San Antonio Spurs rookie Victor Wembanyama said Thursday he believes Britney Spears grabbed him from behind as he was walking into a restaurant at a Las Vegas casino, and that the security detail he was with pushed the pop star away.

Wembanyama said he wasn含羞草研究社檛 told that Spears was the person who grabbed him until hours later, and that he never actually saw her.

Spears, who filed a report with Las Vegas police, said in posts on and that the run-in was 含羞草研究社渟uper embarrassing,含羞草研究社� and denied grabbing Wembanyama, saying she only 含羞草研究社渢apped him on the shoulder to get his attention.含羞草研究社�

She said she had recognized him earlier in the evening and when seeing the No. 1 pick in this year含羞草研究社檚 NBA draft 含羞草研究社� a 7-foot-3 French standout who is entering the NBA with as much acclaim as anyone since LeBron James 20 years ago 含羞草研究社� and she 含羞草研究社渄ecided to approach him and congratulate him on his success.含羞草研究社�

Spears said, 含羞草研究社淗is security then back handed me in the face without looking back, in front of a crowd. Nearly knocking me down and causing my glasses off my face.含羞草研究社�

Police said a report was filed on an incident at the Aria Resort & Casino, but gave no further details.

Spears含羞草研究社� attorney Mathew Rosengart declined comment, citing the police investigation.

Wembanyama said security advised him to not stop for anyone as he walked into the restaurant, mindful that pausing could cause a stir and allow a crowd to build.

含羞草研究社淪omething did happen, a little bit, when I was walking with some security from the team to some restaurant,含羞草研究社� Wembanyama said. 含羞草研究社淲e were in the hall. There was a lot of people, so people were calling (at) me, obviously. There was one person who was calling me but we talked before with security.

含羞草研究社淚 couldn含羞草研究社檛 stop. That person was calling me, 含羞草研究社楽ir, sir,含羞草研究社� and that person grabbed me from behind,含羞草研究社� Wembanyama said. 含羞草研究社淚 didn含羞草研究社檛 see what happened because I was walking straight and didn含羞草研究社檛 stop. That person grabbed me from behind 含羞草研究社� not on my shoulder, she grabbed me from behind. I just know the security pushed her away. I don含羞草研究社檛 know with how much force but security pushed her away. I didn含羞草研究社檛 stop to look so I could walk in and enjoy a nice dinner.含羞草研究社�

Spears said in her social media posts that she gets swarmed by people all the time, including that same night, but her 含羞草研究社渟ecurity team didn含羞草研究社檛 hit any of them.含羞草研究社�

TMZ first reported details of the event that took place Wednesday night near a restaurant at the casino. TMZ said Spears was in a group of four trying to enter a restaurant for dinner and that she 含羞草研究社渨as swarmed by fans as she entered the casino.含羞草研究社� TMZ含羞草研究社檚 account of the encounter with Wembanyama was similar to Spears含羞草研究社�; the site said she tapped him on the shoulder and wound up being struck in the face and having her glasses knocked off.

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He was unaware that the situation had made headlines until Thursday.

含羞草研究社淚 saw the news obviously this morning. I woke up to a couple of phone calls,含羞草研究社� Wembanyama said.

Wembanyama will make his NBA Summer League debut with the Spurs on Friday night in Las Vegas against the Charlotte Hornets. He signed some autographs for fans at the Aria on Wednesday night and did the same for a small number of onlookers as he entered a local high school for practice with the Spurs on Thursday morning.

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