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Britney Spears is below investigation for battery after her housekeeper accused the pop star of slapping a cellular phone out of her palms.
The alleged altercation occurred on the 39-year-old Grammy winner’s California dwelling on Monday, August 16, the Ventura County Sheriff’s Workplace tells Us Weekly. The workers member reported that Spears “struck her,” however there have been no accidents. Deputies responded to the home and carried out an investigation.
The outcomes of the investigation will likely be despatched to the Ventura County District Legal professional’s Workplace for consideration of misdemeanor battery costs. Nevertheless, the sheriff’s workplace says the matter was labeled as a “very minor misdemeanor.”
NBC Information reported on Thursday, August 19, that the housekeeper claimed that Spears confronted her when she got here again to the home and hit a telephone out of her palms. The lady referred to as deputies to the home earlier than going to a sheriff’s station to file a report. Authorities tried to contact Spears in regards to the alleged incident, however she refused to talk with them, the sheriff’s workplace claimed to the outlet.
Spears’ lawyer, Mathew Rosengart, downplayed the accusations in a press release to Us on Thursday. “That is overblown sensational tabloid fodder — nothing greater than a manufactured ‘he stated, she stated’ relating to a cellular phone, with no placing and clearly no damage in any way,” he stated. “Anybody could make an accusation, however this could have been closed instantly.”
The investigation comes amid the “Poisonous” singer’s ongoing authorized battle over her conservatorship, which she has been below since 2008. She spoke out in regards to the ordeal for the primary time in June throughout a court docket listening to.
“I simply need my life again. It’s been 13 years, and it’s sufficient. It’s been a very long time since I’ve owned my cash,” Spears informed a decide on the time, expressing her need to terminate the conservatorship. “And it’s my want and my dream for all of this to finish with out being examined.”
The Princess of Pop has additionally been vocal about wanting her father, Jamie Spears, completely eliminated because the conservator of her property. His authorized group said in court docket paperwork obtained by Us on August 12 that he “intends to work with the court docket and his daughter’s new lawyer to arrange for an orderly transition to a brand new conservator.” Nevertheless, his resignation didn’t occur on the spot, because the submitting stated that he “is keen to step down when the time is true.”
Rosengart informed Us in a press release on the time that Jamie’s acknowledgement of his daughter’s needs was “a significant victory for Britney Spears and one other step towards justice.” Nevertheless, he nonetheless inspired her father, 69, to “step apart instantly.”
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