Thread on Jon Eardley, the second lawyer Britney attempted to hire to help get her out of the corrupt conservatorship, and how he fought for her civil rights for over a year.

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On January 31, 2008--Britney was placed in [pre-planned/set up] 72 hour involuntary hold (5150) at UCLA despite willingly admitting herself. The same day, her father filed for a "temporary" conservatorship over Britney, due to claims of "dementia."
Next day, James’ attorney Geraldine Wyle filed an order to waive the 5 day notice requirement. Conservatees are legally entitled to 5 days notice before a court hearing. James & Wyle said if Britney was given notice her estate & medical treatment would suffer.
The first lawyer Britney attempted to hire to challenge the conservatorship was Adam Streisand. Streisand went to court for Britney on February 4, 2008, but was told by Judge Reva Goetz that Britney had no capacity to hire an attorney. He quit/was told to leave the courtroom.
Feb 12, 2008, Jon Eardley stated he was hired by Britney. Eardley said Britney's civil rights were/are violated. He was "concerned for the emotional & physical safety of Britney under these circumstances." He argued B had a right to speak to the court, & retain her own doctors
Eardley went on to say "there are financial issues which involve the possible misappropriation of assets." James’ atty Wexler argued Eardley was costing conservator/James too much money in court. (We have seen this tactic whenever anyone wants to challenge the conservatorship.)
Eardley has this to say about an alleged phone conversation he had with Britney near the beginning of him helping her: “talked to her a few days ago and someone wrestled the phone away from her. I've not talked to her since then."
On February 14, 2008--Eardley filed a civil action to send Britney's case to the US District Court, as he felt it would have a better chance at a fair trial, for what he saw as a civil rights case. He said Britney was denied her money, her friends, and counsel of her choosing.
Eardly also said "the deprivation of her civil liberties by the conservator is so severe as to interfere with the effectiveness of the scheduled medication." Meaning James was being so intense, that the stress of him outweighed any benefits Brit may have been receiving from meds
A week later Judge Philip Gutierrez rejected Eardley's civil right challenge, and sent Britney's case back to state court. He cited the previous ruling of Britney being incapable to retain her own counsel, and thus Eardley had no right to represent her.
Days later, Eardley wrote the conservatorship was “palpably biased" & "Ms. Spears has never been and is not now on comfortable terms with her live-in-father conservator. In fact, counsel has learned that there has been significant verbal attacks by her live-in-father conservator”
Eardley's spokesperson, Michael Sands, claimed Brit was being robbed on a grand scale: racketeering, wire fraud, & money laundering, & theft occurred prior to the cship, & was to continue with the cship. Sands said his office had been broken into & data had been stolen/erased.
March 2008 Eardley continued to challenge the conservatorship. A three judge panel dismissed Eardley's appeal based on temporary conservatorships being excluded from appeals. It was made clear if Eardley continued to file against the conservatorship, it would warrant sanctions.
Then on January 21, 2009—Britney allegedly called a lawyer & left a vm wanting to be guaranteed her custodial time would remain the same while fighting to end the cship. (To many this is proof that Britney's only concern during this entire time was being able to see her kids.)
Feb 2009 Eardley reiterates to Britney that her civil rights were/are being violated and the judges are bias, "Commissioner Gordon was quick to deny you all of your visitation rights, even before Cedars issued its evaluation that you were not under the influence...”
March 2009 Eardley likened Brit’s cship to Soviet dissidents in the book, "The Gulag Archipelago” & the noted parallels between Britney and the forced laborers of the work camps. He went on to say, "It is worth noting that there has not even been a ‘show trial’ for Ms. Spears."
April 2009 a 3 year restraining order was issued against Eardley (& Lufti) by Judge Aviva K Bobb. Lufti's atty said, "Never before in the history of the world has a restraining order been issued against someone who merely responded to cries for help." Eardley stopped after this.
In my opinion, Eardley is the only lawyer who truly tried to help Britney. I feel he experienced attorney abuse and was made an example. There is a lot of money at stake in probate court, and the system was not about to let Britney Spears' money get away from them.
Probate court had to crush Eardley to send a message to other lawyers. (Remember what Courtney Love said, "I've tried to lobby attorneys for years with a glimmer of humanity to take on Spears situation and they always p*ssy out.")
Since Brit wasn't allowed to hire her own atty, it put Eardley in jeopardy when he filed on her behalf. Eardley was admitted to the CA bar in 1987. He received no disciplinary actions until 2010. Due to seemingly person/profession reasons Eardley is ineligible to practice law.
I feel the best way to continue Eardley’s work is to maintain that Britney's civil rights were violated from the start, and that this cship should never have happened. We gotta keep fighting to break her out of this gulag probate system & make sure this is not a show trial.
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