Justin Timberlake Arrested, Charged with Drunken Driving in New York

American singer-actor Justin Timberlake was arrested early Tuesday in Sag Harbor on New York’s Long Island. 

The 43-year-old artist was arraigned on Tuesday morning and released without bail after being charged with one count of driving while intoxicated.

“The charge was a single count because he refused the breath test. Mr. Timberlake was also charged with two other court citations, running a stop sign and not traveling in the correct traffic lane,” his lawyer, Ed Burke, told Us Weekly.

A court date is scheduled for July 26, which could complicate Timberlake’s touring schedule as he has a concert in Poland on that day.

The incident appears to be Timberlake’s first arrest.

A statement from the Sag Harbor Police Department reads: “On June 18, 2024, at 12:37 AM, Justin R. Timberlake, age 43, of Tennessee, was observed operating a 2025 BMW southbound on Madison Street, failing to stop at a duly posted stop sign and failing to maintain his lane of travel,".

"A traffic stop was initiated by a Police Officer from the Sag Harbor Village Police Department and upon investigation it was determined that Mr. Timberlake was operating his vehicle in an intoxicated condition. Mr. Timberlake was placed under arrest, processed, and held overnight for morning arraignment,”. 

“Mr. Timberlake was arraigned at the Sag Harbor Village Justice Court on June 18, 2024, at 9:30 AM where he was released on his own recognizance,” the statement concluded.

Timberlake is currently on his “Forget Tomorrow” world tour in support of his latest album, “Everything I Thought It Was,” which was released in March. 

He is next scheduled to perform concerts at Chicago’s United Center on Friday and Saturday, with two more at New York’s Madison Square Garden next week. The North American leg of the tour continues until July 9 in Kentucky.

Timberlake is set to head to Europe from the end of July through September before returning to North America in October, with the last date slated for December 20 in Kansas City. 

The album is Timberlake’s first since his poorly received 2018 set “Man of the Woods” and has met with a middling commercial and critical response, but the tour has received rapturous reviews.