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Britney Spears Arrested for DUI in Southern California

  • On Wednesday , Britney Spears, 44-year-old pop star, was detained by the California Highway Patrol in Ventura County around 9:30 p.m., TMZ first reported she was handcuffed.
  • This week, Spears secured a permanent restraining order against a 51-year-old Louisiana man who trespassed at her Southern California home, amid prior erratic driving including an October 2025 video at Red-O.
  • Booking records show Spears was processed at 3:02 a.m., with an assigned booking number, occupation listed as "celebrity," and her vehicle towed, Ventura County Sheriff's Office logs confirm.
  • Cited and released, Spears is scheduled to appear in Ventura County Superior Court on May 4.
  • Spears disputed she was behind the wheel, posting it was a “lookalike.” Earlier this year she sold her catalogue to Primary Wave and plans to perform live in the near future.
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According to U.S. pop star Britney Spears, U.S. media has been briefly arrested near Los Angeles for driving drunkenness. Spears was detained on Wednesday night (local time) and detained overnight, as evidenced by documents from the Ventura County Police in California. Accordingly, Spears was released early in the morning and a court meeting was scheduled for May 4th. Several media reported, citing police circles, that the 44-year-old had been a…

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TMZ broke the news in Los Angeles, United States on Thursday, March 5, 2026.
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