Justin Timberlake has been arrested for driving whereas intoxicated within the Hamptons, in accordance with a report.
The ten-time Grammy winner, 43, is known to have been arrested on Monday evening (17 June) within the rich Hamptons enclave of Sag Harbor, Lengthy Island, generally known as a well-liked vacation spot for celebrities in the summertime months.
Timberlake, who rose to fame as a Disney Mouseketeer earlier than going onto grow to be one of many greatest pop stars of the Nineties and Noughties,is predicted to seem in court docket on Tuesday.
A police spokesperson confirmed to Newsday that Timberlake was arrested within the Hamptons. A Sag Harbor Justice Court docket official additionally confirmed to the outlet that the costs are DWI-related.
The circumstances of his arrest are usually not instantly clear. It comes amid the “SexyBack” singer’s The Neglect Tomorrow World Tour, with two live shows scheduled to happen on the United Heart in Chicago on 21 and 22 June. Timberlake is then as a result of return to New York for 2 reveals at Madison Sq. Backyard.
Timberlake made headlines earlier this week after stopping a present to assist a fan in want of medical help.
“Home lights up, thanks! Sorry everyone one second… we’d like some help proper right here about 5 rows again,” he stated in video footage of the incident.
“OK, we’re OK,” he went on to say, when the fan seemingly signalled again to him.
The arrest comes after Timberlake launched his new album,The whole lot I Thought I Was, making his first file in six years. It was critically panned, with a two-star overview in The Impartial calling it “about as attractive as a dirty mattress”.
Timberlake’s former standing as a worldwide pop icon has waned lately, most notably after the discharge of Britney Spears’s memoir, The Girl in Me, which divulged a lot of particulars about their relationship and subsequent cut up.
The couple first met as baby stars on the Disney Channel, earlier than Spears shot to fame with hits comparable to “Hit Me Child (One Extra Time)” and “Oops!… I Did It Once more”.
Timberlake, in the meantime, joined the favored boyband NYSNC and later launched into a profitable solo profession. He’s additionally an actor, successful popularity of performances in blockbuster movies comparable to The Social Community and rom-com Associates With Advantages.
In February, Timberlake raised eyebrows when he declared throughout a dwell efficiency that he needed to apologise to “completely f***ing no one” simply days after Spears apologised for among the revelations made in Spears’s e book.
After the discharge of Timberlake’s single “Egocentric” in March, followers of Spears started streaming her 2011 music with the identical title in response, leading to it topping Timberlake’s gross sales throughout its first full week.
Timberlake has been married to Hollywood actor Jessica Biel, with whom he shares two youngsters, since 2012.
The Impartial has contacted a consultant for Timberlake, a spokesperson for the police division and Sag Harbor Justice Court docket for remark.
