Overview
- Police stopped Britney Spears after reports of weaving and high speed, and the Ventura County report says the March 4 traffic stop included a visible empty wine glass and an odor of alcohol.
- Officers noted physical signs they described as consistent with impairment, including red watery eyes, dilated pupils, an unsteady gait and slurred or rapid speech during roadside checks.
- Station breath tests recorded a 0.06 blood-alcohol reading below California’s 0.08 limit, and officers also documented Spears’ admission to taking prescription medications including Adderall, Lamictal and Prozac.
- Spears displayed rapidly changing, sometimes theatrical behavior on the recordings — refusing to exit the car at first, speaking in different voices, offering to cook for officers, and making statements about family — and she was briefly restrained.
- After entering rehab in April reportedly urged by her sons, Spears accepted a 'wet reckless' plea in May that imposed 12 months’ probation, fines, a driving course and mandated therapy and psychiatric follow-ups.