Arresting cop so young he didn’t recognize Justin Timberlake, who said arrest would ruin tour
Additional details emerged Tuesday after Justin Timberlake was charged with drunken driving in New York’s Hamptons.
Police said the “SexyBack” singer ran a stop sign and veered out of his lane. He was driving a 2025 BMW when an officer stopped him and determined he was intoxicated, according to a court document.
The New York Post reported that the unnamed arresting officer “was so young that he didn’t even know” who Timberlake was.
In addition, a second source added, “Justin said under his breath, ‘This is going to ruin the tour.’ The cop replied, ‘What tour?’ Justin said, ‘The world tour.’”
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 “professional” and said he’s “self-employed.”
“His 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,” the court papers said.
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’s office said.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.