Justin Timberlake has form of damaged his silence in regard to his latest arrest.
The veteran singer was taken into custody simply previous midnight on June 18 after he allegedly blew via a cease signal after hanging out with mates at a resort in Sag Harbor, New York.
Timberlake refused to take a breathalyzer on the scene, in keeping with the arresting officer, and was charged with one depend of driving whereas intoxicated and two citations, one for operating a cease signal and one for failure to maintain in lane.
He’s due in court docket for a listening to on July 26.
Primarily based on police information, we all know that Timberlake informed the cops he solely drank one martini previous to getting behind the wheel of his BMW… however we haven’t but heard straight from the artist.
Till Wednesday afternoon.
In a fashion of talking.
On June 19, lawyer Edward Burke Jr. launched a press release that learn as follows:
“Mr. Burke looks forward to vigorously defending Mr. Timberlake against these allegations. He will have a lot to say at the appropriate time. He is currently awaiting full discovery from the DA’s office.”
No one was harm within the incident this week, fortunately, whereas the Sag Harbor police launched a press release of its personal after making this arrest:
On June 18, 2024, at 12:37 AM, Justin R. Timberlake, age 43, of Tennessee, was noticed working a 2025 BMW southbound on Madison Road, failing to cease at a duly posted cease signal and failing to keep up his lane of journey.
A site visitors cease was initiated by a Police Officer from the Sag Harbor Village Police Division and upon investigation it was decided that Mr. Timberlake was working his automobile in an intoxicated situation.
After an officer initiated a site visitors cease, authorities famous that Timberlake’s “eyes were bloodshot and glassy, a strong odor 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.”
Timberlake was later launched with out having to pay bail.
The singer is scheduled to hit the stage once more in Chicago June 21 for the subsequent leg of his Overlook Tomorrow World Tour, and can proceed on to New York and Boston later this month.
Based on TMZ, he has no plans to verify into rehab or take any “proactive” steps towards addressing any supposed alcohol issues.
Timberlake merely plans to proceed his tour amid this controversy.
Individuals Journal stories that spouse Jessica Biel is “not happy” about her husband (whose mugshot has gone viral) and his actions.
She is starring in a brand new Amazon Prime sequence and “doesn’t like any attention on the family, especially not negative,” an insider informed this outlet.
Biel will stay by Timberlake’s facet, nevertheless. Now and eternally, this identical supply says.
“He’s a great dad and husband,” the supply states.
