Justin Timberlake had his driving licence suspended within the state of New York, as he pleaded not responsible to a cost of driving whereas intoxicated.
The pop star was arrested 18 June for going via a cease signal and failing to remain on the proper facet of the highway.
Timberlake, 43, appeared nearly from Europe the place he’s on tour as he was formally charged with the crime in Sag Harbor, New York.
Sag Harbor Village Justice Justice Carl Irace suspended Timberlake’s driving licence for an undetermined interval, as is normal after a DWI arrest.
Timberlake’s lawyer has denied he was underneath the affect on the wheel and says the fees must be dismissed.
On Friday, Timberlake wore a black-collared shirt and spoke twice in the course of the digital court docket listening to, answering “sure” to questions from the decide.
He was showing from Germany, the place he’s making ready to carry out in Antwerp, Belgium, this weekend.
The ten-time Grammy winner missed his first court docket listening to final week due to his world tour, known as Every part I Thought It Was.
The court docket needed to maintain one other listening to due to a paperwork subject to formally cost him with the crime.
The actor and pop star was stopped shortly after midnight in Sag Harbor within the Hamptons, a well-liked summer time vacation spot for celebrities on Lengthy Island.
When officers pulled him over, Timberlake’s eyes had been “bloodshot and glassy” and a “robust odour of an alcoholic beverage was emanating from his breath”, in line with a charging doc.
He refused a breathalyser take a look at and carried out poorly on sobriety assessments, the police stated.
“I had one martini and I adopted my mates house,” Timberlake allegedly informed the officer who stopped him.
Throughout Friday’s listening to, Decide Irace reportedly criticised the defence lawyer, Edward Burke, for making “irresponsible” feedback to journalists outdoors court docket.
He stated he would impose a gag order on the lawyer if he continued to make such remarks, NBC reported.
“It comes off as an try to poison the case earlier than it even begins,” Decide Irace was quoted as saying.
Mr Burke informed reporters final week that police had made “plenty of very important errors”.
“A very powerful reality to find out about this case is that Justin was not intoxicated and shouldn’t have been arrested for DWI,” he stated.
In New York, penalties for fees associated to driving whereas intoxicated embrace as much as a 12 months in jail, a $1,000 (£786) tremendous and the suspension of a driver’s licence for not less than six months.
Timberlake – who has been open about struggles with extreme consuming up to now – referred to the arrest days afterwards at a efficiency in Chicago.
“It has been a tricky week,” the Cry Me A River singer informed the gang.
