Britney Spears Deactivates Her Instagram amid DUI Arrest in California
Britney Spears Deactivates Her Instagram amid DUI Arrest in California
Jack IrvinThu, March 5, 2026 at 3:57 PM UTC
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Britney Spears deactivated her Instagram
The pop superstar was arrested on suspicion of a DUI on Thursday, March 4 in Ventura, Calif., PEOPLE confirmed
Shortly before the arrest, Spears shared a racy video to Instagram of herself dancing at home in lingerie barely covering her body
Britney Spears' Instagram page is deactivated amid news of her arrest.
The 44-year-old pop superstar was arrested on suspicion of a DUI on Thursday, March 4 in Ventura, Calif., PEOPLE confirmed. She was released in the early morning hours of Thursday, March 5, according to arrest records from the Ventura Sheriff's Office. Her Instagram page was taken down at some point this week.
Shortly before the arrest, Spears shared a racy video to Instagram of herself dancing at home in lingerie barely covering her body. Her bare breasts were somewhat censored by heart emojis.
Britney SpearsCredit: Britney Spears/Instagram
The "Toxic" singer has deactivated and later reactivated her page on the social media platform in the past.
Spears' March 4 arrest was listed as a "cite and release" with no probation listed. She's due to appear in court on May 4.
PEOPLE reached out to the Ventura Sheriff's Office for additional information. A rep for Spears did not immediately respond to PEOPLE's request for comment.
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Spears has experienced ups and downs over the past few years. She was released from her 13-year conservatorship by an L.A. county judge in 2021. The Grammy winner sold her music catalog last month, PEOPLE confirmed at the time.
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In February, Spears also shared a throwback photo to Instagram of herself posing nude on a beach. She's shared similar images in the past.
Britney SpearsCredit: Britney Spears/Instagram
The "Gimme More" singer released her tell-all memoir, The Woman in Me, in 2023. She wrote in the book about why sharing risqué selfies brings her “a lot of joy.”
“I know that a lot of people don’t understand why I love taking pictures of myself naked or in new dresses. But I think if they’d been photographed by other people thousands of times, prodded and posed for other people’s approval, they’d understand that I get a lot of joy from posing the way I feel sexy and taking my own picture, doing whatever I want with it," Spears wrote.
The "Me Against the Music" artist is a mom to sons Preston, 20, and Jayden, 19, shared with her ex-husband, Kevin Federline.
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