Judging by Jamie Lynn Spearsâ response to Britney Spearsâ cease and desist letter, things are beginning to get even uglier between these feuding sisters. The Netflix starâs lawyer, Bryan Freedman, just sent a letter to Britneyâs legal team dismissing their claims about Jamie Lynnâs new book, Things I Should Have Said.
In the letter, which was obtained by TMZ and Page Six on January 19, 2022, Jamie Lynnâs lawyer hit back at Britneyâs âdisappointingâ decision to issue a cease-and-desist letter despite her recent âvile statementsâ on social media about the Sweet Magnolias star. âAs an initial matter, in your Letter you state that Britney is going to take the âhigh road.â However, just today your client posted vile statements on social media concerning Jamie Lynn,â Freedman wrote, seemingly referencing Britneyâs recent Instagram post where she wrote that she shouldâve âslappedâ her sister and mother Lynne Spears during a past incident.
Jamie Lynnâs lawyer went on to note that the Nickelodeon alum and her family have received repeated death threats as a result of this drama. âAs you know from previous social media posts, Jamie Lynn has had her children violently threatened, and we have no doubt that these new intimidating and threatening social media posts will lead to similar threats of violence,â Freedman added. âTo be clear, social media posts that include cyberbullying which cause death threats to Jamie Lynn and her family, is neither the âhigh road,â nor anything that will be tolerated.â
The letter went on to note that Jamie Lynn is also a âmember of the Spears familyâ who has âsuffered through her own experiences and her own trauma,â before claiming that Britneyâs legal team failed âto specify any legal wrongdoing whatsoeverâ in the cease-and-desist letter as far as Jamie Lynnâs book is concerned.
âJamie Lynn hopes that there will no further postings or inflammatory letters being sent to the media,â the note continued. âBeyond telling the truth, and denying the allegations against her, as a mother, Jamie Lynn needs to protect her children and cannot continue to be subjected to death threats, and other postings insinuating physical violence against her and her family. Jamie Lynn supports Britney and as always, she hopes she can get the healing, peace, and freedom she rightfully deserves.â
Jamie Lynnâs response comes just one day after Britneyâs lawyer Matthew Rosengartâwho represented her when Britneyâs conservatorship was terminated in December 2021âissued a cease-and-desist letter on behalf of the pop star over her sisterâs âdefamatoryâ and âill-timedâ book, Things I Should Have Said.
âWe write with some hesitation because the last thing Britney wants is to bring more attention to your ill-timed book and its misleading or outrageous claims about her,â the letter read. âAlthough Britney has not read and does not intend to read your book, she and millions of her fans were shocked to see how you have exploited her for monetary gain. She will not tolerate it, nor should she.â
Rosengartâs letter continued, âYou of all people know the abuse and wrongdoing Britney had to endure during the conservatorship, after initially growing up with a âruinous,â alcoholic father. In fact, your own book reportedly states that your father âspent most of my life in that cycle of ruinous behavior. His bouts of drinking caused me periods of torment and sorrow.'â
The letter went on to suggest that Jamie Lynnâs book, along with recent claims amid her promotional tour, is âunlawfulâ and âdefamatoryâ to Britney. âAs I have previously stated, having endured a 13-year conservatorship that stripped her of civil rights and fundamental liberties, Britney will no longer be bullied by her father or anyone else,â Rosengart added. âBritney was the familyâs breadwinner and she also otherwise supported you,â The letter continued. âPublicly airing false or fantastical grievances is wrong, especially when designed to sell books. It is also potentially unlawful and defamatory.â
Rosengart ended the letter by threatening Jamie Lynn with âlegal actionâ if she doesnât stop talking about Britney âderogatorilyâ in the press. âYou recently reportedly stated that the book was ânot about her.â She takes you at your word and we, therefore, demand that you cease and desist from referencing Britney derogatorily during your promotional campaign,â the letter read. âIf you fail to do so or defame her, Britney will be forced to consider and take all appropriate legal action.â
The cease-and-desist letter came just hours after Britney slammed Jamie Lynn in an Instagram post on January 18, 2022, where she claimed that she shouldâve âslappedâ her younger sister and her mother for how they treated her when she was younger. âMy Mamma was on pain medication and could barely hold a conversation in the house because her and my dad split and she was more messed up than anything !!!!â Britney recalled. âI remember her sitting on the floor in a conversation and she never got up⌠and Iâm sorry Jamie Lynn, I wasnât strong enough to do what should have been done ⌠slapped you and Mamma right across your fucking faces !!!!!â
The cease-and-desist letter also came after another Instagram post in which Britney called Jamie Lynn a âscum personâ after a Nightline interview, in which the Zoey 101 star claimed that Britney once locked the two of them in a room together with a knife. âJamie Lynn⌠congrats babe! Youâve stooped to a whole new level of LOW⌠Iâve never been around you ever with a knife or would I ever even think to do such!!!â Britney wrote. âThe only knife I ever saw you with at home was cutting the biggest pieces of squash I ever saw in my life and it was way too big for me to cut⌠So please please stop with these crazy lies for the Hollywood books!!! NOW and only NOW do I know only a scum person would make up such things about someoneâŚ.â
Things I Should Have Said by Jamie Lynn Spears is available on Amazon.
A Motherâs Gift by Britney & Lynne Spears

Image: Courtesy of Delacorte Books.
For more about Britney Spears, read her 2001 book, A Motherâs Gift. The semi-autobiographical fiction novel, which was co-written with Britneyâs mother Lynne Spears, follows Holly Faye Lovell, a 14-year-old girl from the small town of Biscay, Mississippi, who has dreams of becoming a singer. When Holly becomes the youngest student ever to win a scholarship to the prestigious Haverty School of Music, she must make a choice of whether to leave her mother, Wanda, behind or pursue her dreams. As Holly starts her new life and makes posh new friends, she finds herself embarrassed by her mom and their humble background, as Wanda struggles with a long-hidden secret that could destroy her bond with her daughter forever.
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