American singer Britney Spears has begun a detoxification treatment, US media reported on Sunday, a month after her arrest for driving under the influence in California. The former pop star was arrested in early March and detained in California before quickly being released, according to public records from the Ventura County Sheriff’s Office near Los Angeles, which did not specify whether she was driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs.
“It is an unfortunate and totally inexcusable incident. Britney will take the necessary steps and comply with the law,” one of her representatives reacted in a statement sent to Deadline. Several US media outlets reported on Sunday that the 44-year-old singer had voluntarily entered a detoxification program at a treatment center, without specifying the exact date of admission or the nature of her treatment. Britney Spears is scheduled to appear in court on May 4 for her arrest for driving under the influence, according to the Los Angeles Times.
“I liked to drink, but I never lost control,” said the singer of “…Baby One More Time” and “Oops!… I Did It Again,” who dominated the music scene in the 2000s. Her tumultuous life is detailed in her autobiography, “La Femme en moi,” published in October 2023. “I liked to drink, but I never lost control,” she writes, also admitting to taking Adderall, a medication prescribed for the treatment of attention disorders that belongs to the amphetamine family. She reflects on her impoverished childhood spent in the shadow of an alcoholic father, her romantic troubles with Justin Timberlake, and the harassment from paparazzi.
Following her downward spiral in 2007, the singer was placed under the conservatorship of her father Jamie Spears, who controlled her finances and private life while she performed concerts in Las Vegas. Encouraged by her fans, gathered under the slogan “Free Britney,” the pop star eventually rebelled, leading to the American justice system terminating the conservatorship in 2021.
