Britney Spears clapped back at a radio station for “talking s–t” about her after NBA star Victor Wembanyama’s security guard slapped her.
The “Toxic” singer claimed in an Instagram video late Tuesday that the news report said she “deserved to be smacked” and dismissed the assault as security “doing their job and protecting their client,” which prompted her to share her own experience with fame.
“I’ve been with the most famous people in the world. *NSYNC at one time, girls would, like, literally throw themselves at them,” she said.
“On my way into the place, I was knocked down by, like, three 12-year-olds trying to get my picture. My security, not one time, touched them or even came near them.”
Spears, 41, also said she “didn’t appreciate” people saying she “deserved to be hit because no woman ever deserves to be hit.”
The Grammy winner did not name the radio station or host who made the alleged comments.
Spears admitted she received an apology half an hour after the July 5 incident while dining at Catch in Las Vegas but noted she has “yet to receive a public apology” from Wembanyama, 19, or the security guard in question, Damian Smith.
When news of the incident first broke, the pro athlete claimed the pop star had grabbed him, which prompted the aggressive response from his security; however, leaked footage later proved Spears’ side of the story — that she had merely tapped him on the shoulder.
After the incident, Spears filed a report for battery with the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department, which ultimately declined to file criminal charges against Smith upon conclusion of its investigation.
According to the police report obtained by Pvnew, an officer said the decision was made “due to the fact that [Smith] did not willfully or unlawfully use any force or violence upon Britney and probable cause did not exist, an arrest was not made and a citation was not given.”
The “Woman in Me” memoirist later said she felt “helpless” in the situation and compared it to her 13-year conservatorship.
“I don’t feel like I have been treated as an equal person in this country,” she wrote on Instagram last Friday. “of course when I watched the video myself … the people who actually swarmed around me when they heard me get hit made me feel like I mattered !!!”
