' hitmaker postponed a planned Las Vegas residency permanently to be with her father, who was hospitalized after serious surgery.
Later in April, Britney announced in an Instagram post that she was taking time off to focus on self-care.
With inputs from APTN.
