Britney Spears’ housekeeper took her dogs away from her when the dogs got sick
As we discussed on Friday, Britney Spears is now being investigated for battery of one of her longtime housekeepers. The early versions of the story had someone in Britney’s house calling 911, only to be turned away by Britney’s security. Then the story was that Britney slapped the phone out of her housekeeper’s hand and that is what is being investigated. Follow-up reporting is now focused on why Britney allegedly freaked out on her maid, and there’s a claim that the maids took away Britney’s dogs.
Britney Spears’ dogs were taken from her earlier this month — this after her dog sitter and housekeeper believed the pets were being neglected — and that’s what triggered the confrontation between Britney and her housekeeper that led to a criminal investigation.
Sources directly connected to Britney tell TMZ … around 2 weeks ago one of her dogs became sick and the dog sitter — who is also a nurse — took that dog and Britney’s other dog to the vet. The dogs never came home, and our sources say the dog sitter kept and took care of the dogs because she believed they weren’t safe at Britney’s home.
We’re told on August 10 Britney called the Ventura County Sheriff’s Dept. to report a theft, but when cops arrived at her home she backed off and sent them away — this was first reported by Page Six. Our sources say she was prepared to file a theft report over the dogs but apparently had a change of heart. Fast-forward to this past Monday morning. Britney still did not have her dogs and didn’t know where they were, but suspected her dad had something to do with their disappearance.
Britney confronted her housekeeper and demanded to know where her dogs were and why they were taken away. Our Britney sources say the housekeeper expressed concern that the dogs had been neglected and showed Britney photos she had taken on her cellphone of one of the dogs that had just thrown up.
Britney believes the housekeeper — who gets paid by Jamie — sent Jamie the photos and he then called the dog sitter and told her to take the dogs away. Sources with direct knowledge say Jamie is “totally in the dark on what goes on in her home,” adding, “He’s been shut out.”
In any event, we’re told Britney became extremely upset and told the housekeeper she was not allowed to take photos in her house. Then we’re told a struggle ensued and Britney knocked the phone out of the housekeeper’s hands. Our Britney sources say she merely hit the phone, but law enforcement sources say the housekeeper alleged Britney struck her arm, which then caused her to lose her grip over the phone. As of Thursday afternoon, Britney still did not get her dogs back, but she was hopeful that was about to happen.
God, this is a messy situation. I’m not going to sit here and claim that I have inside information, and I think it’s perfectly possible that both “sides” were right and wrong. Britney has every right to feel like her father is manipulating situations within her house, because he had been doing that for years already. And no, you don’t just take someone’s dogs away and not explain what’s happening or why. There’s a dog sitter and several maids – if the dogs were being neglected, why assume Britney was the neglectful one? What if the dogs were getting sick in the care of the dog sitter, you know? Now, if Britney slapped or pushed her housekeeper or her phone/property, then yeah, that sucks too.
TMZ had an additional story about how the housekeeper believed the dogs were near death and dehydrated and that’s why they sent the dogs to the emergency vet, and apparently the dogs were returned to Britney on Friday. Sources close to Britney say that she still employs the dog sitter, but the housekeeper has been fired. Well… this isn’t the end of any of it.
Photos courtesy of Avalon Red.
