Current:Home > MarketsBritney Spears Condemns Security Attack as Further Evidence of Her Not Being Seen as an "Equal Person" -Pinnacle Profit Strategies
Britney Spears Condemns Security Attack as Further Evidence of Her Not Being Seen as an "Equal Person"
View
Date:2025-04-17 11:57:06
Britney Spears is further speaking out about her physical altercation with Victor Wembanyama's security guard.
The pop star shared a lengthy message about the incident after the police confirmed that they will not be charging the security guard, who Spears alleged had struck her in the face when she tried to get Wembanyama's attention at a Las Vegas hotel lobby on July 5.
"I've been working in the industry for years and have been with some of the most famous people in the world," she began in an Instagram post July 7, "not one time in my life has a security guard ever hit another person!!!"
The 41-year-old continued, "I'm not sharing this to be a victim … I SIMPLY GET IT HONESTLY … my reaction was priceless … BAD ??? YES."
Explaining how she "felt helpless in most situations" throughout her life, Spears—who was in a 13-year conservatorship before it was terminated in 2021—shared, "my experience in Vegas and my reaction was a cry out on all levels…I will say it!!!"
"No, I don't feel like I have been treated as an equal person in this country," the singer added, noting she has no beef with Wembanyama. "Either way I'm still a huge fan of the NBA player … it's not his fault his security hit me … s--t happens!!!"
The Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department previously confirmed to E! News that officers responded to a battery investigation on the 3700 block of Las Vegas Boulevard, though an arrest was not made and citations were not issued.
Spears later recounted her version of the events on Instagram, writing that she saw Wembanyama while on her way to dinner and wanted to "congratulate him on his success."
"His security then back handed me in the face without looking back, in front of a crowd," she alleged in a July 6 post. "Nearly knocking me down and causing my glasses off my face."
Though Spears labeled the incident as "super embarrassing to share with the world," she chose to address it to "urge people in the public eye to set an example and treat all people with respect."
For his part, Wembanyama said he did not see Spears or the physical confrontation.
"I didn't see what happened because I was walking straight," the San Antonio Spurs player recalled to reporters on July 6, per KENS 5 News. "That person grabbed me from behind. Not on my shoulder, she grabbed me from behind."
At the time, the 19-year-old remembered thinking the run-in was "no big deal."
"Yeah, it turns out it was Britney Spears," he remarked. "I didn't know because I never saw her face."
E! News has reached out to Wembanyama's rep for comment but hasn't heard back.
For the latest breaking news updates, click here to download the E! News AppveryGood! (9959)
Related
- Former longtime South Carolina congressman John Spratt dies at 82
- Controversial BLM Chief Pendley’s Tenure Extended Again Without Nomination, Despite Protests
- New Parents Robert De Niro and Tiffany Chen Sneak Out for Red Carpet Date Night
- Big Meat and Dairy Companies Have Spent Millions Lobbying Against Climate Action, a New Study Finds
- 'Malcolm in the Middle’ to return with new episodes featuring Frankie Muniz
- Natural Gas Rush Drives a Global Rise in Fossil Fuel Emissions
- Tips to help dogs during fireworks on the Fourth of July
- Vanderpump Rules Reunion: Tom Sandoval and Raquel Leviss Confess They’re Still in Love
- Residents worried after ceiling cracks appear following reroofing works at Jalan Tenaga HDB blocks
- Woman dies while hiking in triple-digit heat at Grand Canyon National Park
Ranking
- Senate begins final push to expand Social Security benefits for millions of people
- See Ariana Madix SURve Up Justice in First Look at Buying Back My Daughter Movie
- Alligator attacks and kills woman who was walking her dog in South Carolina
- Zendaya’s Fashion Emergency Has Stylist Law Roach Springing Into Action
- As Trump Enters Office, a Ripe Oil and Gas Target Appears: An Alabama National Forest
- Election 2018: Clean Energy’s Future Could Rise or Fall with These Governor’s Races
- The US Wants the EU to Delay Imposing Trade Penalties on Carbon-Intensive Imports, But Is Considering Imposing Its Own
- Elliot Page Recalls Having Sex With Juno Co-Star Olivia Thirlby “All the Time”
Recommendation
Megan Fox's ex Brian Austin Green tells Machine Gun Kelly to 'grow up'
Man fishing with his son drowns after rescuing 2 other children swimming at Pennsylvania state park
Vanderpump Rules: Raquel Leviss Wanted to Be in a Throuple With Tom Sandoval and Ariana Madix
South Dakota Backs Off Harsh New Protest Law and ‘Riot-Boosting’ Penalties
Juan Soto to be introduced by Mets at Citi Field after striking record $765 million, 15
Desperation Grows in Puerto Rico’s Poor Communities Without Water or Power
Warming Trends: A Climate Win in Austin, the Demise of Butterflies and the Threat of Food Pollution
That $3 Trillion-a-Year Clean Energy Transformation? It’s Already Underway.