The Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department announced Friday that it would not file charges following a short investigation into the exchange between pop star Britney Spears, Spurs rookie Victor Wembanyama and a member of his security team.
The Grammy Award-winning artist previously filed a police report, citing battery charges after she said she was slapped by a security guard when trying to approach Wembanyama for a picture at Catch restaurant inside of the ARIA hotel on Wednesday night, per TMZ. In a police report confirmed by the Los Angeles Times, Spears—a fan of Wembanyama—attempted to get the French player’s attention by tapping him on his right shoulder.
But when she attempted to do so, Spurs director of team security Damian Smith immediately backhanded her, knocking Spears’s glasses off, according to TMZ. In the police report, Cade Hudson—Spears’s manager—confirmed that the pop star was struck in the face, per ESPN.
