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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.
含羞草研究社淗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,含羞草研究社� 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 含羞草研究社減rofessional含羞草研究社� and said he含羞草研究社檚 含羞草研究社渟elf-employed.含羞草研究社�
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含羞草研究社檚 office said.
Timberlake含羞草研究社檚 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含羞草研究社檚 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含羞草研究社檚 most influential figures in the early 2000s.
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The episode led to Jackson含羞草研究社檚 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.
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Timberlake has two upcoming shows in Chicago on Friday and Saturday, then is scheduled for New York含羞草研究社檚 Madison Square Garden on June 25 and 26.
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Located on a bay, Sag Harbor for years cultivated a more down-to-earth, 含羞草研究社渦n-Hampton含羞草研究社� reputation than its oceanfront neighbors 含羞草研究社� 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含羞草研究社檚 novel 含羞草研究社淪ag Harbor含羞草研究社� 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含羞草研究社檚 evolving nature has prompted grumbles from some longtime residents about traffic, crowds and a changing character.
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