Reports about Britney Spears’s out-of-control behavior and a fight with her on-again, off-again boyfriend at Hollywood’s famed Chateau Marmont late Wednesday is likely to fuel new speculation that the embattled signer is struggling with another serious mental health crisis, blowing through her fortune or needs a new conservatorship.
TMZ and Page Six are reporting that first responders rushed to an incident involving Spears at the hotel early Thursday morning, after the singer got into “a huge fight” with her boyfriend, Paul Richard Soliz, which left her crying and possibly injured.
According to TMZ, police had been called to the hotel a couple hours earlier, following a disturbance and a report that a woman matching Spears’ description was harassing and threatening hotel employees and guests. When officers arrived at 10:30 p.m., they found “no signs of trouble” and left, TMZ said.
At that point, Spears and Soliz retreated to a hotel room at 11 p.m. where they continued to party and to drink, TMZ reported. While in the hotel room, the couple ended got into an altercation that “turned physical,” during which Spears may have cut her leg.
Because Spears was screaming and “out of control” in the hallway of her suite, several guests grew alarmed that she was having a mental breakdown so paramedics were called, TMZ said.
A Los Angeles Fire Department spokesperson confirmed to Page Six that it received a 911 call from the hotel, reporting that an adult female had been injured.
“The caller did not have much information regarding the nature of the injury,” the spokesperson, Brian Humphrey, told Page Six. One ambulance was dispatched to the hotel and was on scene until about 1:17 a.m.
Humphrey said it was not clear whether first responders offered any treatment, but notes that they “did not transport anyone to the hospital.”
TMZ reported that a tearful-looking Spears left the hotel on her own accord, with photos published on the site showing the singer walking out with a pillow and blanket wrapped around her. She did not get into the ambulance and left with her security and without Soliz, TMZ said.
Spears reportedly ended up back home, “safe,” at her mansion in nearby Thousand Oaks, Page Six said. A source told the outlet: “She is home and fine.”
This reported altercation involving Soliz, her former housekeeper, took place shortly after the singer settled her divorce from ex-husband Sam Asghari, Page Six said. Compared to all the other drama in Spears’ life, her 14-month marriage to Asghari ended relatively peacefully. The couple called it quits in August 2023.
“Britney is continuing to turn the page,” a source told Page Six early Thursday. Spears also recently reached a settlement with her estranged father, Jamie Spears, over her controversial 13-year conservatorship.
Jamie Spears oversaw the conservatorship, which the Grammy winner described as “abusive.” A Los Angeles County Superior Court judge terminated the conservatorship in November 2021.
But in recent weeks, TMZ and Page Six have reported that Spears has been freely spending money from her $60 million fortunate, splurging on lavish vacations and other extravagances.
“She has no concept of money,” one insider told Page Six. “For over a decade, other people were in charge of her bank accounts, and every purchase had to be reported to the court — even if it was just a pack of gum. But now, she’s on her own.”
However, sources close to the situation denied to Page Six that Spears was close to “going broke.” Then again, TMZ shared an alarming assessment on Spears’ mental health from Charles Sophy, a high-profile Los Angeles psychiatrist who is the former medical director for the County of Los Angeles Department of Children and Family Services.
Sophy, who is not treating Spears, opined on an episode of “TMZ Live” that the pop star appears to be “slowly unraveling,” given reports of her excessive spending and the “erratic,” “manic” behavior she displays on social media and elsewhere. Sophy said the conservatorship had been in place for a reason, even if her father wasn’t the best person to administer it.
“With a mental illness to this degree, you need that kind of supervision and structure,” Sophy told TMZ. He also believes that Spears is not taking her medication — and she needs it, he said. “She’s out of control on many levels,” he added.