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Troubled pop singer Britney Spears is ready to go on trial to clear her name for allegedly driving without a California license, her lawyer J. Michael Flanagan said in court on Wednesday.
By turning down a prosecution offer of one year's probation and a 150-dollar (110-euro) fine, Spears, 26, should be able to simply pay a fine and show the violation has been corrected, Flanagan told the court in the Van Nuys district of Los Angeles.
The charge stems from an August 6, 2007, fender-bender in a parking lot that was caught on video and in pictures by photographers who trail the "Baby One More Time" chart-topper whenever she ventures out in public.
Spears held a driving license from her native Louisiana at the time, even though she had been resident in California since at least May 2006 and was thus legally obliged to hold a California permit.
Her trial is scheduled for October 15.
Spears -- who hit rock bottom in January when she was twice rushed to hospital for psychiatric treatment after losing lost custody of her two young sons -- hopes to get her career back on track with a new album due out in December.
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