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Britney Spears’ ex-husband was arrested and charged with trespassing and battery after crashing her wedding ceremony Thursday at her California dwelling, police stated.
The pop star was set to marry Sam Asghari at her hillside mansion in Thousand Oaks when Ventura County Sheriff’s deputies had been referred to as to the residence in response to a trespassing report, in line with police.
The trespassing suspect was recognized as Jason Alexander, in line with Sgt. Cyrus Zadeh with the county sheriff’s workplace. Alexander was confronted by safety when he entered the singer’s property, and an altercation ensued between him and two safety officers, Zadeh advised CNN. Each safety guards had been battered within the bodily battle.
Alexander was arrested and charged with misdemeanor trespassing, two misdemeanor counts of battery, and a misdemeanor vandalism cost, Zadeh stated. Authorities additionally discovered that Alexander was needed on a felony theft warrant in Napa County. CNN is working to find out whether or not Alexander has authorized illustration.
Spears was married to Alexander, a childhood buddy, for about 55 hours in 2004 earlier than the wedding was annulled.
“He was detained, handcuffed and I’m please(d) to report, arrested. Fortuitously, Britney is protected,” Mathew S. Rosengart, an lawyer for Spears, advised CNN in an announcement. “I’m furious by this safety breach and am working carefully with regulation enforcement to make sure he’s aggressively prosecuted to the fullest extent of the regulation.”
Rosengart didn’t reply when requested for remark if Spears and Asghari’s wedding ceremony happened following the incident.
Spears has been engaged to Asghari, a private coach turned actor, since final September. The couple met in 2016 when Asghari co-starred with Spears within the video to her single, “Slumber Occasion.”
The pop star icon has been beforehand married to Alexander and dancer Kevin Federline, with whom she shares two sons.