In a June 23, 2021 hearing in Los Angeles Superior Court, Britney Spears said she was placed on lithium and drugged against her will under her conservatorship. The discussion has since widened from the case itself to a broader claim about industry control of artists' money and catalogs. Courtney Love told This Past Weekend that a publishing-rights mafia targets artists who own their catalogs, an assertion that remains unverified and contested.