Singer Britney Spears publicly denounced NBA player Victor Wembanyama’s security guard for having slapped her after he tried to approach the young man to congratulate him.

Spears published on her social networks that on July 5 she was at the reception of a hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada (USA), when she recognized the athlete from the San Antonio Spurs and decided to approach to “congratulate him on his success”.

According to her testimony, to get Wembanyama’s attention, the singer of ‘Oops!… I Did It Again’ gave the player a “pat on the shoulder” and after that the athlete’s security guard slapped her “without looking back” to the point of almost “knocking her out”causing his glasses to fly off his face.

Spears confessed that she was embarrassed to share her story, but that she was doing it to set an example to the public that people should be treated with respect and sent a message of solidarity to those who face violence.

The interpreter also stated that usually she is “harassed” by followers and that even that night she had been surrounded by a group of at least 20 fans none of whom were injured by her team.

Wembanyama gave his version of the events in a meeting with the media and assured that he didn’t realize the pop star had tried to get close to himl until hours later after the incident.

“Someone grabbed me from behind, not by the shoulders, and I couldn’t stop myself. I didn’t see what happened, I know they pushed her away although I don’t know how harda”, said the athlete.

Spears filed a police complaint with the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department and so far no one has been arrested, according to information from the Los Angeles Times newspaper.