Who is Justin Bieber’s former business manager – and why did he fire her?

Taylor’s business relationship with Bieber reportedly ended on bad terms, and the “Baby” singer has since hired Johnny Depp’s business manager, Edward White, per British media.

As some readers will remember, Taylor was previously accused of being involved in forming Britney Spears’ conservatorship. These are not the only times she’s had bad press either.

Here’s what to know about Lou Taylor.

Lou Taylor is a controversial business manager

According to her website, Taylor is the founder and CEO of Tri Star Sports and Entertainment Group, where she works with musicians, actors, entertainers and athletes. Services her firm provides include accounting, financial statement preparation, royalty audits, participation rights audits, tour accounting, production accounting and estate planning. The website notes that Taylor’s goal is to “not only exceed the needs of her clients, but to realise and meet those needs before they even know they have one”.

She’s had a long list of celebrity clients

She was mentioned in Britney and Lynne Spears’ memoirs

Taylor was thrown into the spotlight when reports emerged that Spears was blaming her former business manager for many of her conservatorship-related issues, notes US media. These were exemplified in three bombshell documentaries about Spears’ life, including FX and Hulu’s The New York Times Presents: Controlling Britney Spears, which alleged that Tri Star’s Greenhill secretly monitored the “Everytime” singer’s phone. The company has denied the claim, adds US media.

What’s more, in Lynne Spears’ memoir Through the Storm: A Real Story of Fame and Family in a Tabloid World, the author suggested that Taylor was one of the first people to recommend a temporary conservatorship for Britney, per Esquire.

Why won’t celebrities drop Lou Taylor?

That seems to be the question for many looking from the outside: why do these celebs hire Taylor in the first place? According to various sources, the controversial business manager remains a force to be reckoned with in the industry.