Justin Timberlake arrested and charged with DWI, released from police custody

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Justin Timberlake was arraigned on one rely of driving whereas intoxicated and launched from police custody in New York, in line with his lawyer.

In line with police, the singer was noticed round 12:37 a.m. Tuesday morning “working his car in an intoxicated situation,” in Sag Harbor, New York. Timberlake was driving a 2025 BMW when he allegedly did not cease at a cease signal and failed to take care of in his lane of journey, a press release from Sag Harbor Police reads.

An officer initiated a visitors cease, Timberlake instructed police he “had one martini and I adopted my buddies residence,” in line with court docket information.

Timberlake’s eyes had been “bloodshot and glassy“ and there was a “sturdy odor of an alcoholic beverage” emanating from his breath, its alleged in court docket information.

A Sag Harbor Village Police Division officer described him as “unable to divide consideration,” including “he had slowed speech, he was unsteady afoot and he carried out poorly on all standardized area sobriety assessments.”

Timberlake additionally rejected a chemical take a look at 3 times, the primary time saying, “No, I’m not doing a chemical take a look at.”

The report comprises particulars of his area sobriety assessments. He was positioned beneath arrest and held in a single day for arraignment, in line with police. He was additionally cited for operating the cease signal and failure to maintain in his lane, his lawyer Ed Burke instructed CNN.

Timberlake was launched with out bail. His subsequent court docket look is scheduled for July 26, the Suffolk County district lawyer’s workplace instructed CNN. The looks is anticipated to be digital.

Sag Harbor is a village situated within the Hamptons on jap Lengthy Island. Timberlake left the American Lodge within the space shortly earlier than he was arrested, in line with a supply with information of the matter.

Timberlake is at the moment on tour together with his most up-to-date album, “Every part I Thought It Was.” He’s subsequent scheduled to carry out in Chicago on the United Middle on Friday.

Over the weekend, Timberlake wrote a tribute to his two sons and shared his plans for Father’s Day in a submit Instagram.

“My 2 best items. I study extra about myself on a regular basis simply since you each selected me to be your Daddy. I’ll at all times be there for you thru your peaks and valleys… to elevate you up and present you the way excessive you possibly can take this life and to select you up once you fall. And, after all, to flood you with unbearable Dad-jokes all alongside the best way. I like you each a lot. Thanks for giving me my greatest function,” Timberlake wrote. “Now… for at this time: let’s play a sport the place all of us simply chill and let Dad watch the ultimate spherical of The US Open.”

Timberlake, 43, is married to producer and actor Jessica Biel. The couple married in 2012 and are mother and father to Silas, 9, and Phineas, 3.

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