Britney Spears Avoids Jail Time In Dui Case, Pleading Guilty To Lesser 'wet Reckless' Charge

VENTURA — Britney Spears pleaded blameworthy done her lawyer Monday to a lesser complaint that will let her to debar jailhouse clip aft prosecutors accused her of driving nether nan power of intoxicant and drugs successful Southern California.

The 44-year-old popular prima didn’t look successful Ventura County court. But connected her behalf, her lawyer, Michael A. Goldstein, agreed to plead to what’s commonly called a “wet reckless.” That allows her to beryllium sentenced to a twelvemonth of probation, a required DUI people and state-mandated fines.

The plea connection was modular for defendants pinch nary DUI history, nary clang aliases wounded connected nan road, and a debased blood-alcohol level, nan region territory attorney’s agency said. And it’s particularly communal for defendants who person shown information to reside their problems and activity treatment, arsenic Spears did erstwhile she voluntarily checked successful to a constituent maltreatment curen center successful April.

She was charged Thursday pinch 1 misdemeanor DUI count, which meant she was not required to look successful tribunal for her arraignment. But her representatives hadn’t said whether she would appear, and nan proceeding drew an unusually dense news media turnout for Ventura.

The vocalist has a location successful Westlake Village adjacent wherever she was arrested connected March 4. A typical astatine nan clip called her actions inexcusable and said nan apprehension would ideally lead to overdue alteration successful her life. Spears and her representatives person not commented since she was charged.

She was pulled complete for driving her achromatic BMW quickly and erratically connected U.S. 101, nan California Highway Patrol said. She appeared to beryllium impaired, took a bid of section sobriety tests, was arrested and was taken to jail, nan CHP said.

Authorities said successful nan criminal title that Spears had intoxicant and narcotics successful her system, but they didn’t specify which narcotics aliases bespeak her humor intoxicant content.

Dalton writes for nan Associated Press.