Justin Timberlake’s lawyer has stated the popstar was “not intoxicated” when he was arrested by cops final month for driving below the affect.
The 43-year-old pop star was detained in New York for working a cease signal and failing to remain on the correct aspect of the highway.
His first courtroom listening to came about on Friday, the place his lawyer Edward Burke stated police made “a really important variety of errors” within the case.
“Crucial truth to learn about this case is that Justin was not intoxicated and mustn’t have been arrested for DWI,” he added.
Talking outdoors Sag Harbor Village Justice Courtroom, Mr Burke stated Timberlake “respects legislation enforcement” and cooperated with the cops always.
“However the truth stays, he was not intoxicated they usually made an error in arresting him for it. We’re assured that this cost might be dismissed.”
Timberlake was not current on the listening to because the date clashed with the beginning of his Every little thing I Thought It Was world tour, kicking-off on the Tauron Enviornment in Krakow.
He might be re-arraigned just about in courtroom subsequent month.
The arrest occurred in Sag Harbor within the Hamptons, a preferred summer time vacation spot for celebrities on Lengthy Island.
When officers stopped him, Timberlake’s eyes have been “bloodshot and glassy” and a “sturdy odour of an alcoholic beverage was emanating from his breath”, in keeping with a charging doc.
His speech was slowed and he carried out poorly on the officers’ sobriety assessments, the doc stated.
He additionally refused a breathalyser take a look at, it added.
“I had one martini and I adopted my pals dwelling,” Timberlake allegedly instructed the officer who stopped him, in keeping with the BBC’s US associate CBS Information.
Timberlake has beforehand spoken brazenly about looking for assist for extreme consuming.
In New York, penalties for fees associated to driving whereas intoxicated embrace as much as a 12 months in jail, a $1,000 (£786) positive and the suspension of a driver’s licence for at the least six months.
