Britney Spears Will Not Face Charges After Being Accused of Misdemeanor Battery by Housekeeper
Britney Spears.Photo: Nicholas Hunt/Filmmagic The singer, 39, had beenaccused of slapping a phone out of her housekeeper’s handduring an argument on Aug. 16 regarding the veterinary care of Spears' dogs. The housekeeper filed a report with the Ventura County Sheriff’s Department for alleged misdemeanor battery, indicating damage to the phone’s screen protector. The employee had no visible injuries. Misdemeanor Unit Supervisor Blake Heller reviewed the case; however, prosecutors declined to press charges against Spears based “upon insufficient evidence that a crime had occurred and the lack of injury to the housekeeper or significant damage to the phone,” according to a news release from the DA’s office....