Pop star Britney Spears has avoided jail after her lawyer entered a guilty plea on her behalf to a "wet reckless" charge — a reduced offence of reckless driving involving drugs or alcohol — following her arrest on a southern California highway in March. Spears, 44, had been detained after allegedly driving her BMW erratically at high speed, and subsequently checked herself into a rehabilitation facility. She has been sentenced to 12 months of probation, mandatory completion of a DUI course, and fines, which is standard practice in Ventura County for first-time offenders with no crash, no injury, and a low blood-alcohol level.