Britney Spears was spotted without her wedding ring just hours after news broke about her separated from husband Sam Asghari.
The “Toxic” singer was photographed driving her white Mercedes-Benz in Los Angeles on Wednesday, with her bare left hand clearly visible on top of the steering wheel.
Along with her bare ring finger, Spears donned a pair of bracelets and a pair of rose-colored sunglasses for the outing.
Although it is not unusual for the pop star to do so leaves its four-carat sparkleshe seemed a little down during the trip.
As it turned out, so did Asghari the wedding ring was recently removed. Last month he was photographed without the symbolic band.
Earlier in the day, Page Six confirmed that Spears, 41, and the Iranian-born actor, 29, had since called it quits a year of marriage.
Indeed, the sources he told TMZ that Asghari had already moved out of their shared home in Thousand Oaks, Calif., after an explosive fight regarding Spears’ alleged infidelity.
While it’s unclear if there was any validity to her suspicions, an insider told TMZ that “it’s only a matter of time before Sam files for divorce.”
Ahead of their June 2022 nuptials, a source told Page Six that the couple signed an iron-clad prenuptial agreement, which is Asghari. allegedly trying to renegotiate.
While the prenuptial agreement was selected financially in “favor” of Spearsinsiders told us the “Family Business” actor wants his estranged wife to cough up some cash in exchange for her silence.
A source said Asghari “is trying to negotiate concessions beyond their prenup and is threatening to release extraordinarily embarrassing information about Britney unless he is paid.”
While it’s unclear how much money he’s after, the source noted that a big payday is all Asghari is “focused on” right now.
However, an independent source noted that Spears’ team has “protected” her and that “the split will be respectful.”
“It’s blackmail and it will never happen,” added the second informant.
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But just in case their divorce does get nasty, Spears has already done that he armed himself with the best legal equipment money can buy.
A person familiar with the situation told Page Six that the “Gimme More” singer recently hired divorce attorney to the stars Laura Wasser, who she previously worked with when she battled ex-husband Kevin Federline for custody their two sons in 2008.
Some of the Los Angeles attorney’s other A-list clients include Kim KardashianJohnny Depp, Kevin Costner i Joe Manganiello.
Grammy winner and model has committed in September 2021 after almost five years of dating.
The couple tied the knot during a star-studded ceremony at his home less than a year later, still rumors of marital problems it started spinning almost immediately after.
Before her marriage to Asghari, the “Womanizer” singer was married to Jason Alexander for just 55 hours in 2004.
She then married Kevin Federline that same year, but they he called it three years later The former backup dancer and Spears share two children: Sean Preston, 17, and Jayden, 16.