Britney Spears, Victor Wembanyama video shows singer tapped NBA star before being hit

Britney Spears, Victor Wembanyama video shows singer tapped NBA star before being hit

Video released Friday appears to show Britney Spears tapped Victor Wembanyama on the shoulder and didn’t grab him, despite what the NBA star said.

TMZ, which reports charges won’t be filed, obtained video of the interaction in which Spears was in a group of four trying to enter a restaurant for dinner when she noticed Wembanyama and tapped him on the shoulder in an effort to get his attention. Spears was struck in the face, having her glasses knocked off.

Wembanyama said Thursday that Britney Spears grabbed him from behind as he was walking into a restaurant at a Las Vegas casino, and that “security pushed her away.”

The video appears to support Spears’ version in which she taps Wembanyama’s shoulder and doesn’t grab him as he had indicated. You can also see a member of the security team slap her away. It is unclear whether he made contact with her face.

“I simply tapped him on the shoulder. His security then back handed me in the face without looking back, in front of a crowd,” Spears wrote in a statement Thursday. “Nearly knocking me down and causing my glasses off my face.”

Take a look at the video above.

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