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Britney Spears Set to Stand Trial in Driving Without a License Case
Wednesday October 8, 2008

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Britney Spears' lawyer shot down a plea deal that would have placed the singer, 26, on a year's probation and forced her to pay a $150 fine in her ongoing misdemeanor driver's license case, the Associated Press reports.

Attorney J. Michael Flanagan says Spears was open to an offer that would have reduced the charge to an infraction and required her to pay a $10 fine.

Her case is now set to go before a jury on Oct. 15. Flanagan plans to appeal any conviction.

In 2007, Spears was charged with misdemeanor driving without a valid California license and hit-and-run following a fender-bender in a store parking lot.

Flanagan tells the AP that Spears is being unfairly targeted because she is a celebrity.

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Categories: Britney Spears | Trial


3:28 PM Fred Says:

The real point is:

What would be considered a violation of her parole. If the probation means that any traffic offense would end up with her facing a Paris then she is wise to fight this.

Imagine her getting 45 days and having to do 23 because she was ticketed for not using a turn signal. She would not be doing jail time for the turn signal but for violating her probation. Who would volunteer to live with that stone around their neck for a year?

The prosecuitor is running for office and using her for publicity, he should have reclused himself from all high profile cases until the election is over. The judge said publically he could not dismiss the case because he did not want to appear to be giving her a break yet it is common practice to do just that.

My dream scenerio is that she gets mad and throws a concert for the prosecuitor's opponent, and invites every friend she has to jump in. I just think it would be great to see one of these Hollywood people take on the corrupt judiciary in Los Angeles.

3:59 PM Anonymous Says:

Ashlie needs to s*ck it and die. Fast.

3:10 PM Anonymous Says:

Ashlie, quit smoking the bong that you and Britney's PR people are giving. The woman is known to be a no-good lying b*tch. She wasn't just given the name B*tchney Sneers for laughs, it describes how she treats her fans, her kids, her own friends. The woman's not bipolar, she's brain dead. See what happens when you either drop out of school or have an eccentric brain and use drugs, you kill the brain. Britney has to be cared for by her father because her brain is DEAD. The woman wore out her welcome a LONG TIME AGO. She can't accept she was a teen phenomenon who, as an adult, fell from grace due to a number of factors (overexposure, lying, cheating, drugs, stealing). God kicked her hide from Heaven once she sold her soul to Satan for money, fame, wealth and power. Now Satan has come to collect. If it were me driving without a license, I'd go to jail and they'd throw away the key. She is getting a slap in the wrist punishment. Her quack lawyers want her to get nothing. You break the law, you pay the piper. California's laws aren't like the south. You break you pay! Britney will be going to Hell (with John McCain)

12:45 AM Anonymous Says:

Good, too many celebs get away with too much.

11:44 PM Anonymous Says:

Good. She is not above the law like she thinks she is. Time to grow up and join the human race.

6:59 PM Anonymous Says:

Um... I can understand why Kate Walsh was bored with her hair, etc.

5:39 PM Anonymous Says:

A year probation is a bit much for not driving without a license. The fee is good but the one year not sure about that, but then again the laws in California are way different so her lawyer should know.

5:16 PM Anonymous7 Says:

5:08 are you serious gotten it together she has to have a guardian for gosh sakes!

5:15 PM Anonymous Says:

Her past 5:08 it was like 8/9 months ago!

5:13 PM Anonymous Says:

5:08 if you are not interested in other people's business, why are you on this site at all?

5:11 PM Britney sucks Says:

Ashlie did you forget to take your meds today,you sound a little mental as well!

5:08 PM Anonymous Says:

WHY IS EVERYONE BEING SO NEGATIVE???? THIS IS BRINTEY'S BUSINESS NOT YOURS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! SHE KNOWS MORE ABOUT THIS SITUATION THEN ALL OF US DO SO LET HER MAKE THE CHOICES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WITHOUT KNOWING HER WHY WOULD YOU SAY SHE IS A PHYSCO (shes bi-polar!) WHY WOULD YOU SAY SHES A BRAT? (She has a rep as being nice) WHY WOULD YOU SAY ANYTHING ABOUT HER SANITY (once again shes being treated for bi-polar) THIS HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THAT! SHE SHOULD JUST PAY THE FINE AND MOVE ON! PROBABTION FOR A YEAR IS A LITTLE MUCH! LET BRITNEY FIGURE IT OUT! MAYBE YOU GUYS ARE BI-POLAR BECAUSE LIKE SOME DAYS EVERYONE IS LIKE "good for britney shes getting it together" AND THEN THERE ARE OTHER DAY (like today) WHEN YOU'RE ALL LIKE "the crazy chick needs to be locked up" WHICH SHE DOESNT! BRITNEY HAS GOTTEN IT TOGETHER AND STILL HAS TO DEAL WITH THIS MISTAKE FROM HER PAST!

5:05 PM Anonymous Says:

I-tunes Ashlie that was the comeback,gimme a break,CHILD!

4:58 PM Ashlie Says:

4:44 (the top one), you're comment has to be one of the stupidest comments I have EVER read!!!! She suffers from BI-POLAR! and my brother is a lawyer, if you have a client with an erratic past under NO circumstances do you let them go under probation!! Thats how people wind up in jail! I know plenty of 14 yr olds that could go threw life just fine, but that doesnt mean they shouldnt finish school. Britney is from a small town, so when the oppertunity of a lifetime comes around, I doubt she was gonna give up her dreams because she was in the 9th grade! She is not a b*tch! she has a rep as being a very sweet woman! What would make you think shes a b*tch? what would make you think shes dumb? (not including her actions while she was going untreated for bi-polar) and if you music "sucks a**" then why is it #1 on itunes after it had been released for less then 24 hrs? hmmm? I'm very intrested to hear your answers! Britney has NEVER gotten a DUI. this is not for a DUI, so why are people talking about this as if she had been out partying the whole night. She was pulling into a parking lot with 15 paps around her a dinged the car next to her, and she got caught by the police. So 4:44 (the top one) maybe YOU need to go back to school and get the hell off a gossip site!

4:58 PM Anonymous Says:

She has multiple chances and warnings to get her CA license. She chose not to. Whether or not it was while she was in a throes of her illness - whatever that illness or illnesses may be - is moot. An illness does not excuse you from the laws you break while ill. Otherwise alcoholics who get DUIs would have an excuse.

The one year probation and fine is not unreasonable - if it were it would more than likely have been subject to scrutiny as to why it was an option. If you break the law you better prepare yourself for the harshest punishment allowed on the books. Anything else be grateful for.

Whether or not the hit and run charges were dropped, it will still be a factor in the case, as would any other times she was stopped.

She's lucky this is all she's charged with considering how she was driving - on the wrong side of the road into oncoming traffic, speeding, etc.

4:58 PM Anonymous7 Says:

Michelle where do you live I'm in Louisiana and you can get 1-3 years probation/trash clean-up,and50 hours of community service for a first offense here!

4:57 PM Anonymous Says:

I'm glad Britney Spears Set to Stand Trial in Driving Without a License Case, yadda, yadda, yadda.

4:51 PM Anonymous7 Says:

Ashlie you have 90 days once you move to Cali. to get a license which the psycho lunatic chose not to do if it was you,you would not even get hit and run dropped you most likely get one hell of a fine suspended license and 3 years probation,so with that said $150 and 1 year probation is a minor slap on the wrist!

4:48 PM Anonymous Says:

She is receding horribly needs to get some hair plugs started!

4:47 PM michelle Says:

Anon7 3:54 - it's a misdemeanor case, but the plea involves probation for 12 months (drunk drivers don't even get that). look it up. it's a Felony PLEA they are offering, for a simple invalid license. so no, it does not mention that particular aspect in the article, but i happen to know that. so not technially a jacka$$ if i know what i'm talking about beyond what the article says. duh!

4:44 PM Anony Says:

Hmmm she quit school at 14 wonder if she can read big words like California told your dumb a s s to get a license but you are such a brat you decided you were above the law because you WERE a celebrity that you could skate through,stop being a trailer trash b i t c h and take the probation ya big baby! Not that you read this or even if you can read this but your music sucks butt!

4:44 PM Ashlie Says:

why is everyone so ignorant????!! this has nothing to do with her sanity! this is about her making a mistake and driving with an invalid CA license! she DID have a valid LA license! And soon after this got a CA license!! This is not about her being physco (which she isnt, shes bi-polar which is a chemical imbalence in the brain and if you have it, you have it and the only thing you can do it get medication and go to therapy if needed) or being a b*tch. (btw, I've met britney at balley's and shes the nicest person!) This will not send her to jail! this is driving without a CA license!!! She worked the hit and run situation out privately with the other driver. But thats still being held against her (which is obserd!) I think that she should have to pay the invalid license fee that everyone else pays!! But in no way, shape, or form should she have to go to trial over this!!!!!

4:33 PM Anonymous Says:

It's going this far because she was told to get a CA liscence and she did not. (Just like Paris being told not to drive and she did) Celebs think the laws don't apply to them. Well scr*w them and throw the book at them. Laws are for everybody.

4:21 PM Anonymous Says:

She needs probation to keep her reigned in after her dad is not her guardian anymore,but the lawyer is thinking ahead to what her crazy psycho butt will do next and if she is on probation she'll end up with her whacked a s s in jail!

4:15 PM Anonymous Says:

OMG can you idiots or do you idiots even bother to read the articles,not to mention not hard to look up! MORONS!

4:03 PM Anonymous Says:

They were not dropped!

3:58 PM Anonymous Says:

3:51 PM Anonymous Says:

3:46 also the hit and run for which she was booked!
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The hit & run charges were dropped.
This is ONLY for driving w/o a CA license

3:55 PM Anonymous7 Says:

Meant 3:51 and 3:52!

3:54 PM Anonymous7 Says:

3:52 and:52 read the article and it would NOT be a felony jack a s s e s!

3:52 PM Anonymous Says:

all she did was have an invalid license!! thats not a big deal!!! I think the courts are being rude! She should not have to be on probation for a year because of a fricken invalid license!! But, I would have avoided going to court and taken the deal.But britney has good lawyers, they know what they're doing and it will be taken care of. She wont go to jail, she'll just do community service or something like that.

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