Justin Timberlake.
Jamie McCarthy/WireImageJustin Timberlake made a virtual appearance at an arraignment on Friday, August 2, more than a month after being arrested for DWI, Us Weekly can confirm.
While unable to attend in person because he is currently in Europe for her Forget World Tour Tomorrow (he will take the stage in Belgium on Saturday, August 3rd), Timberlake pleaded not guilty to an amended misdemeanor charge of drunken driving. Judge Carl Irace decided to suspend Timberlake’s permit to drive in New York with another hearing (lawyer conference) scheduled for Friday, August 9. us can also confirm Timberlake’s attorney withdrew a previous motion to dismiss the case.
Timberlake was arrested in the Hamptons in June. “On June 18, 2024, at 12:37 p.m., Justin R. Timberlake, age 43, of Tennessee, was observed operating a BMW 2025 southbound on Madison Street, failing to stop at a properly posted stop and failing to maintain his lane. of travel, ” the Sag Harbor Police Department said in a statement at the time. “A traffic stop was initiated by police officers from the Sag Harbor Police Department and upon investigation it was determined that Mr. Timberlake was operating the vehicle while intoxicated.”
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The statement continued: “Mr. Timberlake was arrested, processed and held overnight for arraignment tomorrow. Mr. Timberlake was arraigned in Sag Harbor Village Justice Court on June 18, 2024, at 9:30 a.m. He was released on his own recognizance.
Later that day, Timberlake was formally charged with one count of driving while intoxicated and released without bail.
“The charge is count one because he refused a breath test,” Timberlake’s attorney, Ed Burketoward Us Weekly. “Mr. Timberlake was also charged with two other court citations, running a stop sign and failure to travel in the right lane of traffic.
According to court documents obtained by CNN in June, Timberlake told authorities that he “had one martini and I followed my friends home,” but his eyes were allegedly “bloodshot and glassy” and there was a “strong odor of alcoholic beverages coming from him . breathe.”
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In a police report, one officer claimed that Timberlake had “slurred speech,” was “unsteady” and “performed poorly on all standardized field tests.” He also refused a breathalyzer test three times.
A few days after his arrest, Timberlake appeared to recount the incident during a concert in Chicago. “It’s been a tough week,” the crowd said. “I know sometimes I’m hard to love, but you keep loving me and I love you back.”
us before confirming that Timberlake was absent from the July 26 hearing on the case. However, Burke defended his client in court.
“The most important fact to know about this case is that Justin was not intoxicated and should not have been arrested for DWI,” Burke said. “The police made some significant mistakes in this case. In court today, you heard the district attorney trying to fix one of those mistakes. But that’s just one and there are many more. Sometimes the police make mistakes and this is just one of them. Justin respects law enforcement the law and the important work he does. He always cooperates with the police officers and respects them. He also respects the judicial process including the District Attorney. But the fact remains, he was not drunk and he made a mistake arrest him.We are confident that this charge will be dismissed.
