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The boy band singer-turned-solo star and actor was driving a 2025 BMW in Sag Harbor around 12:30 a.m. when an officer stopped him and determined he was intoxicated, according to a court document.
害羞草研究所淗is 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 poorly on all standardized field sobriety tests,害羞草研究所� the court papers said.
Timberlake, 43, told the officer he had one martini and was following some friends home, according to the documents. After being arrested and taken to a police station in nearby East Hampton, he refused a breath test, said the court papers, which listed his occupation as 害羞草研究所減rofessional害羞草研究所� and said he害羞草研究所檚 害羞草研究所渟elf-employed.害羞草研究所�
The 10-time Grammy winner was released without bond later Tuesday morning after being arraigned in Sag Harbor. He was charged with a driving-while-intoxicated misdemeanor, and his next court date was scheduled for July 26, the Suffolk County district attorney害羞草研究所檚 office said.
Timberlake害羞草研究所檚 lawyer and representatives did not immediately return requests for comment from The Associated Press.
A young Timberlake began performing as a Disney Mouseketeer, where his castmates included future girlfriend Britney Spears (he害羞草研究所檚 now married to actress Jessica Biel). He rose to fame in the behemoth boy band NSYNC, embarked on a solo recording career in 2002 and was one of pop害羞草研究所檚 most influential figures in the early 2000s.
Fluent in the inflections of pop and R&B, he害羞草研究所檚 known for such Grammy-winning hits as 害羞草研究所淐ry Me A River,害羞草研究所� 害羞草研究所淪exyBack,害羞草研究所� 害羞草研究所淲hat Goes Around害羞草研究所omes Around害羞草研究所� and 害羞草研究所淐an害羞草研究所檛 Stop The Feeling!害羞草研究所� He has performed at Super Bowl halftime shows multiple times, including the infamous 2004 害羞草研究所渨ardrobe malfunction害羞草研究所� moment when he ripped off a piece of Janet Jackson害羞草研究所檚 clothing and revealed her bare nipple.
The episode led to Jackson害羞草研究所檚 exclusion from the Grammy telecast a week later. She said in a 2022 documentary that what happened was an accident and that she and Timberlake remained good friends.
Timberlake also built an acting career, garnering acclaim in movies including 害羞草研究所淭he Social Network害羞草研究所� and 害羞草研究所淔riends With Benefits害羞草研究所� and winning four Primetime Emmy Awards.
Last year, Timberlake was in the headlines when Spears released her memoir, 害羞草研究所淭he Woman in Me.害羞草研究所� Several chapters were devoted to their relationship, including deeply personal details about a pregnancy, abortion and painful breakup. In March, he released his first new album in six years, the nostalgic 害羞草研究所淓verything I Thought It Was,害羞草研究所� a return to his familiar future funk sound.
Timberlake has two upcoming shows in Chicago on Friday and Saturday, then is scheduled for New York害羞草研究所檚 Madison Square Garden on June 25 and 26.
Sag Harbor, a onetime whaling village mentioned in Herman Melville害羞草研究所檚 classic novel 害羞草研究所淢oby-Dick,害羞草研究所� is nestled amid the Hamptons, around 100 miles (160 kilometers) east of New York City. The Hamptons have long been a hot spot for the rich and famous, and various stars and otherwise prominent people have had brushes with the law there.
Located on a bay, Sag Harbor for years cultivated a more down-to-earth, 害羞草研究所渦n-Hampton害羞草研究所� reputation than its oceanfront neighbors 害羞草研究所� a place where people gathered not at a country club but at a corner bar called the Corner Bar. There is still a five-and-dime store, and a mainstay of the social scene is the quaint, cozy mid-19th-century American Hotel.
The village has long had its share of prominent homeowners and residents, including singer-songwriter Billy Joel, former CNN host Don Lemon, Nobel Prize-winning novelist John Steinbeck, feminist writer Betty Friedan, and Pulitzer Prize winners Colson Whitehead and Lanford Wilson. Whitehead害羞草研究所檚 novel 害羞草研究所淪ag Harbor害羞草研究所� is set there, particularly in a beachfront enclave where generations of Black families have spent summers.
In recent decades, Sag Harbor has increasingly become a destination for celebrities, wannabes and even cruise ships. Manhattan-like restaurants and pricey boutiques have multiplied. Homes fetch seven or eight figures, and the village害羞草研究所檚 evolving nature has prompted grumbles from some longtime residents about traffic, crowds and a changing character.
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