Justin Timberlake arrested: police were informed of his alcohol consumption

New details have surfaced about Justin Timberlake’s arrest Tuesday in New York’s Hamptons, including a warning the pop star may have ignored.

There were reports that the singer was warned not to drive by the same police officer who ended up stopping him, and that the police may have been informed that the singer was getting behind the wheel.

Timberlake, 43, was arrested after running a stop sign and leaving his lane while behind the wheel of his 2025 BMW X7 around 12:30 a.m. June 18 in Sag Harbor after a night out with friends.

A source told Page Six on Saturday that Timberlake “was stopped and advised not to drive” in his state by Sag Harbor Police Officer Michael Arkinson, 23.

“The officer did not recognize him; he’s a young man,” the source said. “And he still gave Justin a break because he wasn’t an immediate danger.”

The officer thought “it was over” and that Timberlake “would be driven home” before seeing Timberlake behind the wheel again “several minutes later,” a source told the outlet.

The source added of Timberlake: “What an idiot: I think he could afford a driver.” What about the law?

Timberlake, who has been on tour since April, was arrested when the officer stopped him and determined he was intoxicated, according to a court document reviewed by the AP.

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Another report from Page Six on Sunday said police were told the singer, who rose to fame as a core member of the boyband NSYNC in the ’90s before launching a successful solo career in the 2000s, was going to drive after having seen him consume alcohol at the American Hotel. .

The newspaper cited a source described as a “well-connected Southampton restaurateur” who said someone at the hotel contacted authorities after seeing Timberlake drinking.

The reporter “said Justin was drinking a lot and they told the cop to watch him if he was driving,” the restaurateur told Page Six.

The restaurateur told the outlet he believes Timberlake was “mistreated” and was “definitely treated unfairly” in the series of events that led to his detention.

Dailymail.com has reached out to Timberlake’s representatives for comment on both items.

Timberlake was always “a gentleman” when he was in the Hamptons, the restaurateur said, citing his kindness to fans.

“People always recognize him, they ask him for a photo and he always says yes,” the restaurateur said. “He has his hat down and sunglasses on, so it’s hard to recognize him, but some people do.”

The restaurateur told the outlet that Timberlake is much friendlier than fellow restaurant owner Leonardo DiCaprio in the way he interacts with people outside of his circle.

“Léo doesn’t like being recognized and he even goes so far as to curse. He doesn’t take photos, especially if he’s with a group of models,” explained the restaurateur.

Timberlake is scheduled to play back-to-back nights at Madison Square Garden in New York this week.

Timberlake, who has been on tour since April, was driving a BMW 2025 in Sag Harbor around 12:30 a.m. when the officer stopped him and determined he was intoxicated, according to a court document reviewed by the AP .

“His eyes were bloodshot and glassy, ​​a strong odor of alcoholic beverage emanated from his breath, he was unable to divide his attention, he had slowed speech, he was unsteady and he performed poorly on all sobriety tests standardized in the field,” the report said. According to court documents.

Sobriety tests include walking heel-to-toe in a straight line, turning and stepping back, or standing on one leg.

Timberlake told the officer he had “a martini and was following some friends home.”

After being arrested and taken to a nearby East Hampton police station, he refused to take a breathalyzer test.

Court documents listed his profession as “professional” and said he was “independent.”

Timberlake was released from the Hamptons police station in handcuffs and was without bail later Tuesday morning after being arraigned in Sag Harbor.

The hitman appeared shocked and stared straight ahead as he was led away by officers.

After a brief arraignment in which he was banned from driving for a year in New York, he was released without bail, leaving court wearing a baseball cap.

Timberlake was arraigned on one count of DWI, as well as running a stop sign and failing to stay in his lane. He will next appear in court on July 26.

Timberlake was drinking with friends at the American Hotel bar in the Hamptons town.

A witness told the New York Post that the singer had been “drunk” before his DWI arrest and was even seen downing someone else’s drink at another table.

The unknown man told the outlet: “He was exhausted. At one point, just before closing, someone got up to go to the bathroom and left their drink on the table.

“When (the man) came back, (Timberlake) was drinking his drink. The guy says, “Justin, that’s my drink!”‘

After reports emerged that Timberlake told officers at the scene that he had “just a martini” before “following his friends home,” this opened the floodgates to the creation of dozens of memes.

Fans made jokes about the size of the martini glass and his famous dance moves came back to haunt him after he failed the field sobriety test.

One wrote: “Why does Justin Timberlake look so hungry if he only had ONE martini?” The martini…,” alongside a gif of a giant martini glass being carried across a table.

Others posted memes of bartenders generously pouring alcohol into a cocktail glass.

They wrote alongside: “The bartender who made Justin Timberlake’s martini” and “Actual footage of the bartender, making Justin Timberlake’s martini.”

Another fan compared it to Eddie Redmayne’s Cabaret performance at the Tony Awards and wrote: “Justin Timberlake claims he had a martini.”

Timberlake’s wife, Jessica Biel, was seen in public on Tuesday for the first time following her husband’s arrest.

The 42-year-old actress was photographed while filming scenes for her upcoming Amazon series The Better Sister in New York.

Biel looked tense and speechless as she stood on set between takes.

She stars in the series with Elizabeth Banks, and the series is based on the 2019 novel by Alafair Burke.

They play two sisters brought together by tragedy after the murder of one of their husbands.

The setting was not far from Sag Harbor, the village of the Hamptons.

Sag Harbor, a former whaling village mentioned in Herman Melville’s classic novel Moby-Dick, is nestled in the middle of the Hamptons, about 100 miles east of New York City.

The Hamptons have long been a hot spot for the rich and famous, and various stars and prominent figures have had run-ins with the law there.