{"id":2371782,"date":"2026-04-13T20:39:07","date_gmt":"2026-04-13T20:39:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2371782"},"modified":"2026-04-13T20:39:07","modified_gmt":"2026-04-13T20:39:07","slug":"britney-spears-enters-substance-abuse-treatment-facility-after-arrest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/britney-spears-enters-substance-abuse-treatment-facility-after-arrest\/","title":{"rendered":"Britney Spears enters substance abuse treatment facility after arrest"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Britney Spears has entered a substance abuse treatment facility just over a month after she was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence of alcohol and drugs.<\/p>\n<p>A representative for Spears said in an email to The Associated Press on Sunday that the 44-year-old pop superstar had voluntarily checked herself into the facility.<\/p>\n<p>On March 5, California Highway Patrol officers received a report that a BMW was driving fast and erratically on U.S. 101 in Ventura County near the Los Angeles County line, the CHP said.<\/p>\n<p>Spears, who lives in the area, took a series of field sobriety tests and was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence of a combination of alcohol and drugs, authorities said. She was taken to a county jail and released several hours later.<\/p>\n<p><b>RELATED STORY | <\/b><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scrippsnews.com\/entertainment\/celebrity\/britney-spears-arrested-in-ventura-county-california-released-hours-later\"><b>Britney Spears arrested in Ventura County, California, released hours later<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Investigators turned over the case on March 23 to the Ventura County District Attorney&#8217;s Office, which plans to make a decision on charges against Spears before a scheduled May 4 court date.<\/p>\n<p>A representative at the time called Spears&#8217; actions \u201ccompletely inexcusable\u201d and said it would ideally be \u201cthe first step in long overdue change that needs to occur in Britney\u2019s life.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Spears has mostly set aside her music career. She has not toured in nearly eight years and has not put out an album in nearly a decade.<\/p>\n<p>In 2021, she regained control of her life decisions and finances when a court-ordered conservatorship was dissolved after nearly 14 years. Two years later, she released a bestselling memoir, \u201cThe Woman in Me.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>\n    window.fbAsyncInit = function() {\n    FB.init({\n        appId : '831625585470146',\n    xfbml : true,\n    version : 'v2.9'\n    });\n    };\n    (function(d, s, id){\n    var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];\n    if (d.getElementById(id)) {return;}\n    js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id;\n    js.src = \"https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js\";\n    js.async = true;\n    fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);\n    }(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));\n<\/script><\/p>\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.scrippsnews.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Britney Spears has entered a substance abuse treatment facility just over a month after she was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence of alcohol and drugs. A representative for Spears said in an email to The Associated Press on Sunday that the 44-year-old pop superstar had voluntarily checked herself into the facility. 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