Cop who arrested Justin Timberlake for DWI was so ‘younger’ he didn’t acknowledge pop star

The cop who arrested Justin Timberlake for DWI within the Hamptons was so younger that he didn’t acknowledge the famous person, in accordance with a report.

The ten-time Grammy winner, 43, was arrested Tuesday at 12:17 a.m. within the rich Hamptons enclave of Sag Harbor, Lengthy Island, often called a well-liked vacation spot for celebrities in the summertime months. The pop star claimed to have consumed simply “one martini,” in accordance with a criticism obtained by the New York Put up.

Timberlake, who rose to fame as a Disney Mouseketeer earlier than turning into one of many greatest pop stars of the Nineties and 2000s, appeared in a Lengthy Island court docket on Tuesday and was launched with out bail, in accordance with TMZ. He’s due again in court docket on July 26. A reserving picture from his arrest has not been launched, however photographs confirmed Timberlake in handcuffs at an area police station.

Police advised the outlet Timberlake was on the American Resort partying and blew by way of a cease signal when he left. Cops began to observe him, and pulled him over after he began swerving. The singer advised police that he was following his mates house.

Timberlake “carried out poorly on all standardized area sobriety exams” and repeatedly refused to take a breathalyzer, the criticism says.

Officers noticed Timberlake with glassy eyes and smelled alcohol on his breath. “He was unable to divide consideration, he had slowed speech, he was unsteady afoot,” the criticism mentioned.

Timberlake’s mates have been close to the arrest and pleaded with cops to let him unfastened, however officers refused, in accordance with TMZ.

The New York Put up reported that the unnamed arresting officer “was so younger that he didn’t even know” who Timberlake was.

His arrest comes amid the “SexyBack” singer’s The Neglect Tomorrow World Tour, with two live shows scheduled to happen on the United Middle in Chicago on June 21 and 22. Timberlake is then because of return to New York for 2 reveals at Madison Sq. Backyard. He made headlines earlier this week after stopping a present to assist a fan in want of medical help.

“Home lights up, thanks! Sorry everyone one second… we’d like some help proper right here about 5 rows again,” he mentioned in video footage of the incident.

“OK, we’re OK,” he went on to say, when the fan seemingly signaled again to him.

Timberlake lately launched his new album All the things I Thought I Was, his first report in six years. It was critically panned, with a two-star overview in The Unbiased calling it “about as horny as a dirty mattress.”

Timberlake’s former standing as a world pop icon has waned in recent times, most notably after the discharge of Britney Spears’s memoir, The Girl in Me, which divulged plenty of particulars about their relationship and subsequent cut up.

The couple first met as little one stars on the Disney Channel, earlier than Spears shot to fame with hits comparable to “Hit Me Child (One Extra Time)” and “Oops!… I Did It Once more.”

Timberlake, in the meantime, joined the favored boyband NYSNC and later launched into a profitable solo profession. He’s additionally an actor, successful approval for performances in blockbuster movies comparable to The Social Community and rom-com Associates With Advantages.

In February, Timberlake raised eyebrows when he declared throughout a stay efficiency that he needed to apologize to “completely f***ing no person” simply days after Spears expressed remorse for among the revelations made in Spears’s ebook.

After the discharge of Timberlake’s single “Egocentric” in March, followers of Spears started streaming her 2011 track with the identical title in response, leading to it topping Timberlake’s gross sales throughout its first full week.

Timberlake has been married to Hollywood actor Jessica Biel, with whom he shares two kids, since 2012.

The Unbiased has contacted a consultant for Timberlake, a spokesperson for the police division and Sag Harbor Justice Court docket for remark.