Picture supply, Sag Harbor Police Division
- writer, Hafsa Khalil
- Function, BBC Information
Justin Timberlake’s lawyer stated he appears ahead to “vigorously defending” the singer after he was charged with drunk driving.
Timberlake, 43, was arrested simply after midnight on Monday for operating a cease signal and never staying on the correct facet of the street.
The incident occurred in Sag Harbor, within the Hamptons, a preferred trip vacation spot for celebrities in New York.
He was launched with out bail after being formally charged and is scheduled to seem in court docket nearly on July 26, the Suffolk County District Lawyer’s Workplace confirmed.
“I look ahead to vigorously defending Mr. Timberlake on these costs,” his lawyer, Edward Burke Jr., instructed PA Media on Wednesday.
“I’ll have extra to say sooner or later however I’m presently awaiting full discovery from the District Lawyer’s Workplace.”
Timberlake has been touring the US to advertise his sixth album, Every thing I Thought It Was, and is about to launch the worldwide leg of it subsequent month, beginning with a two-night cease in Poland.
His trial date, scheduled for July 26, coincides with the beginning of his world tour at Toruń Enviornment in Krakow.
When officers stopped him, Timberlake’s eyes have been “bloodshot and glassy” and he had a “robust odor of an alcoholic beverage coming from his breath,” in accordance with the charging doc.
He had gradual speech and carried out poorly on sobriety exams administered by officers, the doc stated.
She added that he additionally refused to take a breath take a look at.
He has beforehand spoken brazenly about looking for assist for his heavy ingesting.
In New York State, penalties for drunk driving costs embody as much as a yr in jail, a $1,000 (£786) effective and a driver’s license suspension for at the least six months.
Timberlake, a former member of the favored Nineties boy band NSYNC, is an actor, songwriter, and one of many world’s best-selling music artists.
Timberlake was scheduled to carry out two reveals in Chicago this weekend, adopted by a present at Madison Sq. Backyard in New York subsequent Tuesday.
The ten-time Grammy Award winner can also be identified for his roles within the movies The Social Community and Mates With Advantages.
