Britney Spears reportedly spoke “irrationally” and appeared to have “severe mood swings” when she was arrested on suspicion of drink-driving in March.
The pop star also had a bottle of Adderall that was not prescribed to her and an empty wine glass in her car, according to reports, audio files and dash cam video from the California Highway Patrol obtained by multiple media outlets including New York Times, people and USA Today Thursday.
Her mood changed from “confrontational and agitated to reckless and submissive,” the arresting officer wrote in his report. The times, peoplehe USA Today. “She also seems to speak with a British accent sometimes.”
When she was stopped, Spears denied that she was drunk, according to the newspaper timesShe said she only had one mimosa that afternoon.
However, a female officer smelled alcohol coming from her vehicle, the arrest report said, according to multiple media outlets. She initially refused to get out of the car, saying she had been subjected to a “prank” in the past, according to the newspaper times and USA Today. When she finally emerged about 10 minutes later, the officer noticed that her speech was slurred and her gait was unsteady, according to reports, and said he smelled alcohol on her breath, according to reports. USA Today.
“Her eyes were also red and watery, and her pupils were dilated,” the officer stated in his report. USA Today.
The officer told Spears she was stopped because she was “swerving in two lanes,” to which the singer apologized and said she was “on my phone,” according to a video of the arrest obtained by police. times.
“You can come to my house — I’ll make you food or lasagna or whatever you want,” she said. times and the people I mentioned. “I have a swimming pool.”
When she was examined, she was “talking nonsense about things not related to exercise,” another officer who evaluated her wrote, according to the report. times.
While her breath tests showed blood alcohol concentrations of 0.05 and 0.06 percent, below the legal limit in California, she told officers she was taking Prozac as well as Lamictal to treat epilepsy and “mood swings,” and Adderall to stay “high,” times and the people I mentioned. An officer who evaluated Spears concluded that she was under the influence of a stimulant, according to The Verge Time, people and USA Today.
When she was asked to go to the hospital for a blood test, according to documents released by the CHP state, she became “argumentative and hostile.”
The officers who evaluated Spears said that she was using different accents, and sometimes using a childish voice, during her arrest, and that there were radical changes in her behavior. times I mentioned.
And at some point in the video I got timesWhile in the back of the police car, Spears said the officers were “treating me badly” and “lying.”
“I didn’t have a DUI!” She said. “I wasn’t even drinking.”
She later said she was “scared” and just “wanted”.[s] To go home.”
Spears’ representative said that after she was released from prison the morning after her arrest Hollywood Reporter What happened was “an unfortunate and completely unjustified incident.”
The actor added, “Britney will take the right steps and abide by the law, and we hope this is the first step in the long-overdue change that needs to happen in Britney’s life. We hope she can get the help and support she needs during this difficult time. Her children will spend time with her. Her loved ones will make the long-overdue plan to set her up for success for wellbeing.”
Spears voluntarily entered rehab in April.
Earlier this month, she pleaded guilty to reckless driving and was sentenced to 12 months in prison, avoiding prison time on the misdemeanor charge.
In her diary for 2023, The woman inside meSpears described Adderall as her “drug of choice” and said she took it to relieve feelings of depression.
Spears was released from her controversial 13-year conservatorship in 2021.
