Singer Justin Timberlake was arrested early Tuesday and is accused of driving whereas intoxicated on New York’s Long Island, after police mentioned he ran a cease signal and veered out of his lane within the posh seaside summer season retreat.
The boy band singer-turned-solo star and actor was driving a 2025 BMW in Sag Harbor round 12:30 a.m. when an officer stopped him and decided he was intoxicated, in response to a court docket doc.
“His eyes were bloodshot and glassy, a strong odour of an alcoholic beverage was emanating from his breath, he was unable to divide attention, he had slowed speech, he was unsteady afoot and he performed poorly on all standardized field sobriety tests,” the court docket papers mentioned.
Timberlake, 43, advised the officer he’d had one martini and was following some mates house, in response to the paperwork. After being arrested and brought to a police station in close by East Hampton, he refused a breath check, mentioned the court docket papers, which listed his occupation as “professional” and mentioned he is “self-employed.”
Timberlake charged, mugshot launched
The 10-time Grammy winner was launched with out bond later Tuesday morning after being arraigned in Sag Harbor. He was charged with one depend of driving whereas intoxicated, the Suffolk County district legal professional’s workplace advised CBC News.
His subsequent court docket date is scheduled for July 26 the Sag Harbor Police Department shared with CBC, additionally releasing a mug shot of the singer.
Timberlake’s lawyer and representatives didn’t instantly return requests for remark from The Associated Press.
A younger Timberlake was a Disney Mouseketeer, the place his castmates included future girlfriend Britney Spears. He rose to fame within the standard boy band NSYNC and embarked on a solo recording profession in 2002.
Fluent within the inflections of pop and R&B, he is recognized for such Grammy-winning hits as Cry Me A River, SexyBack, What Goes Around…Comes Around and Can’t Stop The Feeling! He has carried out at Super Bowl halftime reveals a number of occasions, together with the notorious 2004 “wardrobe malfunction” second when he ripped off a bit of fellow singer Janet Jackson’s clothes and revealed her naked nipple.
The episode led to Jackson’s exclusion from the Grammy telecast per week later. She said in a 2022 documentary that what occurred was an accident and that she and Timberlake remained good mates.
Timberlake additionally constructed an appearing profession, profitable approval for his performances in motion pictures together with The Social Network and Friends With Benefits and taking house 4 Primetime Emmy Awards.
Last 12 months, Timberlake was within the headlines when Spears launched her memoir, The Woman in Me. Several chapters are dedicated to their relationship, together with deeply private particulars a few being pregnant, abortion and painful breakup. In March, he launched his first new album in six years, the nostalgic Everything I Thought It Was, a return to his acquainted future funk sound.
Timberlake has two upcoming reveals in Chicago on Friday and Saturday, then is scheduled for New York’s Madison Square Garden subsequent week on Tuesday and Wednesday.
Sag Harbor, as soon as a whaling village, is talked about in Herman Melville’s basic novel Moby-Dick. It’s nestled amid the Hamptons, round 160 kilometres east of New York City. The Hamptons have lengthy been a sizzling spot for the wealthy and well-known, and numerous stars and in any other case distinguished folks have had brushes with the regulation there.
