No charges will be filed following involving pop star Britney Spears, San Antonio Spurs rookie Victor Wembanyama and a member of the player鈥檚 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 鈥� he later was told it was Spears 鈥� grabbed him from behind.
But the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department said Friday that Spears inadvertently 鈥渉it herself in the face鈥� 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 鈥渟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 Britney鈥檚 hand to hit herself in the face.鈥�
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 month鈥檚 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 鈥渄ecided to approach him and congratulate him on his success.鈥�
Spears said, 鈥淗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.鈥�
Police interviewed security guards for the Spurs and Spears, both of whom said pushing a hand off someone鈥檚 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. Spears鈥� security team said she also apologized, the police report said.
Spears鈥� 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 鈥渟uper embarrassing,鈥� and denied grabbing Wembanyama, saying she only 鈥渢apped him on the shoulder to get his attention.鈥� 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 鈥渟ir, sir鈥� to him, 鈥渁nd that person grabbed me from behind,鈥� 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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