Justin Timberlake has misplaced his driving privileges in New York following his newest listening to, stemming from his June 18, DWI arrest.
The ‘Cry Me a River’ singer, 43, appeared just about from Antwerp, Belgium, on Friday, Aug. 2, pleading not responsible to a revised misdemeanor cost of driving drunk.
Sag Harbor Village Justice Carl Irace formally suspended Timberlake’s permission to drive in New York, although the size of the revocation is unclear. Following the listening to, Timberlake’s lawyer Edward Burke Jr. instructed reporters the suspension is “normal with each DUI.”
#Breaking Justin Timberlake seems through video at his Sag Harbor courtroom listening to on a DWI cost from June. The decide suspended his license in NY bc he refused a breathalyzer check. He pleaded not responsible and his legal professional vows to struggle the costs #nbc4ny 📸 by John Roca of Newsday pic.twitter.com/T9b6aXYUx2
— Pei-Sze Cheng (@PeiSzeCheng4NY) August 2, 2024
In the course of the proceedings, Burke additionally withdrew his movement—put forth final week—to dismiss the case. Irace additionally expressed his displeasure with Burke’s assertion to the press following the July 26 listening to, urging him to “be extra conscious when giving feedback” and admonishing Burke that his phrases “come off as an try to poison the case earlier than it even begins.”
The subsequent courtroom listening to is a lawyer convention scheduled for Friday, August 9, which Timberlake isn’t required to attend.
Nevertheless, Irace threatened to implement a gag order or request for Timberlake to seem in individual, forcing a return from Europe and a pause on his Overlook Tomorrow World Tour, if feedback continued from the legal professional.
In these feedback, which had been delivered with out Timberlake current, Burke mentioned flatly that his consumer “was not intoxicated” when Sag Harbor Village cops pulled him over in June, and he described the arresting officer as “younger” and “part-time.”
Burke determined to not make the identical claims contained in the courtroom on that earlier event—a divergence famous immediately by Irace—however as a substitute attacked the case on procedural grounds as a result of the arresting officer’s supervisor didn’t log off on the unique felony grievance.
“We’re sustaining that Justin was not intoxicated on the time of the site visitors cease,” Burke mentioned.
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Officers say “his eyes had been bloodshot and glassy, a powerful odor of an alcoholic beverage was emanating from his breath.”
After being pulled over, Timberlake reportedly instructed cops:… pic.twitter.com/b4Rvfo5xbZ
— Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) June 18, 2024
The listening to in Sag Harbor, New York, got here greater than a month after Timberlake was pulled over, failed area sobriety assessments, and was arrested on suspicion of intoxicated driving early morning on a Tuesday within the Hamptons space of Lengthy Island.
Timberlake was behind the wheel of a grey Florida-registered BMW when he was stopped somewhat after 12:15 a.m. that Tuesday morning close to Madison Road and Center Line Freeway, initially for driving by a cease signal and failing to remain on the best aspect of the street, in accordance with the felony grievance.
Timberlake struggled to stroll heel-to-toe and stand on one foot with out swaying or utilizing his arms to steadiness, the report mentioned. He additionally declined to be examined for impairment, mentioned police, who alleged he instructed them, “No, I’m not doing a chemical check.”
