Britney Spears' Ex-Husband Arrested After Breaking Into Private Wedding Venue

The BBC reported that she would have preferred to marry him three years earlier, but was nonetheless excited to finally tie the knot in a private ceremony in Ventura County, California with guests that included Madonna, Drew Barrymore, and Paris Hilton.

Yet in a video he streamed to Instagram Live, Alexander decided to turn up anyway and did so by trespassing onto some secluded property and searching the venue's upstairs rooms for Spears.

When he was confronted by the venue's security team, he tried to ingratiate himself to them and even shook one of their hands.

As he claimed at the time in an oddly contradictory way, "Britney Spears invited me here. She's my first wife, my only wife. I'm her first husband. I'm here to crash the wedding."

According to the BBC, Alexander was charged with four misdemeanors including trespassing, battery, and vandalism.

As a representative from the sheriff's office explained, "An altercation occurred with the security officers and that's where the battery occurred... and during the altercation an item was broken, so that's where the vandalism comes into play. And by being on private property, the trespass comes into play."

As People reported, Alexander had previously pleaded guilty in January to violating an order of protection and aggravated stalking against a different woman.

As she wrote in an Instagram Story, "I've done everything I can while being out of the country to keep everyone safe. Thank you to all the absolutely amazing and incredible fans for alerting me of so much. You are blessings. Thank you. Everyone is safe."

And while another person described Spears as "freaking out" over the intrusion to People, it seems that the wedding otherwise proceeded as planned.

h/t: People, BBC