After 14 months of marriage, Britney Spears’ husband, Sam
Asghari, filed for divorce Wednesday, according to Los Angeles court records.
The couple’s relationship began in 2016 and unfolded alongside Spears’ campaign
to be released from a conservatorship that limited her personal and
professional decision-making power. She married Asghari, an actor and personal
trainer who was thrust into the spotlight through his relationship with Spears,
seven months after a California judge’s ruling ended the conservatorship.
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Below, a look at the milestones, the court hearings, and the
many, many Instagram posts that punctuated the relationship.
October 2016: Spears and Asghari meet
Both Spears and Asghari have said in interviews that they met on
the set of the music video for Spears’ song “Slumber Party.” Asghari told Men’s
Health that the two had exchanged phone numbers at the shoot. He said he was
excited “to meet one of the biggest artists of all time,” adding, “I had butterflies.”
Jan. 1, 2017: Taking the relationship public.
Spears first hinted at the relationship with an Instagram post
on New Year’s Day showing the couple eating dinner. They began making
appearances together, including one at a Los Angeles Lakers game in November
2017 and another at the GLAAD Media Awards in April 2018, where Spears was an
honoree.
2019: A campaign to #FreeBritney takes off
At the beginning of 2019, Spears canceled a planned Las Vegas
residency and announced that she would begin an “indefinite work hiatus.”
Online speculation took off about her well-being. In May, fans representing the
#FreeBritney campaign marched outside a Los Angeles courthouse where a status
hearing for the conservatorship was taking place. In August, a lawyer for Spears
submitted a filing seeking substantial changes to the conservatorship “in order
to reflect the major changes in her current lifestyle and her stated wishes.”
Feb. 9, 2021: Asghari lashes out against the conservatorship
Asghari posted an Instagram story that fans took as a statement
against the conservatorship. “I have zero respect for someone trying to control
our relationship and constantly throwing obstacles in our way,” he wrote.
June 23, 2021: ‘I want to be able to get married and have a
baby’
Spears gave 23 minutes of testimony to a Los Angeles judge in
which she requested that the conservatorship be terminated. She said that the
arrangement had placed unnecessary restrictions on her personal life, including
preventing her from removing her birth control device. “I want to be able to
get married and have a baby,” Spears said in her testimony. “I was told right
now in the conservatorship I am not able to get married or have a baby.”
Sept. 12, 2021: The couple announces their engagement
Spears posted an Instagram video showing off her new ring, which
Vogue reported was a four-carat diamond. “Look at that — you like it?” Asghari
says in the video. “Yes!” she responds.
Nov. 12, 2021: Spears is released from her conservatorship
Judge Brenda Penny of Los Angeles Superior Court issued a ruling
ending the conservatorship that had given Spears’ father, James Spears,
authority over his daughter’s life and finances. The conservatorship had been
in place for more than 13 years. Before the hearing, Asghari posted a video of
the couple dancing to one of Britney Spears’ songs while wearing #FreeBritney
T-shirts.
April 11, 2022: Spears announces that she is pregnant
Spears posted an image of pink flowers on Instagram to announce
that she was pregnant. “So, I got a pregnancy test … and uhhhhh well … I am
having a baby,” she wrote in the caption.
May 14, 2022: Spears says she has had a miscarriage
Just over a month after Spears had announced her pregnancy, she
wrote in a statement posted to Instagram that she had had a miscarriage. “We
have lost our miracle baby,” the couple wrote.
June 11, 2022: The couple
marries
The couple was married June 11, according to legal documents.
According to Vogue, the couple held a wedding ceremony June 9 at their home in
Thousand Oaks, California, that was attended by Madonna, Selena Gomez, Paris
Hilton and Drew Barrymore. It featured several outfit changes for Spears and a
reception playlist that included her song “Toxic.”
Aug. 16, 2023: Asghari files for divorce
Asghari submitted a divorce filing to Los Angeles Superior Court
on Wednesday, citing irreconcilable differences. The same day, Spears posted on
Instagram that she was “buying a horse soon.”
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