Justin Timberlake busted for drunk driving on Long Island
NEW YORK — Pop superstar Justin Timberlake was arrested for drunk driving in Sag Harbor, Long Island, early Tuesday, prosecutors said.
The 43-year-old “SexyBack” star was picked up in the South Hampton town for driving while intoxicated, a spokeswoman for the Suffolk County District Attorney confirmed.
Timberlake was arraigned on DWI charges at the Sag Harbor Village Justice Court and released without bail by 10:30 a.m., a Sag Harbor police official said.
Law enforcement sources told TMZ cops spotted Timberlake blowing a stop sign as he drove away from a party at the American Hotel. He swerved out of his lane as cops tailed him, the site reported.
The arrest comes just ahead of Timberlake’s shows scheduled for Chicago’s United Center on Thursday and Friday, as part of his “Forget Tomorrow World Tour.” He’s slated to perform at Madison Square Garden on June 25 and 26.
The “Cry Me a River” singer has had a rough past couple of years, which came to an apparent inflection point in the run-up to ex-girlfriend Britney Spears’ memoir release last year.
In “The Woman in Me,” she airs the dirty laundry of their relationship, which lasted from 1999 to 2002. The “Toxic” singer, 42, said she underwent an abortion while the pop stars were together and claimed that Timberlake not only cheated on her but contributed to the media’s portrayal of her as a “harlot who’d broken the heart of America’s golden boy.”
The aftermath of the bestselling memoir saw Timberlake canceling gigs slated for earlier this year.
Timberlake was arrested one day after celebrating Father’s Day. He posted a rare tribute to the sons he shares with wife Jessica Biel, calling the kids the “2 greatest gifts” of his life.
“I will always be there for you through your peaks and valleys… to lift you up and show you how high you can take this life and to pick you up when you fall,” he wrote on Instagram.
In late 2019, Timberlake issued a public apology to Biel, 42, after he was photographed getting cozy with his "Palmer" co-star, Alisha Wainwright, which he called a “strong lapse in judgement.”
Despite the highly publicized rough patch, Timberlake celebrated his 10th anniversary with an October 2022 vow renewal with the “Sinner” star-executive producer.
