Britney Spears Checks Into Rehab A Month After Arrest

Britney Spears has voluntarily checked herself into rehab, her team has confirmed.

The Grammy-winning singer is currently awaiting a court appearance after being pulled over by the police while driving in California and eventually arrested last month.

On Sunday night, Britney’s representatives told Us Weekly that the Piece Of Me star has now entered herself into a treatment facility.

Following her arrest in March, a spokesperson for Britney told HuffPost UK: “This was an unfortunate incident that is completely inexcusable. Britney 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’s life.

“Hopefully, she can get the help and support she needs during this difficult time. Her 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.”

Since then, Britney has shared a number of Instagram posts depicting herself and her two sons, 19-year-old Jayden James and 20-year-old Sean Preston.

It’s not clear exactly when Britney entered the treatment facility in question, and her most recent Instagram post was uploaded on Saturday.

Britney has had a turbulent few years since being released from the conservatorship she’d been placed under 13 years earlier.

This legal arrangement finally came to an end in 2021, with Britney sharing much of her side of the story in her 2023 memoir The Woman In Me.

In her book, Britney spoke about one experience of being forced into a treatment facility “against my will” for two months, while still under the conservatorship co-run by her father Jamie Spears and her former business manager Lou Taylor, comparing the experience to “torture”.

She also wrote that it was during this rehab stint that she was shown footage of the “Free Britney” movement by a nurse at the facility, encouraging her to formally seek to end the legal arrangement.

Britney is due to appear in court on Monday 4 May concerning her recent arrest.