Singer Justin Timberlake was arrested early Tuesday and is accused of driving while intoxicated on New York’s Long Island, authorities said.
He has been charged with 1 count of DWI and cited for running a stop sign and failure to keep in his lane. The next court date is July 26. He’s being repped by criminal defense lawyer Ed Burke, Jr.
As for the traffic stop, law enforcement sources tell TMZ cops observed Justin glassy-eyed and they say they smelled alcohol on his breath. They say he failed the field sobriety test when asked to do a one-legged stand and a walk and turn.
Sources connected to law enforcement tell TMZ,Justin Timberlake was at the American Hotel partying and almost immediately after he left and began driving, we’re told he blew a stop sign. Cops saw that and began to follow him. We’re told Justin began swerving and cops pulled him over.
Our sources say cops performed a field sobriety test and asked Justin to take a breathalyzer test, but he refused.
We’re also told several of Justin’s friends came on scene and tried to convince cops to cut him a break, but they refused. Justin was handcuffed and arrested, and we’re told it’s all on body cam.
Our sources say Justin went to meet friends at a hotel Monday night in Sag Harbor for dinner — and around 12:30 AM, we’re told he got into his car to drive back to where he was staying … only to be pulled over almost immediately after he took the wheel.
Timberlake was expected to be arraigned in Sag Harbor, on the eastern end of Long Island, according to a statement from the Suffolk County district attorney’s office.
Justin is currently on tour with his next show scheduled for Friday and Saturday in Chicago, then is scheduled for New York’s Madison Square Garden next week on Tuesday and Wednesday.
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