Britney Spears offered to make lasagna for officers during erratic DUI arrest

During Britney Spears’ DUI arrest in Ventura County in March, the pop star, at points, refused to comply with law enforcement, denying being under the influence and offering to make lasagna for officers rather than exit her car, video and reporting released by various outlets Thursday showed.

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“No, I don’t want to get in your car, sir,” Spears told an officer, according to dashcam footage released by ABC7. “You can come to my house. I’ll make you food or lasagna, or whatever you want. I have a pool.”

TMZ was the first to release dashcam footage, which detailed Spears’ March 4 arrest at about 9 p.m. Police said the arrest followed multiple reports of erratic driving on the 101 Freeway near Newbury Park.

In the video, Spears insisted that she was sober, saying she had one mimosa at breakfast. She also claimed that police were being “mean” to her and that officers requesting her blood samples was “illegal,” according to the video.

However, police found an empty wine glass in the car’s cupholder and a bottle of pills labeled “Adderall,” according to The New York Times. A CHP officer in footage released by ABC7 said he smelled alcohol coming from her car.

“Her mood changed from confrontational and agitated to flamboyant and compliant,” the officer who arrested Spears wrote in his report, according to the Times. “She also appeared to speak with a British accent at times.”

‘This was an unfortunate incident’

After Spears, 44, failed multiple field sobriety tests, according to the California Highway Patrol, she was charged with misdemeanor DUI in court. Her breath tests showed blood alcohol concentrations of .05 and .06%, according to the New York Times, below California’s legal limit, though the blood tests taken afterward have not been released publicly.

In April, the singer avoided jail time when she accepted a “wet reckless” plea, giving her 12 months of probation. The plea is especially common when individuals show motivation to address the problems that led to the DUI, the Ventura County district attorney’s office told the Los Angeles Times, like when she checked into a treatment facility in April.

“This was an unfortunate incident that is completely inexcusable,” a representative for Spears said in a statement to multiple outlets after the arrest. “Britney is going to take the right steps and comply with the law and hopefully this can be the first step in a long overdue change that needs to occur in Britney’s life.”

The arrest came more than four years after a judge released Spears from a controversial nearly 14-year conservatorship, which allowed two conservators to supervise Spears and her estate.

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Spears’ fans were key to the end of the conservatorship, though social media activity in the years since and the DUI charge have sparked concerns again.

Spears brings up mother’s past during arrest

Also during her arrest, Spears brought up a 50-year-old fatal accident involving her mother, Lynne Spears, 71, according to footage released by TMZ and reported on by US Weekly.

“My mom actually killed a man on a bike, but I never did that before,” Spears said after an arresting officer told her driving under the influence was dangerous, according to the footage. “And nothing happened to her. … Why didn’t they arrest her? How come my mom got away with everything?”

Spears’ mother did not face charges for the incident, which occurred as Lynne was rushing her injured brother Sonny Bridges to a hospital in Kentwood, Louisiana, and led to the death of 12-year-old Anthony Winters, according to US Weekly.

“The roads were slick with rain, and as I was rounding the curve, an oncoming car was coming in the left lane,” Lynne wrote in her 2008 memoir, Through the Storm, according to US Weekly. “In a split second I could see two young boys riding their bikes on the road. In that flash of time, I had a sick sensation that I would hit one of them, that it would be impossible not to, as I knew my car would not stop, no matter how hard I slammed on the brakes.”

Spears ‘just wants to move on’

In addition to her probation, Spears was required to complete a DUI class, see a psychologist once a week and a psychiatrist twice a month, according to US Weekly. After her plea, Spears’ attorney Michael Goldstein said in a statement to US Weekly that she has “accepted responsibility for her conduct,” and had taken steps to “implement positive change.”

However, with the videos released, a source reportedly told US Weekly on Friday that Spears “just wants to move on” from the incident. Neither Spears nor her representatives made a public statement on the video after it was released Thursday.

“Britney is embarrassed by all of the details and videos coming out from one of the most traumatic, regretful nights of her life,” the source said, according to US Weekly. “She feels it’s cruel, especially after she went to rehab and put in the work to make amends.”

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This story was originally published May 22, 2026 at 2:07 PM.