Justin Timberlake’s driving privileges had been taken away in courtroom Friday as he pleaded not responsible to driving beneath the affect.
The singer, 43, appeared in Long Island courtroom just about from Belgium, the place he’s presently on tour. The courtroom look stems from his June 18 arrest when police stated he ran a cease signal and veered out of his lane within the posh seashore city of Sag Harbor, N.Y.
Court paperwork say the pop star was driving a BMW round 12:30 a.m. when an officer stopped him and decided he was intoxicated.
“His 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,” the courtroom papers stated.
Justin Timberlake, centre, seems by video throughout his arraignment in Sag Harbor Justice Carl Irace’s courtroom on Friday, Aug. 2, 2024 in Sag Harbor, N.Y.
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In paperwork launched by police the day after his arrest, it’s written that Timberlake apparently refused the breath check as soon as they arrived on the station.
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Dressed in a black collared shirt, the previous NSYNC singer stated little in the course of the distant arraignment as Sag Harbor Village Justice Carl Irace suspended his licence.
His legal professional, Edward Burke Jr., has maintained that Timberlake was not drunk and that the case ought to be dropped.
“The facts remain he was not intoxicated,” Burke stated Friday, based on Newsday. “I’ll say it again: Justin Timberlake was not intoxicated and we’re very confident that charge, that criminal charge, will be dismissed.”
At the time of his arrest, the SexyBack singer instructed authorities he drank just one martini and that he’d been following some associates house in his automotive.
Justin Timberlake’s mugshot after his DWI arrest on June 18, 2024, in Sag Harbor, New York.
Sag Harbor Police
Irace set a subsequent courtroom date for Aug. 9.
The case was delayed after Burke stated the unique charging doc lacked a sergeant’s signature and ought to be thrown out.
Assistant District Attorney Ashley Cangro stated new paperwork had been filed July 2 that ought to handle that flaw.
— with information from The Associated Press
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