Britney Spears voluntarily checks into rehab after California DUI arrest in March

Pop star Britney Spears has voluntarily checked into rehab following her DUI arrest in Southern California in March, a consultant for the singer advised CBS LA.

The information comes greater than a month after Spears was taken into custody on March 4 by California Freeway Patrol officers in Ventura County. On the time, officers mentioned that they acquired studies of a rushing automobile on the 101 Freeway, and once they positioned the automobile, they mentioned that Spears gave the impression to be impaired. She was arrested for suspicion of driving below the affect after present process discipline sobriety assessments.

Authorities nonetheless haven’t supplied the outcomes of the chemical take a look at taken after the arrest.

Spears, 44, was launched from custody early on March 5.

A consultant for the singer shared a press release on the time of her arrest, which mentioned that the incident was “unlucky” and “utterly inexcusable.”

“Britney goes to take the best steps and adjust to the regulation and hopefully this may be step one in lengthy overdue change that should happen in Britney’s life,” the consultant’s assertion mentioned. “Hopefully, she will get the assistance and help she wants throughout this tough time.”

CBS has reached out to the Ventura County District Lawyer’s Workplace to see if Spears’ resolution will have an effect on her upcoming court docket date, which was scheduled for Could 4.

Spears final carried out publicly in 2018 together with her “Piece of Me” tour, which came about a decade into her 13-year court-appointed conservatorship.

In 2021, a Los Angeles choose ended the conservatorship following a authorized battle. Since then, Spears has been energetic on social media, usually posting movies of herself dancing. She printed a memoir titled “The Lady in Me” in 2023.