<p>Pop star Britney Spears will avoid prison time after pleading guilty Monday in a California courtroom to reckless driving following her arrest earlier this year for driving under the influence of drugs and alcohol.</p>
<p class="css-ac37hb evys1bk0">During an arraignment in Ventura County Superior Court, a lawyer for Spears entered the plea on her behalf.</p>
<p class="css-ac37hb evys1bk0"><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/04/arts/music/britney-spears-pleads-guilty-dui.html">Under the plea deal,</a> Spears admitted to violating California&#8217;s <a href="https://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/britney-spears-dui-arraignment/3885242/">&#8220;wet reckless&#8221;</a> law, which is a lesser charge offered at the county prosecutor&#8217;s discretion, according to NBC. She will serve 12 months of probation, enroll in a three-month substance abuse program, and pay a fine of $571.</p>
<p class="css-ac37hb evys1bk0">The 44-year-old was also sentenced to one day in jail but credited for time served.</p>
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<p class="css-ac37hb evys1bk0">On March 4, the California Highway Patrol arrested Spears on suspicion of D.U.I. after officers observed her driving erratically and at a high rate of speed near Thousand Oaks. Spears was the <a href="https://ktla.com/entertainment/britney-spears-officially-charged-with-dui-ventura-co-ca/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">“solo occupant”</a> of the BMW and “showed signs of impairment and submitted to a series of field sobriety tests.”</p>
<p>Her representative released a statement at the time, calling it an “unfortunate incident” and saying that it was “completely inexcusable.”</p>
<p>“Britney is going to take the right steps and comply with the law, and hopefully this can be the first step in a 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,”<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/britney-spears-heads-to-rehab-after-posting-another-wild-video-dui-arrest" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> the statement said.</a> “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.”</p>
<p>The pop star shares two sons, Sean Preston, 20, and Jayden James, 19, with ex-husband Kevin Federline.</p>
<p>In April, Spears, at the urging of family and loved ones, voluntarily checked herself into a treatment center, <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/pop-culture/pop-culture-news/britney-spears-voluntarily-checks-into-treatment-facility-rcna331449" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according to NBC.</a></p>
<p>Spears was charged with a misdemeanor hit-and-run in 2007, though the case was later dismissed. The following year, she was hospitalized for a psychiatric evaluation and placed under a conservatorship largely overseen by her father. The arrangement lasted 13 years, ending in November 2021 when a judge terminated it after the fan-driven “Free Britney” movement.</p>
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