Spears Rejects Plea In License Case

Her Attorney Rejected A Plea Offer Which Included A Year Of Probation & $150 Fine

(AP)  An attorney for Britney Spears has rejected a plea offer that would have placed her on a year's probation and forced her to pay a $150 fine in her misdemeanor driver's license case.

Attorney J. Michael Flanagan says Spears would consider an offer that reduces the charge to an infraction and requires her to pay a $10 fine. He says if the case does go to trial as scheduled later this month, he will appeal any conviction.

He says the 26-year-old singer is being unfairly targeted because she is a celebrity and doesn't deserve a blemish on her criminal record.

The charge is the last remnant of a criminal case that city prosecutors lodged against Spears after she hit a parked car in August 2007 and left without notifying the owner.

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"He says the 26-year-old singer is being unfairly targeted because she is a celebrity and doesn''t deserve a blemish on her criminal record."
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This is what is known as "reverse spin"-the true injustice is to grant someone with celebrity status exemption.

Ms. Spears is apparently an honor graduate of the "Jackson/Sharpton School of Ima Victim U".