Britney Spears’s husband, Sam Asghari, whom she married after she was launched from the conservatorship that managed her life for greater than a decade, filed for divorce on Wednesday after a bit greater than a 12 months of marriage, in line with Los Angeles court docket information.

The couple’s marriage in California in June 2022 was one in every of Spears’ first main life selections recognized to the general public after a decide terminated the conservatorship that ruled her private life and funds for greater than 13 years. Months earlier, the singer had made an anguished speech to a decide during which she stated that the conservatorship was “abusive” and was stopping her from getting married and having one other little one.

In line with the divorce submitting, which was submitted in Los Angeles Superior Courtroom, the couple separated on July 28. Mr. Asghari cited irreconcilable variations because the authorized grounds for divorce.

A lawyer for Ms. Spears, Mathew Rosengart, declined to remark.

The battle over Ms. Spears’s conservatorship prompted a re-examination of the best way her tribulations and struggles have been breathlessly coated greater than 15 years in the past by shiny magazines, grocery store tabloids, mainstream newspapers and tv exhibits, with some publications issuing public apologies. However the rumors of her newest divorce made headlines all over the world even earlier than the court docket papers have been filed, elevating questions on how a lot has modified.

Ms. Spears’s marriage to Mr. Asghari, a private coach, is her third. Her first marriage, in early 2004 when she was 22, to her childhood pal Jason Allan Alexander, was annulled after just a few days. In 2006, she filed for divorce from Kevin Federline, her second husband and the daddy of her two youngsters, after two years of marriage, citing “irreconcilable variations.”

Ms. Spears and Mr. Asghari met in 2016, when he appeared in a music video for her single “Slumber Get together,” the couple have stated in varied interviews. Since then, the 2 have made common appearances on one another’s social media accounts, with Ms. Spears’ famously private Instagram documenting their dwelling life and travels. Shortly earlier than the couple acquired married, Ms. Spears introduced that she had suffered a miscarriage.

The conservatorship was established in 2008 amid considerations about her psychological well being. Her father, James P. Spears, went on to train management over her private life and funds whilst she continued to carry out and generate vital earnings as a globally recognized pop star.

The restrictive nature of the conservatorship was described in information accounts and documentary movies, and 1000’s of followers shaped what turned generally known as the #FreeBritney motion, serving to to attract consideration to her plight.

Ms. Spears publicly addressed her struggles with the conservatorship intimately for the primary time in 2021, when she advised the decide overseeing her case that the association had been “demoralizing,” saying that she had been drugged and compelled to work towards her will. She stated she had been “traumatized” and that “I simply need my life again.”

“I would like to have the ability to get married and have a child,” Ms. Spears advised the court docket. “I used to be advised proper now within the conservatorship I’m not capable of get married or have a child.”

Later that 12 months, the decide suspended Mr. Spears from his place as overseer of his daughter’s property, and in November 2021, dominated to finish the conservatorship.

TMZ was first to report the information of the couple’s divorce proceedings.

Within the court docket submitting, Mr. Asghari marked that he can be looking for spousal help.

Ms. Spears’s loyal fan base is awaiting her personal account of the conservatorship and its demise: The singer’s memoir, referred to as “The Lady in Me,” is about for launch on Oct. 24.