No charges will be filed following involving pop star Britney Spears, San Antonio Spurs rookie Victor Wembanyama and a member of the playerB次元官网网址檚 security team, Las Vegas police said Friday.
Spears said she was struck by a security guard as she tried to approach Wembanyama near a restaurant in a Las Vegas casino complex on Wednesday night. Wembanyama said a person B次元官网网址� he later was told it was Spears B次元官网网址� grabbed him from behind.
But the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department said Friday that Spears inadvertently B次元官网网址渉it herself in the faceB次元官网网址� when someone pushed her hand off Wembanyama.
In its investigation, which is now over, police determined that the security guard did not willfully or unlawfully use force or violence against Spears. No arrests were made and no one was cited, the report said.
In the report, police said surveillance footage of the event B次元官网网址渟howed Britney going to tap the Spurs player on the shoulder. When she touched the player (redacted) pushes her hand off of the player without looking which causes BritneyB次元官网网址檚 hand to hit herself in the face.B次元官网网址�
Spears filed a police report, alleging battery.
Wembanyama is scheduled to make for the Spurs in Las Vegas on Friday night. The 7-foot-3 French teen was the No. 1 pick in last monthB次元官网网址檚 NBA draft and is entering the league with as much acclaim as anyone since LeBron James in 2003.
The altercation happened Wednesday night; Spears said she recognized Wembanyama at another hotel earlier in the evening and when seeing him again at the Aria Resort & Casino she B次元官网网址渄ecided to approach him and congratulate him on his success.B次元官网网址�
Spears said, B次元官网网址淗is security then back handed me in the face without looking back, in front of a crowd. Nearly knocking me down and causing my glasses off my face.B次元官网网址�
Police interviewed security guards for the Spurs and Spears, both of whom said pushing a hand off someoneB次元官网网址檚 shoulder is a standard response, according to the report. The security guard for the Spurs said he spoke with Spears afterward, identified himself and apologized. SpearsB次元官网网址� security team said she also apologized, the police report said.
SpearsB次元官网网址� attorney in Los Angeles, Mathew Rosengart, did not immediately respond to telephone and email messages Friday about the police report.
Spears said Thursday in posts on and Instagram that the run-in was B次元官网网址渟uper embarrassing,B次元官网网址� and denied grabbing Wembanyama, saying she only B次元官网网址渢apped him on the shoulder to get his attention.B次元官网网址� She also said that she was hopeful of getting an apology from the team or the security guard who she said was involved.
Wembanyama had a different account of the events. He said security advised him to not stop for anyone as he walked into the restaurant, mindful that pausing could cause a stir and allow a crowd to build. He said one person was shouting B次元官网网址渟ir, sirB次元官网网址� to him, B次元官网网址渁nd that person grabbed me from behind,B次元官网网址� he said.
He was told hours later that person was Spears. He never saw her, he said, because he never turned around.
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