{"id":207178,"date":"2026-03-06T10:21:18","date_gmt":"2026-03-06T10:21:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/207178\/"},"modified":"2026-03-06T10:21:18","modified_gmt":"2026-03-06T10:21:18","slug":"britney-spears-arrested-in-california-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/207178\/","title":{"rendered":"Britney Spears arrested in California"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao MvWXB TjIXL aGjvy ebVHC \">Britney Spears was arrested in California on Wednesday night, according to Ventura County Sheriff&#8217;s Office records.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Records indicate she was released early Thursday morning. The arresting agency was the California Highway Patrol, records state.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Spears is slated to appear in Ventura County Superior Court on May 4, 2026, according to arrest records.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Britney Spears arrives at the Los Angeles premiere of &quot;Once Upon a Time in Hollywood,&quot; on July 22, 2019. \" class=\"hsDdd NDJZt sJeUN IJwXl vBqtr KrDt itslR zFTjo hakZw HlUVI \" data-testid=\"prism-image\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/18680113_030526-cc-ap-britney-spears-img.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Britney Spears arrives at the Los Angeles premiere of &#8220;Once Upon a Time in Hollywood,&#8221; on July 22, 2019.<\/p>\n<p>Photo by Jordan Strauss\/Invision\/AP, File<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Ventura County is a coastal region in Southern California which shares a border with Los Angeles to the southeast.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">A representative for Spears shared a statement with ABC News on Thursday following the singer&#8217;s arrest.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">&#8220;This was an unfortunate incident that is completely inexcusable,&#8221; the statement read. &#8220;Britney 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&#8217;s life. Hopefully, she can get the help and support she needs during this difficult time.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">The statement noted that Spears&#8217; sons Sean Preston Federline and Jayden James Federline, whom she shares with ex Kevin Federline, &#8220;are going to be spending time with her.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">&#8220;Her loved ones are going to come up with an overdue needed plan to set her up for success for well being,&#8221; the statement added.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright \u00a9 2026 ABC News Internet Ventures.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Britney Spears was arrested in California on Wednesday night, according to Ventura County Sheriff&#8217;s Office records. Records indicate&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":206055,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[95171,8986,7,9,8,974],"class_list":{"0":"post-207178","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-california","8":"tag-95171","9":"tag-abc-news","10":"tag-california","11":"tag-california-headlines","12":"tag-california-news","13":"tag-national"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/207178","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=207178"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/207178\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/206055"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=207178"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=207178"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=207178"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}