It hasn’t been a good week for Jamie Spears.

First, the documentary, “Framing Britney Spears,” raised serious questions about the court-ordered conservatorship that gave him full control of his famous daughter’s career and estate. Then on Thursday, a judge ruled against him and said he had to share that control with a third-party trust.

On top of all that, Britney Spears’ boyfriend, Sam Asghari, blasted him on social media, calling him a “total d—.”

Can it get any worse for someone’s reputation than being portrayed as controlling and mercenary on social media and in a much-buzzed about TV special?

Diane Sawyer attends A Celebration of Barbara Walters at the Four Seasons Restaurant on Wednesday, May 14, 2014 in New York. 

Well, let’s check with Justin Timberlake and Diane Sawyer, who are among a number of celebrities and journalists who came under scrutiny in “Framing Britney Spears.” The New York Times documentary looks at the destructive ways the pop singer, 39, was mistreated during her rise to fame and as her mental health struggles made headlines.

In the week since the documentary aired on FX, Timberlake and Sawyer joined Jamie Spears as the biggest lightning rods for Twitter discussions about how Spears suffered from an insidious celebrity culture and people trying to capitalize off her fame.

As the documentary shows, Timberlake and Sawyer helped create and drive some of the misogynistic media narratives about the singer, which included different versions of slut-shaming and rampant speculation that she was mentally unstable and an unfit mother. Spears fans, who align themselves with the #FreeBritney campaign to end her conservatorship, made Timberlake and Sawyer top Twitter trending topics during the week and demanded that they issue public apologies.

It’s not clear whether Spears has seen the documentary but she appeared to comment on it indirectly with posts on Instagram and Twitter. She shared a video of a past performance and wrote, “I’ll always love being on stage … but I am taking the time to learn and be a normal person … I love simply enjoying the basics of every day life!!!!”

She also wrote, “Remember, no matter what we think we know about a person’s life it is nothing compared to the actual person living behind the lens.”

The documentary argues that Timberlake tried to use his breakup from Spears in 2002 to promote his career. The former “Mickey Mouse Club” stars dated from 1999 to 2002.

Timberlake implied Spears was unfaithful in his 2002 breakup single, “Cry Me a River,” according to the documentary. Timberlake also suggested in an interview with Barbara Walters that Spears cheated on him.

The documentary furthermore includes audio from a 2002 radio interview in which Timberlake enthusiastically said, “OK, yeah I did it,” when the host asked if he had sex with Spears. Timberlake’s casual revelation came after Spears for years had said she planned to wait until marriage to lose her virginity.

Timberlake’s narrative about Spears carried over into her now-controversial 2003 interview with Sawyer.

During the “Primetime Thursday” interview, Sawyer hit out at Spears, then 22, over Timberlake’s claims that she broke his heart. “You did something that caused him so much pain, so much suffering,” Sawyer asked. “What did you do?”

Sawyer also pushed Spears to respond to a politician’s wife blasting her for using her sexuality in her performances. Kendel Ehrlich, then the wife of Maryland’s governor, said at a conference on domestic violence that she would “shoot Britney Spears” if given the opportunity.

“I hate to say that,” Ehrlich said. “But you know, like I said, I’m raising a boy … and I think, ‘Oh my goodness, what would I do if I had a daughter who is seeing these images and having peer pressure?”

Sawyer implied that Ehrlich’s comments were justified “because of the example for kids and how hard it is to be a parent.”

Sawyer also pushed Spears to tears when she generally asked her about her “rough year.”

“I’m embarrassed,” Spears said. “Can we stop this?”

Other celebrities held accountable in the documentary include comedians Jay Leno, Joel McHale, Kathy Griffin and Sarah Silverman, the latter for joking at the MTV Video Music Awards about Spears’ “slutty clothes” and saying that Spears’ young sons are “the most adorable mistakes you’ll ever see.”

But Timberlake, Sawyer and Jamie Spears took the biggest hits, with Sawyer probably suffering the biggest reputational fall from grace.

Sawyer has long been known as a pioneering woman in the profession. She became the first female correspondent on CBS’ venerable newsmagazine, “60 Minutes,” and one of the few women to anchor a nightly news show. Despite her resume as a feminist and serious journalist, Sawyer still pushed Spears about her personal life and engaged in the slut-shaming about her appearance.

Janet Jackson, left, covers her breast after her outfit came undone during the half time performance with Justin Timberlake at Super Bowl XXXVIII in Houston. (AP Photo/David Phillip, File) 

The documentary suggests that Sawyer and others were going along with the sexism in society and the way women and sex were commonly talked about in the pre-#MeToo 2000s. New York Times critic Wesley Morris argued that Bill Clinton’s scandalous affair with White House intern Monica Lewinsky “brought the lewd discussion of sex, and the specter of sex panic, back into the public sphere,” as the Guardian said.

Meanwhile, the documentary’s depiction of Timberlake and Jamie Spears may have been damning, but their reputations have already been tarnished in recent years.

Some people in the singer’s circle have portrayed Jamie Spears as Britney’s savior, because he stepped in to manage her career, finances and medical care after she spiraled out of control in 2007 and was placed on a psychiatric hold.

But the singer alleged in November that she is “afraid” of her father and said she won’t resume performing while he controls her affairs. The documentary also showed that he battled alcoholism and was often absent during her childhood and when she was starting her career, only saying at one point that he hoped his daughter would get rich and “buy me a boat.”

Timberlake also has emerged as a divisive figure in pop culture in recent years, mostly because of his role in Janet Janet’s infamous “wardrobe malfunction” at the 2004 Super Bowl. Jackson suffered severe professional consequences after she performed with Timberlake and her breast was briefly revealed on live TV. Timberlake, on the other hand, appeared to benefit from the controversy by being invited to attend the 2004 Grammy Awards.

Last year, Timberlake, who has been married to Jessica Biel since 2012, was the subject of reports alleging that he had behaved “inappropriately” with a female co-star at a New Orleans bar. The reports reminded fans of stories about Timberlake going back to at least 2010, when Us Weekly said he was leading “a double life” and reportedly cheated on Biel when they were dating.