Following reports of an incident between pop icon Britney Spears and Spurs rookie Victor Wembanyama, the recent No. 1 NBA draft pick addressed the incident to reporters on Thursday afternoon, detailing his perspective of the encounter. Later in the day, Spears issued a statement, in which she described being slapped by a member of Wembanyama’s security team after approaching the player in a hotel restaurant.
“Traumatic experiences are not new to me and I have had my fair share of them. I was not prepared for what happened to me last night. I recognized an athlete in my hotel lobby as I was heading to dinner,” Spears’s statement read. “I later went to a restaurant at a different hotel and saw him again. I decided to approach him and congratulate him on his success. It was really loud, so I tapped him on the shoulder to get his attention … His 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.”
Spears also refuted Wembanyama’s earlier assertion that he felt someone grab him from behind, insisting that she merely tapped him on the shoulder. She has since filed a police report with the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department, Rolling Stone confirmed Thursday.
