Celebrity brushes with the law are not new in the Hamptons. Ask Billy Joel and Martha Stewart

EAST HAMPTON, N.Y. (AP) — Justin Timberlake is just not the primary celeb to get arrested within the Hamptons. The seaside communities on the jap finish of New York’s Lengthy Island are common with the wealthy and well-known, and others have gotten into hassle there, a lot of it vehicular. Listed below are just a few examples:

Billy Joel

Singer Billy Joel and Lengthy Island business fishermen from the East Hampton Baymen’s Affiliation have been charged with catching striped bass illegally throughout a July 1992 protest in opposition to fishing laws. The costs have been later dismissed. The plight of fishermen whose livelihood is threatened by laws impressed Joel’s tune “The Downeaster ‘Alexa.’”

Then in January 2003 Joel swerved off the highway and crashed his Mercedes right into a tree in Sag Harbor. Joel was hospitalized; he was not arrested.

Martha Stewart

A landscaper working for actual property mogul Harry Macklowe accused TV character and homemaking entrepreneur Martha Stewart of deliberately backing her automotive into him in Could 1997 amid a feud between Macklowe and Stewart, East Hampton neighbors. The Suffolk Rely district lawyer’s workplace investigated however determined to not carry prices in opposition to Stewart. “Not each occasion which adversely impacts an individual’s life deserves to be litigated in prison courtroom,” then-District Legal professional James Catterson stated.

“P.R. Princess” Lizzie Grubman

Lizzie Grubman, a publicist to the celebs whose purchasers included Britney Spears and Jay-Z, was requested by a safety guard in Southampton to maneuver her Mercedes out of a fireplace lane on July 7, 2001. Grubman responded by backing the car right into a crowd, injuring 16 folks. Grubman was charged with crimes together with second-degree assault, driving whereas intoxicated and reckless endangerment. She confronted a jail sentence of as much as eight years however served solely 38 days in jail and 5 years probation after reaching a plea deal.

Jason Kidd

Jason Kidd, the basketball Corridor of Famer and coach whose Dallas Mavericks misplaced the NBA finals to the Boston Celtics on Monday, slammed his Cadillac Escalade into a light-weight pole in Southampton in July 2012. He pleaded responsible to a misdemeanor DWI cost and was positioned on probation. In alternate for the responsible plea, Kidd agreed to talk to Lengthy Island highschool college students in regards to the risks of drunken driving. The crash got here towards the top of Kidd’s enjoying profession with the NBA.

Brian France

Former NASCAR CEO Brian France was arrested in Sag Harbor for driving whereas intoxicated and prison possession of oxycodone in August 2018 after police stated he was seen driving his Lexus by a cease signal. France pleaded responsible to DWI and was required to carry out 100 hours of neighborhood service and endure alcohol counseling.