By Adam S. Levy For Dailymail.com and Related Press
01:09 24 Jun 2024, up to date 09:41 24 Jun 2024
New particulars have surfaced about Justin Timberlake’s arrest Tuesday in New York’s Hamptons, together with a forewarning the pop star may need ignored.Stories alleged the singer was warned to not drive by the identical police officer who wound up arresting him, and that police may need been tipped off to the singer getting behind the wheel.Timberlake, 43, was pulled over after he ran a cease signal and veered out of his lane whereas behind the wheel of his 2025 BMW X7 round 12:30 a.m. of June 18 in Sag Harbor after an evening out with mates.A supply informed Web page Six Saturday that Timberlake ‘was stopped and suggested to not drive’ in his situation by Sag Harbor police officer Michael Arkinson, 23.’The officer did not acknowledge him; he is a younger man,’ the supply mentioned. ‘And he nonetheless gave Justin a break, as a result of he did not pose an instantaneous hazard.’ New particulars have surfaced about Justin Timberlake’s arrest Tuesday in New York’s Hamptons, with reviews alleging the singer was warned to not drive by the identical police officer who wound up arresting him. The singer, 43, pictured in his mug shot Sag Harbor police officer Michael Arkinson, 23, held open the door for Timberlake, who was pictured in handcuffs at one level The police officer believed that ‘that was the tip of it’ and that Timberlake ‘would get a experience residence’ earlier than seeing Timberlake once more behind the wheel ‘a number of minutes later,’ a supply informed the outlet.The supply added of Timberlake: ‘What a dumba**: I’m pondering he might afford a driver. How’s that for entitlement?’Timberlake, who has been on tour since April, was arrested when the officer stopped him and decided he was intoxicated, in response to a courtroom doc reviewed by the AP.
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One other Web page Six report revealed Sunday indicated that police had been flagged that the singer, who rose to fame because the lead member of 90s boyband NSYNC earlier than launching a profitable solo profession within the noughties, was going to drive after seeing him consuming alcohol on the American Resort.The paper quoted a supply described as a ‘well-connected Southampton restaurateur,’ who mentioned that an individual on the lodge contacted authorities after seeing Timberlake ingesting.The reporting get together ‘mentioned Justin was having loads of drinks, and so they informed the cop to observe him if he’s going to drive,’ the restaurateur informed Web page Six.The restaurateur informed the outlet they imagine Timberlake had been ‘mistreated’ and was ‘positively handled unfairly’ within the unfolding sequence of occasions that led to him being taken into custody.Dailymail.com has reached out to reps for Timberlake for touch upon each objects.  Timberlake has all the time been ‘a gentleman’ whereas out within the Hamptons, the restaurateur mentioned, citing his kindness to followers. Timberlake ‘was stopped and suggested to not drive’ in his situation by Sag Harbor police officer Michael Arkinson, 23 (pictured) Sag Harbor police may need been tipped off to the singer getting behind the wheel, in response to a brand new report The pop star seen on his The Overlook Tomorrow World Tour (pictured in April) ‘Folks all the time acknowledge him, and so they ask him for an image, and he all the time says sure,’ the restaurateur mentioned. ‘He has the hat pulled down and the sun shades, so it is arduous to acknowledge him, however some folks do.’ The restaurateur informed the outlet that Timberlake is much friendlier than fellow A-lister Leonardo DiCaprio in the way in which he interacts with folks exterior of his circle.’Leo doesn’t wish to be acknowledged, and he’ll even curse. He doesn’t take photos, particularly if he’s with a bunch of fashions,’ the restaurateur mentioned.Timberlake is slated to play back-to-back nights at Madison Sq. Backyard in New York Metropolis this week. Timberlake, who has been on tour since April, was driving a 2025 BMW in Sag Harbor round 12:30 a.m. when the officer stopped him and decided he was intoxicated, in response to a courtroom doc reviewed by the AP.’His eyes had been bloodshot and glassy, a robust odor of an alcoholic beverage was emanating from his breath, he was unable to divide consideration, he had slowed speech, he was unsteady afoot and he carried out poorly on all standardized subject sobriety exams,’ the courtroom papers mentioned.Sobriety exams embrace being requested to stroll heel-to-toe in a straight line and switch and retrace the steps or stand on one leg. Timberlake informed the officer he had ‘one martini and was following some mates residence’. The police officer ‘was so younger that he did not even know’ who Timberlake was’ and ‘did not acknowledge him or his identify,’ a supply informed Web page Six on Tuesday Justin’s spouse Jessica, in the meantime, was noticed out in public on Tuesday for the primary time after her husband’s arrest. The actress, 42, filmed scenes for her Amazon sequence The Higher Sister The identical day that her husband was launched on bail, Jessica was seen as she continued filming her Apple sequence. She wore a fancy dress that she had been pictured in whereas filming final week After being arrested and brought to a police station in close by East Hampton, he refused a breath check. Court docket papers listed his occupation as ‘skilled’ and mentioned he is ‘self-employed.’Timberlake was launched from the Hamptons police station in handcuffs and was with out bond in a while Tuesday morning after being arraigned in Sag Harbor. The hitmaker appeared shell-shocked and regarded straight forward as he was led out by officers.  After a short arraignment the place he was banned from driving for a 12 months in New York, he was launched with out bail, rising from courtroom sporting a baseball cap. Timberlake was arraigned on one depend of DWI, in addition to working a cease signal and failing to remain in his lane. He’s subsequent in courtroom on July 26. Timberlake had been ingesting with mates at The American Resort bar within the Hamptons city. One witness claimed to The New York Publish the singer had been ‘wasted’ earlier than his DWI bust and was even seen ingesting another person’s drink from one other desk. In accordance with reviews, the officer had ‘no concept’ who Timberlake was. The singer was enormous within the 90s because the lead vocalist for boyband NSYNC (pictured far proper in 1997) Timberlake launched additional to fame through the noughties as he launched his solo profession and spawned the hit Cry Me A River about his relationship with Britney Spears The unknown individual informed the outlet: ‘He was wasted. At one level, simply earlier than closing, someone acquired as much as go to the lavatory and left his drink on the desk.’When [the man] got here again, [Timberlake] was ingesting his drink. The man goes, “Justin, that is my drink!.”‘After reviews emerged Timberlake had informed officers on the scene he had ‘only one martini’ earlier than ‘following his mates residence,’ it opened the floodgates for dozens of memes to be created.Followers made jokes in regards to the measurement of the martini glass and his well-known dance strikes got here again to hang-out him after he failed the sector sobriety check. One wrote: ‘Why does Justin Timberlake look so hungover if he solely had ONE martini? The martini…,’ alongside a gif of an enormous martini glass being carried over to a desk.  Others uploaded memes of bartenders generously pouring alcohol right into a cocktail glass. They wrote alongside it: ‘The bartender that made Justin Timberlake’s one martini’ and ‘Precise footage of the bartender, making Justin Timberlake’s one martini.’One other fan in contrast him to Eddie Redmayne’s Cabaret efficiency on the Tony Awards and wrote: ‘Justin Timberlake claiming he had one martini.’ After reviews emerged Justin had informed officers on the scene he had ‘only one martini’ earlier than ‘following his mates residence,’ it opened the floodgates for dozens of memes to be created A squad automotive sat parked exterior the Sag Harbor Police Headquarters on Tuesday within the wake of the musical artist’s arrestTimberlake’s spouse Jessica Biel in the meantime, was noticed out in public on Tuesday for the primary time after her husband’s arrest. The actress, 42, was pictured as she filmed scenes for her upcoming Amazon sequence The Higher Sister in New York Metropolis.Biel regarded tense and muted whereas standing round on set between takes.She stars within the sequence with Elizabeth Banks, and the sequence relies on the 2019 novel by Alafair Burke.They play two sisters who’re introduced collectively by tragedy after one among their husbands is murdered.The set wasn’t removed from Sag Harbor, the village within the Hamptons.Sag Harbor, a one-time whaling village talked about in Herman Melville’s basic novel Moby-Dick, is nestled amid the Hamptons, round 100 miles (160 kilometers) east of New York Metropolis. The Hamptons have lengthy been a sizzling spot for the wealthy and well-known, and numerous stars and in any other case outstanding folks have had brushes with the legislation there.Â