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LOS ANGELES () — Video obtained by News shows the arrest of Britney Spears in Ventura County after authorities said she failed a sobriety test.
Spears was arrested March 4 on suspicion of driving under the influence of a combination of alcohol and drugs after California Highway Patrol responded to reports of an erratic driver.
Dashcam video captured when Spears refused to comply when a CHP officer repeatedly asked that she exit her car.
“I’m going to be honest with you, I do smell alcohol coming from your car, OK?” the CHP officer tells Spears. “That’s why I want you to step out and that way I can ask you some questions and conduct a DUI investigation. If I feel like you’re OK, then I’ll get you out of here, OK?”
A supervisor steps in and Spears attempts to negotiate, expressing she’s reluctant to be spotted by passing spectators.
“What if we have you get out of the car,” CHP tells the pop singer. “We’ll put you in one of our cars and we’ll drive around the corner so we’re somewhere that there isn’t a bunch of people driving by.”
Spears responds by telling the officer she doesn’t want to get into their car.
“You can come to my house,” she is heard saying in the video. “I’ll make you food and lasagna, or whatever you want. I have a pool. My babies are coming to my house tonight supposedly.”
After almost 10 minutes of back and forth, Spears finally steps out of the car, making her way to the sidewalk where officers conduct field sobriety tests.
Officers are seen handcuffing her before placing her in the back of a highway patrol vehicle.
As Spears is taken to a local hospital to have blood drawn, she insists she’s sober.
At one point, Spears tells officers that they were being mean to her. They responded by saying they needed to test her blood.
“I wasn’t even drinking. I had a mimosa this morning. You guys are lying,” Spears said.
Earlier this month, Spears avoided jail time after pleaded guilty to a lesser charge of “wet reckless” driving.
Newly released police records also revealed new details from the arrest. In the DUI report, when officers found Spears, they “detected the distinct odor of an alcoholic beverage from inside” her vehicle, they wrote in the report.
The report added that Spears’ eyes were “red and watery, and her pupils were dilated.”
They also noted that her “speech was rapid and slurred, her gait was unsteady, and she was fidgeting with her fingers.”
Following her arrest, a representative for Spears said that she voluntarily checked herself into a facility. Representatives for the singer also shared a statement with News at the time and called her behavior “an unfortunate incident that is completely inexcusable.”
As part of her sentence, Spears must attend an alcohol education program for three months, which includes weekly visits with a psychologist and twice-monthly visits with a psychiatrist.
Good Morning America contributed to this report.
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