Britney Spears at a film premiere in 2019Britney Spears was arrested in California on Wednesday night.According to the Ventura County Sheriff’s Office website, the chart-topping singer was pulled over by the California Highway Patrol at around 9.30pm on Wednesday.The site does not list a reason for Britney’s arrest, and the …Baby One More Time star was released from custody in the early hours of Thursday morning.Britney is now due to appear in court on Monday 4 May.A representative 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.”TMZ pointed out that Britney’s arrest came just hours after she was granted a restraining order against a man from her home state of Louisiana, who her team alleged had been repeatedly showing up at her home in LA and sharing “disturbing social media posts” about her.It’s been a turbulent few years for Britney, who in 2021 was released from a conservatorship she’d been placed under 13 years earlier.Britney Spears’ conservatorship inspired the so-called Free Britney movement, which gained popularity in the early 2020sSince then, she has married and subsequently divorced the actor Sam Asghari, released a popular memoir telling her story for the first time, The Woman In Me, and returned to the music scene with the top 10 Elton John collaboration, Hold Me Closer.However, more recently, she has claimed she has vowed “never” to “return to the music industry”.Throughout this time, Britney has been keeping fans updated on her life with candid posts on her Instagram, which is currently deactivated.Last year, she found herself back in the headlines after her ex-husband Kevin Federline made a series of allegations about her as a wife and mother in his own memoir You Thought You Knew.In a statement, Britney’s spokesperson pointed out that the claims, made in Kevin’s new book, coincided with the Grammy winner no longer having to pay him child support, and accused the former back-up dancer of “profiting off her”.“All [Britney] cares about are her kids, Sean Preston and Jayden James and their well-being during this sensationalism,” her representative insisted. “She detailed her journey in her memoir.”Britney and Kevin are parents to two sons, 20-year-old Sean Preston and 19-year-old Jayden James.MORE CELEBRITY NEWS:Victoria Beckham Has A Short And Sweet Message For Brooklyn Amid Fall-Out DramaHarry Styles Speaks Candidly About Losing ‘Special’ Bandmate And Friend Liam PayneZendaya’s Mum Offer Cryptic Reaction To Latest Tom Holland Wedding Rumours HuffPost UK – Athena2 – All Entries (Public) Read More