Britney Spears was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence of a combination of drugs and alcohol (DUI) in Ventura, Calif., PEOPLE can confirm.<\/p>\n
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According to records from the Ventura Sheriff\u2019s Office, Spears, 44, was placed under arrest on the evening of Wednesday, March 4. She was released early in the morning on Thursday, March 5. The arrest was listed as a \u201ccite and release\u201d with no probation.<\/p>\n
A law enforcement source told PEOPLE that Spears\u2019 arrest was on suspicion of a DUI, which the California Highway Patrol (CHP) Moorpark Area later confirmed.<\/p>\n
According to a press release issued by Public Information Officer Ryan Ayers Thursday, a \u201cblack BMW 430i was reported to the CHP\u2019s Ventura Communications Center for driving erratically at a high rate of speed\u201d and was pulled over. \u201cThe solo occupant, Ms. Spears, showed signs of impairment and submitted to a series of field sobriety tests.\u201d<\/p>\n
She \u201cwas subsequently arrested for a violation of California Vehicle Code section 23152(g), driving under the influence of a combination of drugs and alcohol\u201d and booked.<\/p>\n
The CHP says the incident is still under investigation and that chemical test results are pending.<\/p>\n
TMZ was the first to report the news.<\/p>\n
\u201cShe\u2019s very emotional and regretful this morning,\u201d a source tells PEOPLE.<\/p>\n Spears is due to appear in court for the incident on May 4.<\/p>\n \u201cThis was an unfortunate incident that is completely inexcusable,\u201d a representative for Spears tells PEOPLE in a statement. \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 The rep adds, \u201cHer boys are going to be spending time with her. Her loved ones are going to come up with an overdue needed plan to set her up for success for well being.\u201d<\/p>\n Spears shares sons Sean Preston, 20, and Jayden James, 19, with her ex-husband, Kevin Federline.<\/p>\n Spears, whose social media videos have garnered a lot of online attention, also seemingly dectivated her Instagram sometime this week.<\/p>\n This arrest comes amid years of highs and lows for the singer. In November 2021 Spears\u2019 13-year conservatorship was terminated by an L.A. county judge. Last month, PEOPLE confirmed that Spears sold her music catalog. It is unclear how much she was paid for her music.<\/p>\n Spears has recently been very outspoken about how she feels she was treated by her family, including dad Jamie, 73, mom Lynne, 70, and sister Jamie Lynn, 34. In a February Instagram post, she called out her family, without directly naming anyone.<\/p>\n \u201cFor those of you in your family that have said to help you is to isolate you and make you feel unbelievably left out \u2026 they were wrong. We can forgive as people but u don\u2019t ever forget,\u201d Spears wrote at the time. \u201cYearning and longing for contact is always crucial !!!\u201d<\/p>\n Spears added that she believes she is \u201cincredibly lucky to even be alive with how my family treated me once in my life and now I\u2019m scared of them.\u201d<\/p>\n If you or someone you know is struggling with substance abuse, please contact the SAMHSA helpline at 1-800-662-HELP.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The 44-year-old pop star was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence of drugs and alcohol (DUI) in Ventura, Calif., on March 4 Britney Spears was… <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8311,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8310","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/grow48.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8310","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/grow48.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/grow48.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grow48.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grow48.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8310"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/grow48.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8310\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8312,"href":"https:\/\/grow48.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8310\/revisions\/8312"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grow48.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/8311"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/grow48.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8310"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grow48.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8310"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grow48.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8310"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"Britney](\"https:\/\/people.com\/thmb\/RvMkVdWxP4fL0QQs3KJWiueDCLQ=\/4000x0\/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():focal(499x0:501x2)\/britney-spears-110725-1-c88e4fe269b449e5bdfd76c72f7c8939.jpg\")
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