Britney Spears' husband files for divorce after 14 months of marriage

Britney Spears and Sam Asgari at the 29th Annual GLAAD Media Awards in 2018. Credit: J Merritt/Getty Images

Britney Spears' husband has filed for divorce from the pop star 14 months after their wedding, according to a person familiar with the filing.

Spears married Sam Asghari at her home in California in June 2022 in front of guests including Madonna and Drew Barrymore.

The wedding was a major milestone in her newfound life, after the legal guardianship that had hung over her for more than 13 years was lifted just six months earlier.

The pop superstar met and started dating Asgari, a model and actor, when he appeared in her video for the song Slumber Party in 2016.

She cited her desire to marry Asghari as one of the reasons she wanted an end to restrictive custody, which she said was getting in the way.

Britney Spears and husband Sam Asgari on their wedding day in June 2022. Photo: TIM STEWART NEWS LIMITED

Spears said she and Asgari lost their baby early in pregnancy in May 2022, about a month before their wedding.

Reports of the couple's problems have increased in recent months.

Their marriage. is the first for the 29-year-old Asghari and the third for the 41-year-old singer. In 2004, she was married less than three days to Jason Alexander, a childhood friend who tried to crash her wedding to Asghari and was later convicted of petty trespass and battery.

In 2004, she married dancer Kevin Federline. Their three-year marriage came at a time of intense tabloid scrutiny and increased Spears' mental health issues. Federline is the father of her two teenage sons, of whom he retains custody.

She was placed in custody under her father's supervision in 2008.

Custody is a legal agreement in the United States who appoint a legal guardian to handle the affairs of someone due to their age, disability or illness.

Britney Spears met and started dating Sam Asgari when he appeared in her video for Slumber Party in 2016. Photo: TIM STEWART NEWS LIMITED < p>As the singer began to make less public appearances, fans launched a campaign to demand that the court release her, as part of a movement that became known as #FreeBritney.

After the end of Spears' guardianship released music including a collaboration with Elton John in 2022. However, she has not performed live in many years and has not announced plans to do so.

Her memoir, The Woman in Me, is scheduled for release in October.

A person familiar with the application is close to Asghari, but not authorized to speak publicly, confirmed that it was Wednesday, hours after several media outlets, including TMZ and People magazine, reported that the couple had broken up.

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Email, sent to a Spears representative was not immediately returned. Court records in Los Angeles and Ventura County do not indicate where the case was filed.