VENTURA COUNTY, Calif. — Pop star Britney Spears will not face charges after being accused last month of misdemeanor battery in an incident involving one of her staff members, Ventura County District Attorney Eric Nasarenko announced Wednesday.
The allegation stemmed from an Aug. 16 confrontation between Spears and her housekeeper at the 39-year-old’s home, according to the district attorney’s office.
The housekeeper told deputies with the Ventura County Sheriff’s Office that she had an argument with Spears over “the veterinary care” of the singer’s dog, during which Spears allegedly “slapped a phone out of the housekeeper’s hand.”
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The housekeeper, who was not identified, “indicated that the screen protector to the phone was damaged,” according to officials, who added that she had no visible injuries.
The district attorney’s office declined to pursue charges against Spears “based on insufficient evidence that a crime had occurred and the lack of injury to the housekeeper or significant damage to the phone.”
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In a statement obtained last month by The Associated Press, Spears’ attorney, Mathew Rosengart, called an investigation into the incident “overblown sensational tabloid fodder -- nothing more than a manufactured ‘he said she said’ regarding a cellphone, with no striking and obviously no injury whatsoever.”
“Anyone can make an accusation but this should have been closed immediately,” he said.
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Spears has a home in Thousand Oaks in Ventura County, according to the AP.
The incident was reported days after Spears’ father, James Spears, agreed to step down as her financial conservator. In recent months, Britney Spears has been trying to take back control of her life 13 years into a court conservatorship that she has called “abusive.”