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Justin Timberlake has pleaded not responsible to a cost of driving whereas intoxicated stemming from an arrest earlier this summer season in New York.
Timberlake, who attended the listening to in Sag Harbor, New York just about, spoke twice to reply “sure” to Sag Harbor Village Justice Carl Irace.
The listening to was largely procedural. The decide at one level admonished Timberlake’s lawyer, Edward Burke, for earlier feedback made exterior of court docket to the media. The decide urged counsel to be extra cautious.
The singer was arrested in June after police say he was noticed driving a 2025 BMW “in an intoxicated situation.”
He allegedly didn’t cease at a cease signal and likewise failed to take care of in his lane of journey, in keeping with an announcement from Sag Harbor Police. He was described by an officer as “unable to divide consideration.” The officer added that Timberlake “had slowed speech, he was unsteady afoot and he carried out poorly on all standardized area sobriety assessments.”
Timberlake instructed police he “had one martini and I adopted my associates residence,” in keeping with court docket data.
At a listening to in late July, Timberlake’s legal professional disputed that the performer was intoxicated, arguing he shouldn’t have been arrested.
“The police made a lot of very vital errors on this case,” Burke stated on the time.
On Friday, Burke reiterated that Timberlake was not intoxicated on the time of his arrest. The singer’s Tennessee drivers license was suspended within the state of New York, which Burke stated is customary for DWI arrests.
Timberlake is at present on tour in Europe for his most up-to-date album, “All the things I Thought It Was.”
Friday’s look was a rescheduled arraignment after Timberlake’s legal professional argued in a earlier listening to there have been paperwork errors.
There may be one other convention listening to within the case on August 9, although Timberlake will not be required to attend at the moment.