Her 25 aides and bodyguards then argued with the store’s staff and with cops and fans.
But friends of the star, 26, say she simply forgot to hand over cash for the $200 long-sleeved vest. She was not arrested.
Toxic singer Brit was recently taken out of a Californian psychiatric ward by her dad JAMIE.
Sporting jet-black hair, she had spent Saturday shopping in leopard-print top and jeans. But she then emerged from the hip Fred Segal store in Melrose Avenue wearing the black top.
A shopper said:
Britney seemed to be in a daze. She rushed around looking at coats and bags and then left with her gang of 25 people.
The staff were just staring at each other, then said ‘I think she’s taken a top’. There was chaos outside with fans and police.
Brit – in a custody battle over her two kids - tried to put the latest row behind her by going out with her dad to the posh Club Social in Hollywood. They had a quiet meal and left before midnight.
She has previously been accused of swiping a disposable lighter from a garage last December and a wig from a sex shop last year.
Britney was also recently banned from the plush The Four Seasons hotel in LA after ‘forgetting’ to pay her bar tabs.