Britney Spears’ longtime manager Larry Rudolph QUITS position amid conservatorship battle

Britney Spears‘ longtime manager Larry Rudolph quit from the position Monday amid the singer’s conservatorship battle.

‘It has been over 2 1/2 years since Britney and I last communicated, at which time she informed me she wanted to take an indefinite work hiatus,’ Rudolph said in a statement to a court, according to Deadline, which reviewed the docs.

‘Earlier today, I became aware that Britney had been voicing her intention to officially retire,’ he wrote. ‘As her manager, I believe it is in Britney’s best interest for me to resign from her team as my professional services are no longer needed.’

Rudolph’s resignation comes after Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Brenda Penny denied the pop star’s most recent request to remove her father Jamie Spears from the head of the conservatorship on Wednesday, in response to a motion filed last November by Britney’s lawyer Samuel Ingham III, according to Variety. 

New court docs revealed in the case said that the request made by Britney’s camp was denied without prejudice, about a week after the Lucky singer gave a statement to the court about her personal travails under the constraints of the conservatorship, which she dubbed ‘abusive.’

The Grammy-winning singer last month spoke with the court for the first time in the 13-year history of the conservatorship, which was implemented amid a pileup of personal problems.

‘I cried on the phone for an hour and he loved every minute of it,’ Britney told the court of her father. ‘The control he had over someone as powerful as me – he loved the control to hurt his own daughter 100,000 percent. He loved it.

‘I just want my life back. And it’s been 13 years. And it’s enough. It’s been a long time since I’ve owned my money. And it’s my wish and my dream for all of this to end without being tested.’

Jamie continues to be the sole conservator of his daughter’s estate and wealth, with court-appointed conservator Jodi Montgomery overseeing the singer’s personal care the past two years.

A lawyer for Jamie on Wednesday filed legal docs that said his client was ‘concerned about the management and care of his daughter’ on Montgomery’s part.

Britney ‘told the court on June 23 that she is opposed to being under a conservatorship and revealed her ongoing disputes with Ms. Montgomery about her medical treatment and other personal care issues,’ Jamie’s attorney said.

Montgomery’s attorney said in a statement that Montgomery continues to be a ‘tireless advocate for Britney and for her well-being.’