Britney Spears' ex Jason Alexander faces felony charges for stealing landlady’s $2K bracelet
NAPA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA: Jason Alexander, Britney Spears' first husband, is facing additional jail time for two unresolved theft charges. After being caught breaking into the singer's Thousand Oaks home on the day of her wedding to Sam Ashgari in June, the 40-year-old has spent the last two months in Ventura County jail.
Jason Alexander, who was married to the pop star for mere 55 hours back in 2004, live streamed the incident as he broke into Britney's home before the security finally took him down. According to the Napa County Sheriff, Jason was arrested on Wednesday, August 16 on a warrant issued in 2016 for alleged jewelry theft, and he's been charged with two felonies, TMZ reported.
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According to the report by TMZ: "Jason is charged with grand theft and buying/receiving stolen property after he was picked up by Napa authorities on Tuesday from Ventura County jail after serving a 60-day sentence for crashing Britney's wedding."
Jason was transferred directly from the Ventura County Jail to Napa, where he was booked for allegedly stealing his landlady's $2,000 diamond tennis bracelet in August 2015 and pawning it for $180 at Best Collateral in Vallejo, California, Daily Mail reported.
According to an arrest affidavit, Jason admitted to the theft when confronted, and his name appears in pawn shop records. He stated that he was unable to obtain the bracelet and offered to replace it with another, but the 55-year-old victim declined and reported him to the police in February 2016. When Jason fled the scene, police issued a warrant for his arrest on charges of grand theft and buying or receiving stolen property, and they were able to return the bracelet to the victim.
His former landlady, who did not want to be identified, described him as a "disgusting person" who kicked her daughter's dog and used drugs in her American Canyon home. She told Daily Mail: "I kicked him out of the house when I caught him stealing stuff. He lived in my house for six months and I trusted him. He was a client [at her medical cannabis business]. I never had a roommate in my life and I let him and his dad stay there because he was going to be homeless – he was required to stay in San Francisco as part of his probation. She added, "He couldn’t go back to Louisiana. His dad had come from Louisiana to get him but he couldn’t go back because of that. That was the only reason I rented to him. It broke up my business partnership too because my partner, she was dead against it. She was right I guess. ‘At the time, I felt bad for him – mainly because his dad made me believe he was a different person."
Alexander moved in August 2015, after serving a 111-day sentence for domestic abuse at the San Francisco County Jail. He had a child with the victim, a former girlfriend. According to court documents, he was also sentenced to three years probation and ordered to participate in drug and alcohol treatment programs.
The landlady also revealed that three weeks before Alexander crashed Britney's wedding, she called the cops after seeing a series of strange posts on his Instagram page.
"He was posting all this crazy s*** on Instagram down in southern California and I was like, he’s down there stalking somebody and as far as I know, he’s still on probation. I don’t know why they would let him be on probation when he’s facing other charges. I talked to the victim-witness in the DA’s office. They said they can’t do anything unless he’s arrested."
The 40-year-old has been arrested four times in the last 13 months, including in December 2021 for stalking an unidentified woman. He was arrested in August for violating airport security protocols, and he was charged with DUI in January 2021.