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Pop star Justin Timberlake is making amends for his previous alleged transgressions with women in the wake of the “Framing Britney Spears” documentary.

Spears is dealing with a legal fight with her family regarding her conservatorship and the documentary showed her apparent mental breakdown and the part her split with Timberlake allegedly played in that.

The two dated at the height of their teen careers and were tabloid fodder but, apparently, there was much going on behind the scenes.

Timberlake took to Instagram to issue his mea culpa to Spears as well as Janet Jackson, whose “wardrobe malfunction” during a SuperBowl halftime performance with him subjected her to scorn.

"I've seen the messages, tags, comments, and concerns and I want to respond. I am deeply sorry for the times in my life where my actions contributed to the problem, where I spoke out of turn, or did not speak up for what was right. I understand that I fell short in these moments and in many others and benefited from a system that condones misogyny and racism," he said on Friday.

"I also feel compelled to respond, in part, because everyone involved deserves better and most importantly, because this is a larger conversation that I wholeheartedly want to be part of and grow from," the singer said. "The industry is flawed. It sets men, especially white men, up for success. It's designed this way. As a man in a privileged position I have to be vocal about this. Because of my ignorance, I didn't recognize it for all that it was while it was happening in my own life but I do not want to ever benefit from others being pulled down again."

"I have not been perfect in navigating all of this throughout my career. I know this apology is a first step and doesn't absolve the past. I want to take accountability for my own missteps in all of this as well as be part of a world that uplifts and supports," he said. "I care deeply about the wellbeing of the people I love and have loved. I can do better and I will do better."

In the Spears case the judge ruled to keep the co-conservatorship between her dad Jamie Spears and Bessemer Trust.

Spears has petitioned to have her father removed as a co-conservator and her attorney, Samuel Ingham III said that his client "does not want her father as co-conservator and we recognize removal is a separate issue."

"The Probate Court's rulings today show the court's confidence in our client Jamie Spears and Bessemer Trust to manage the conservatorship of Ms. Spears' estate together. My client looks forward to working with Bessemer to continue an investment strategy in the best interests of his daughter," her father’s attorney said.