sentence1: conductor and actress Britney Spears , 24 , portrayal filled papers in Los Angeles County Superior Court to flooding her husband Kevin Federline , 28 . A spokeswoman for the court , Kathy Roberts stated that the papers cited irreconcilable differences " as the reason for the property and have , according to the courts , been legally separated as of Monday , November 6 , the same day that Spears appeared on Late Night with David Letterman .