Overview
- Published on Oct. 21, You Thought You Knew details allegations including cocaine use while breastfeeding, drinking during pregnancy, a late-night knife incident near sleeping children, infidelity, and episodes of aggression.
- Federline writes that he feared the situation was heading toward something irreversible and warns that their sons could be left to deal with the consequences if nothing changes.
- Spears publicly rejects the accounts as lies and describes the ongoing criticism from her ex-husband as emotionally exhausting and abusive.
- Her representatives accuse Federline of profiting from her pain, pointing to the timing after his child-support payments ended.
- In separate social posts, Spears says she suffered “brain damage” from traumatic confinement tied to her past control arrangement and notes minimal contact with her now-adult sons in recent years.