{"id":370278,"date":"2026-03-06T03:49:10","date_gmt":"2026-03-06T03:49:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/370278\/"},"modified":"2026-03-06T03:49:10","modified_gmt":"2026-03-06T03:49:10","slug":"britney-spears-rep-releases-statement-saying-popstar-needs-change-after-dui-arrest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/370278\/","title":{"rendered":"Britney Spears rep releases statement saying popstar needs change after DUI arrest"},"content":{"rendered":"

[WATCH: In the video player above, Hollywood facts.]<\/strong><\/p>\n

(WJW) \u2013 Britney Spears<\/a>\u00a0has been arrested for allegedly driving under the influence, according to multiple reports.<\/p>\n

And, in a statement to PEOPLE Magazine<\/a> a representative of Spears called the situation an \u201cunfortunate incident that is completely inexcusable<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n

Rootstown parents object to school\u2019s handling of 9-year-old daughter\u2019s incident <\/a><\/p>\n

According to Variety Magazine, at about 9:30 p.m. on Wednesday, the 44-year-old was hand-cuffed by the California Highway Patrol<\/a>. TMZ, who first reported the story, said the former pop star was arrested in Ventura County<\/a>, California, but has since been released.<\/p>\n

\"HOLLYWOOD,<\/a><\/p>\n

HOLLYWOOD, CALIFORNIA \u2013 JULY 22: Britney Spears attends Sony Pictures\u2019 \u201cOnce Upon a Time \u2026 in Hollywood\u201d Los Angeles Premiere on July 22, 2019 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Axelle\/Bauer-Griffin\/FilmMagic)<\/p>\n

In a statement to PEOPLE, a representative of Spears said in part<\/a>:<\/p>\n

\u201cBritney is going to take the right steps and comply with the law and hopefully this can be the first step in long overdue change that needs to occur in Britney\u2019s life.\u201d<\/p>\n

FOX 8\u2019s sister station, KTLA<\/a>, said Spears was released at 6:07 a.m. on March 5.<\/p>\n

An arrest record shows she is scheduled to appear in court on May 4, according to Variety,<\/p>\n

No other details were immediately available.<\/p>\n

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For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to Fox 8 Cleveland WJW. <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"[WATCH: In the video player above, Hollywood facts.] (WJW) \u2013 Britney Spears\u00a0has been arrested for allegedly driving under…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":370279,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[264],"tags":[12865,171265,18,117,19,17,337,39828,40486,79591,171267,171266],"class_list":["post-370278","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-music","tag-britney-spears","tag-california-highway-patrol","tag-eire","tag-entertainment","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-music","tag-people-magazine","tag-representative","tag-statement","tag-unfortunate-incident","tag-variety-magazine"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@ie\/116180193565388672","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/370278","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=370278"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/370278\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/370279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=370278"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=370278"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=370278"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}