The 44-year-old pop star was charged with a single misdemeanour count of driving under the combined influence of alcohol and at least one drug, a district attorney's office in California said.
Spears will be offered the chance to plead guilty to a lesser charge of reckless driving involving alcohol and/or drugs - a common resolution for someone who has shown a willingness to undergo treatment.
A representative for the star said earlier this month that Spears had voluntarily checked into a rehabilitation facility. She will not have to attend a court hearing scheduled for Monday and her lawyers can instead appear on her behalf.
On 4 March, Spears was arrested after she was pulled over for driving her black BMW fast and erratically near her home, the California Highway Patrol (CHP) said.
At the time, the CHP said the singer was arrested and taken to a Ventura County jail after taking a series of field sobriety tests during which she seemed to be impaired.
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In a statement issued to Sky News' US partner NBC, a representative for Spears described the incident as "completely inexcusable".
"Britney is going to take the right steps and comply with the law and hopefully this can be the first step in long-overdue change that needs to occur in Britney's life," they continued. "Hopefully, she can get the help and support she needs during this difficult time."
The representative added that the singer's loved ones were "going to come up with an overdue-needed plan to set her up for success for wellbeing".
Spears had been under a conservatorship that controlled many of her personal and financial decisions until a judge ended the arrangement in 2021.
Fans had launched a "Free Britney" movement, while the singer's family argued suffered from mental illness and that the conservatorship was meant to protect her and her $60m estate.
Ross Davidson, 38, once starred in the Queen musical We Will Rock You and was lead singer for 80s legends Spandau Ballet in 2018.
He was found guilty of two rapes, an attempted rape, three sexual assaults and two charges of voyeurism, against six women between 2013 and 2019.
Davidson, who used the stage name Ross Wild and described himself as "sex positive", claimed all the sexual activity was consensual.
Jurors in two separate trials disagreed and he was sentenced today at Wood Green Crown Court in London.
The judge said Davidson had been seen by many as charismatic, but as his career took off was "behaving to women in a wholly disgraceful manner".
Davidson filmed himself during one of the rapes and some of the assaults.
The videos were taken when women were "as vulnerable as can be" and in "such a deep sleep that they could not be disturbed", said prosecutor Richard Hearnden.
They women only found out what happened when police told them.
Mr Hearnden told the court Davidson was a predator who "will resort to rape and sexual assault if he is not given what he thinks he deserves".
He read a book as the court heard statements about the victims' trauma. Three of them were in the room as the sentence was delivered.
'Crippling' ADHD, drugs and alcohol
The Aberdeen-born singer was first convicted of rape, sexual assaults and voyeurism involving four women after a trial in July 2024.
A second trial last January also found him guilty of raping a woman in London in 2015 and an attempted rape and sexual assault of another women in Thailand in 2019.
One said in her impact statement: "Since the rape, my life has been permanently changed. I no longer feel safe or able to trust the world as I once did.
"Ordinary situations can feel threatening, and I live with constant anxiety and hyper-vigilance. Emotionally, I experience fear, sadness, anger, and at times numbness."
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Another woman said she was on medication for depression and anxiety and was "guarded and introverted" after previously being a sociable person.
Speaking after sentencing, senior CPS prosecutor Shikha Verma paid tribute to their "immense courage" in supporting the case against the "predatory sex offender".
Davidson's lawyer, Charlotte Newell KC, told the court the singer had gone through a period of "crippling" undiagnosed ADHD and previously used drugs and alcohol to cope.
She said he now had "genuine remorse" and is taking medication for his conditions.
The driver, her trainer and two passengers were pulled from the water after the accident on Thursday morning.
All four were safe and sound, officials said.
The vehicle was travelling through Juvisy-sur-Orge, 20km (12 miles) south of Paris, and was being driven by a trainee in the final stages of her instruction, according to Le Monde, quoting local transport officials.
It collided with a parked vehicle, the outlet said, and police are investigating what happened, adding that both driver and instructor tested negative for drugs and alcohol.
Pictures were published later in the morning showing the bus completely submerged in the water, appearing as a long white rectangular shape floating close to the riverbank near a bridge.
Emergency services workers in diving equipment could be seen on the vehicle's roof.
A small blue car, which reports said the bus collided with, could be seen floating by the riverside close to metal barriers that had been destroyed.
Recovery efforts began later in the day, with images published showing a pair of cranes lifting the vehicle from the water.
Local National Assembly member, Claire Lejeune, said on X that "This morning in Juvisy, a bus fell into the Seine, with four people on board including a trainee driver, also involving a vehicle".
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Several rescue boats, a drone and helicopters were deployed as part of a recovery effort, as well as 16 fire engines and 34 firefighters and 60 police officers, officials said.
A witness told the AFP news agency she saw the bus sweep the other vehicle with it as it went over the edge and into the water.
A 16-year-old girl and two boys, aged 15 and 16, were convicted of manslaughter over the killing of Alexander Cashford in Leysdown-on-Sea, on the Isle of Sheppey, Kent, on 10 August last year.
The teenagers, who cannot be named for legal reasons, were acquitted of murder.
At the Old Bailey on Thursday the two 16-year-old defendants were jailed for seven years and the 15-year-old boy was jailed for five years over the killing.
Woolwich Crown Court heard the teenagers thought Mr Cashford, 49, was a paedophile and lured him to the beach before hitting him with rocks and a bottle. He was found lying face down in the mud.
Jurors were told the victim had given the girl his number on 8 August after meeting her at an amusement arcade and had handed her a business card, which included a name that was not his.
The three teenagers exchanged messages with Mr Cashford, who claimed to be 30. He asked the girl, who used the alias Sienna, if she liked champagne and added that he wanted to kiss her, the court heard.
After arranging to meet by the sea wall, the older boy said he attacked the victim because he felt police "wouldn't have done anything" if they reported him for trying to meet up with the girl.
The girl shouted "f****** paedophile, I'm f****** 16, get him" as she filmed the boys chasing Mr Cashford.
Never a plan to hit victim
The older boy accepted he wanted to use a bottle he was carrying to hurt the victim, but said he did not believe it would cause "serious injury".
The girl and the younger male defendant said there was never a plan to hit Mr Cashford, the court heard.
A post-mortem examination showed Mr Cashford had injuries to his face and head, bruises on his limbs and body, and several fractured ribs that had punctured his lung.
Parents 'emotionally crushed'
Mr Cashford's parents, David and Linda, said in a statement read out at the sentencing hearing that their son was a "kind, friendly and compassionate person" who cared about local animals and wildlife, and loved all sports.
They said they were "emotionally crushed" and the impact on the family was "practically impossible to put into words".
They added he was the rock in their life and "the slander against Alex's name is particularly difficult, we know this could not be further from the truth".
A statement read from his sister Emma Gould said she has been left an only child and her brother was taken away in a "cruel and violent" way.
"How will I explain to my six-year-old son he will never see his uncle again?," She asked.
Footage posted 'a few minutes after' victim's death
Mobile phone footage showed the boy striking him on the head with the bottle.
After he was arrested, the 16-year-old shared the footage with three people, with the caption: "f***** pedo (sic) up lol", the trial heard.
Detective Chief Inspector Neil Kimber, from Kent Police, said: "What we found almost quite macabre is they were keen to post that [attack] on social media only a few minutes after his death."
During the attack, the court heard the 16-year-old boy threw a rock "the size of a cereal bowl", according to an eyewitness.
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Danny Moore KC, defending him, asked for the shortest possible sentence, as the boy, who "couldn't have had a harder beginning in life", felt genuine remorse for what he did.
In their evidence, the girl and the younger male defendant said there was never a plan to hit Mr Cashford.
Danny Robinson KC, defending her, told the trial texting Mr Cashford started as a "big laugh", and may have turned "into a desire to expose him as someone who should be named and shamed".
Sentencing the trio in front of a packed public gallery on Thursday, Mrs Justice Cheema-Grubb said she accepted it started out as a "bit of mischief", but turned into "dangerous misconduct which risked and ultimately took a man's life".
There has been speculation the players could be denied entry to America due to the conflict between the two countries. The competition is due to be held in the US, Canada and Mexico.
An envoy for President Trump said last week he had even raised the prospect with Mr Infantino of Italy replacing Iran.
However Gianni Infantino told the opening of FIFA's congress on Thursday that the Iranians weren't being booted out.
"We have to bring people together. It is my responsibility. It is our responsibility," he said.
"Football unites the world. FIFA unites the world. You unite the world. We unite the world."
Mr Infantino, who has Italian as well as Swiss citizenship, was speaking hours before he said he planned for seek a fourth term as president of world football's governing body.
Iran had asked for all their matches to take place in Mexico, but the request was denied. The team are scheduled to play twice in Los Angeles in the group stages and once in Seattle.
Members of the country's football federation were denied entry to Canada this week - FIFA's annual meeting is being held in the western city of Vancouver.
Iran was announced as absent at a roll call when all the nations were named, while a small group of protesters with Iranian flags stood outside.
The World Cup kicks off on 11 June but the build up has been beset by criticism from fans about high ticket prices and vastly inflated transports costs to get to some stadiums.
Mr Infantino - himself a divisive figure - pushed back at the cost concerns.
He said FIFA had sold "100% of the inventory that we put on the market".
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"There are expensive tickets, yes, and there are also affordable tickets," he told delegates.
"And what is important is that all the revenues that we generate from the world go back to you, go back to the entire world and finance football in all of your countries."
The number of "more affordable" tickets was increased in December following the initial outcry, but the vast majority are in the hundreds and even thousands of dollars.
Last week, four seats for the 19 July final appeared on FIFA's official "resale/exchange marketplace" for an eyewatering $2.3m (£1.7m) each.