Justin Timberlake world tour may be disrupted by court dates for DWI charges
NEW YORK — Though he’s scheduled to be in Europe on his world tour, Justin Timberlake will have to return to court next month following his drunk driving charge on Long Island this week.
The“Selfish” singer, 43, whose mugshot was released Tuesday afternoon after his arraignment, is scheduled to appear in court on July 26, Us Weekly reports.
July 26 also marks the first of two consecutive shows the NSYNC alum is slated to perform in Kraków, Poland, as part of his “ Forget Tomorrow World Tour.” No word yet on the fate of those two shows, as well as those in Berlin the following week.
Timberlake was arrested early Tuesday in Sag Harbor, after sailing past a stop sign in his 2025 gray BMW UT. The singer was pulled over just blocks from where he’d reportedly been partying at the American Hotel.
The pop star repeatedly refused to take a chemical test behind bars but failed numerous field sobriety tests, according to court filings obtained by the Daily News.
“I had one martini, and I followed my friends home,” the “Cry Me a River” singer told cops, according to prosecutors.
“It was ascertained that the defendant was operating said vehicle in an intoxicated condition,” read the filing. “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 badly on all standardized field sobriety tests.”
Per the court docs, the pop star was read his Miranda rights and refused to speak to officers but remained calm.
Timberlake was arrested just ahead of shows scheduled for Chicago’s United Center on Friday and Saturday, as well as June 25 and June 26 performances at Madison Square Garden — none of which has yet been canceled.
Timberlake has had a rough go of it in recent years, beginning when he was photographed in late 2019 getting cozy with his "Palmer" co-star Alisha Wainwright, despite his marriage to Jessica Biel, and their young family.
Last year, Timberlake was taken to task in ex-girlfriend Britney Spears’ explosive memoir, “The Woman in Me,” for the abortion she says she underwent during their early aughts relationship, as well as allegedly cheating on the “Toxic” singer.
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