{"id":2320283,"date":"2026-03-09T20:12:22","date_gmt":"2026-03-09T20:12:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2320283"},"modified":"2026-03-09T20:12:22","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T20:12:22","slug":"britney-spears-lying-low-as-team-explores-treatment-after-dui","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/britney-spears-lying-low-as-team-explores-treatment-after-dui\/","title":{"rendered":"Britney Spears Lying Low as Team Explores Treatment After DUI"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrities\/britney-spears\/\"><strong>Britney Spears<\/strong><\/a> is avoiding the spotlight after her <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/britney-spears-arrested-in-california-for-dui\/\">arrest for driving under the influence<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBritney has been lying low at home,\u201d a source exclusively tells <em>Us Weekly<\/em>. \u201cShe knows it\u2019ll be a spectacle the next time she steps out, so she\u2019s trying to avoid that as long as humanly possible.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The insider shares that Spears\u2019 19-year-old son, Jayden James, \u201chas been there with her,\u201d and she has also \u201cseen\u201d her 20-year-old son, Sean Preston. (Preston and Jayden, whom Spears shares with her ex-husband <strong>Kevin Federline<\/strong>, moved to Hawaii with their father in 2023 but have since returned home to California.)<\/p>\n<p>Britney, 44, has also been in touch with her mother, <strong>Lynne Spears<\/strong>, who was photographed arriving in Los Angeles just two weeks before the pop star\u2019s arrest.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLynne is very worried about her and keeping tabs on the situation through Britney as well as her team,\u201d the source says.<\/p>\n<div class=\"link-related article link-related__with-thumb\">\n\t\t\t<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"article__thumbnail related-ab-test\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/pictures\/britney-spears-ups-and-downs-over-the-years\/\" target=\"\" data-source=\"00\"><\/p>\n<figure class=\"article__figure\">\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:56.25%;\" class=\"ratio-based-placeholder\"><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"article__content\">\n<h3 class=\"article__title\">\n\t\t\t<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"article__title-link related-ab-test\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/pictures\/britney-spears-ups-and-downs-over-the-years\/\" target=\"\" data-source=\"00\"><br \/>\n    <span class=\"related-badge\">Related: <\/span><span class=\"related-title\">Britney Spears\u2018 Ups and Downs Over the Years<\/span><\/a><br \/>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\n\t\t\tBritney Spears\u2019 career and personal life have faced a series of ups and downs over the years. Spears first showed off her vocal skills on the singing competition Star Search at 10 years old in 1992. Following a stint on The Mickey Mouse Club, she signed a record deal with Jive Records in 1997 and [\u2026]\t\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Britney was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence of a <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/new-details-in-britney-spears-arrest-drug-suspicion-more\/\">combination of alcohol and drugs<\/a> on March 4 after she was seen \u201cdriving erratically at a high rate of speed,\u201d according to the California Highway Patrol.<\/p>\n<p>Police <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/how-long-was-britney-spears-in-jail-after-her-dui-arrest\/\">released Britney from jail<\/a> the following morning, but the incident is still under investigation as officials await the results of a blood test that the \u201cToxic\u201d singer <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/britney-spears-taken-to-hospital-after-arrest-report\/\">took at a nearby hospital<\/a> while in custody.<\/p>\n<p>After the news broke, Britney\u2019s rep called her arrest \u201ccompletely inexcusable\u201d in a statement to <em>Us<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBritney 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\u2019s life,\u201d the rep said. \u201cHopefully, she can get the help and support she needs during this difficult time.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Britney\u2019s rep continued, \u201cHer boys are going to be <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/britney-spears-sons-to-spend-time-with-singer-after-dui\/\">spending time with her<\/a>. Her loved ones are going to come up with an overdue, needed plan to set her up for success for well-being.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"link-related article link-related__with-thumb\">\n\t\t\t<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"article__thumbnail related-ab-test\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/kevin-federline-breaks-silence-on-britney-spears-arrest\/\" target=\"\" data-source=\"00\"><\/p>\n<figure class=\"article__figure\">\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:56.25%;\" class=\"ratio-based-placeholder\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Kevin-Federline-Breaks-Silence-on-Ex-Wife-Britney-Spears-DUI-Arrest-Wishes-Her-The-Best.jpg?crop=0px%2C0px%2C2000px%2C1131px&amp;resize=400%2C225&amp;quality=40&amp;strip=all\" srcset=\"\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 400px, (max-width: 770px) calc(100vw - 6em), 200px\" alt=\"Kevin Federline Breaks Silence on Ex-Wife Britney Spears DUI Arrest Wishes Her The Best\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" data-fallback-img=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Kevin-Federline-Breaks-Silence-on-Ex-Wife-Britney-Spears-DUI-Arrest-Wishes-Her-The-Best.jpg?quality=40&amp;strip=all\"\/><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"article__content\">\n<h3 class=\"article__title\">\n\t\t\t<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"article__title-link related-ab-test\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/kevin-federline-breaks-silence-on-britney-spears-arrest\/\" target=\"\" data-source=\"00\"><br \/>\n    <span class=\"related-badge\">Related: <\/span><span class=\"related-title\">Kevin Federline Breaks His Silence on Britney Spears\u2018 DUI Arrest<\/span><\/a><br \/>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\n\t\t\tKevin Federline has reacted to the news of ex-wife Britney Spears\u2019 arrest for driving under the influence. \u201cKevin hopes for the best for Britney,\u201d Federline\u2019s attorney Mark Vincent Kaplan said on the dancer\u2019s behalf in a statement to TMZ on Friday, March 6. \u201cAnd if help is necessary, he hopes that she will neither resist [\u2026]\t\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Now, the source echoes to <em>Us<\/em> that \u201ceveryone <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/britney-spears-family-hopes-dui-arrest-is-wake-up-call\/\">hopes Britney will get the help she needs<\/a> to put her life back on track.\u201d (The Grammy winner was previously under a conservatorship that gave her estranged father, <strong>Jamie Spears<\/strong>, control of her personal, medical and financial decisions for 13 years. Britney described the arrangement as \u201cabusive\u201d in court before a judge agreed to terminate it in 2021.)<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHer family and team are looking into treatment options for both addiction and mental health, but it won\u2019t be easy to talk her into it unless she feels ready herself. You can\u2019t force it,\u201d the insider notes. \u201cThey just need to have hope that she will take this arrest and its consequences seriously, which she seems to be doing so far. She has already expressed regret about what happened.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"news-block\">\n<div class=\"newsletter-form  \">\n<div class=\"newsletter-signup__success\" aria-live=\"polite\">\n<h3>Thank You!<\/h3>\n<p>You have successfully subscribed.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p>The source adds that Britney\u2019s team and loved ones are \u201cpraying that she doesn\u2019t get jail time for this,\u201d which \u201cwould be the worst case scenario.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Britney is <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/when-is-britney-spears-due-in-court-after-dui-arrest\/\">scheduled to appear in court<\/a> on May 4, according to online records.<\/p>\n<p><em>Us Weekly<\/em> has reached out to Britney\u2019s rep for comment.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.usmagazine.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Britney Spears is avoiding the spotlight after her arrest for driving under the influence. \u201cBritney has been lying low at home,\u201d a source exclusively tells Us Weekly. \u201cShe knows it\u2019ll be a spectacle the next time she steps out, so she\u2019s trying to avoid that as long as humanly possible.\u201d The insider shares that Spears\u2019 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2320284,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25177],"tags":[24003,25404],"class_list":["post-2320283","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-celebrities","tag-celebrity-news","tag-exclusive"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Britney-Spears-Lying-Low-as-Team-Explores-Treatment-After-DUI.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2320283","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2320283"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2320283\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2320285,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2320283\/revisions\/2320285"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2320284"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2320283"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2320283"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2320283"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}