arrest\u00a0on suspicion of driving under the influence<\/a>. The singer voluntarily checked into the treatment facility, a rep for the singer tells Rolling Stone. <\/p>\n\n\tThe move comes just over a month after she was arrested on March 4 outside of Los Angeles County. A California Highway Patrol spokesperson told\u00a0Rolling Stone\u00a0at the time that officers suspected Spears was driving under the influence of alcohol and drugs. \u201cMs. Spears, showed signs of impairment and submitted to a series of field sobriety tests. Ms. Spears was subsequently arrested for a violation of California Vehicle Code section 23152(g), driving under the influence of a combination of drugs and alcohol, and booked into the Ventura County Main Jail.\u201d<\/p>\n
\n\tSpears was booked and released a few hours later. <\/p>\n
\n\tFollowing the arrest, a rep for Spears told Rolling Stone the singer was due for a \u201clong overdue change\u201d in her life and was dedicated to getting the help she needed.<\/p>\n
\n\t\u201cThis was an unfortunate incident that is completely inexcusable,\u201d said the rep. \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. Hopefully, she can get the help and support she needs during this difficult time.\u201d <\/p>\n
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\n\t\u201cHer loved ones are going to come up with an overdue needed plan to set her up for success for well-being,\u201d they added.<\/p>\n
\n\tSpears eventually broke her silence on the arrest<\/a>, saying, \u201cThank you guys for all your support\u2026 spending time with family and friends is such a blessing,\u201d she wrote \u201cStay kind !!!\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The move comes just over a month after she was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":389170,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[2003,458,7391,146,85,46,99832],"class_list":{"0":"post-389169","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-celebrities","8":"tag-britney-spears","9":"tag-celebrities","10":"tag-controversy","11":"tag-entertainment","12":"tag-il","13":"tag-israel","14":"tag-rehab"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/389169","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=389169"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/389169\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/389170"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=389169"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=389169"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=389169"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}