Justin Timberlake has been arrested for driving whereas intoxicated within the Hamptons, authorities have stated.
The ten-time Grammy winner, 43, was arrested Monday night time within the rich Hamptons enclave of Sag Harbor, Lengthy Island, often known as a preferred vacation spot for celebrities in the summertime months.
Timberlake, who rose to fame as a Disney Mouseketeer earlier than turning into one of many greatest pop stars of the Nineteen Nineties and 2000s, appeared in a Lengthy Island court docket on Tuesday and was launched with out bail, in line with TMZ. He’s due again in court docket on July 26.
Police advised the outlet that Timberlake was on the American Resort partying and blew via a cease signal when he left. Cops began to observe him, and pulled him over after he began swerving.
He failed a subject sobriety check and refused breathalyzer, in line with TMZ. Officers noticed Timberlake with glassy eyes and smelled alcohol on his breath.
Timberlake’s buddies have been close to the arrest and pleaded with cops to let him unfastened, however officers refused, in line with TMZ.
His comes amid the “SexyBack” singer’s The Overlook Tomorrow World Tour, with two live shows scheduled to happen on the United Heart in Chicago on June 21 and 22. Timberlake is then as a consequence of return to New York for 2 exhibits at Madison Sq. Backyard. He made headlines earlier this week after stopping a present to assist a fan in want of medical help.
“Home lights up, thanks! Sorry all people one second… we want 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 signaled again to him.
The arrest comes after Timberlake launched his new album, All the things I Thought I Was, making his first report in six years. It was critically panned, with a two-star evaluate in The Unbiased calling it “about as horny as a dirty mattress.”
Timberlake’s former standing as a world pop icon has waned lately, most notably after the discharge of Britney Spears’s memoir, The Girl in Me, which divulged plenty of particulars about their relationship and subsequent break up.
The couple first met as little one stars on the Disney Channel, earlier than Spears shot to fame with hits equivalent 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, profitable popularity of performances in blockbuster movies equivalent to The Social Community and rom-com Associates With Advantages.
In February, Timberlake raised eyebrows when he declared throughout a reside efficiency that he needed to apologize to “completely f***ing no person” simply days after Spears expressed remorse for a few of 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 Unbiased has contacted a consultant for Timberlake, a spokesperson for the police division and Sag Harbor Justice Courtroom for remark.
