Justin Timberlake reaches plea deal in drunken driving case, AP source says

NEW YORK (AP) — Justin Timberlake is scheduled to enter a brand new plea Friday in his drunken driving case in New York’s Hamptons, prosecutors stated. Particulars of the plea weren’t disclosed, however an individual with data of the deal stated Timberlake has agreed to plead responsible to a much less severe offense than the unique cost of driving whereas intoxicated.

The particular person spoke to The Related Press on situation of anonymity as a result of they weren’t licensed to talk publicly in regards to the case.

Timberlake’s lawyer, Edward Burke, declined to remark.

The pop singer is about to look in particular person on Friday in Sag Harbor Village Courtroom to enter a plea, Suffolk County District Legal professional Ray Tierney’s workplace confirmed Wednesday.

Timberlake was arrested within the village of Sag Harbor, on the jap finish of Lengthy Island, on June 18 after police stated he ran a cease signal within the village middle, veered out of his lane and received out of his BMW smelling of alcohol. The 43-year-old Tennessee native pleaded not responsible to a misdemeanor drunken driving cost.

At a listening to final month, a decide suspended Timberlake’s proper to drive in New York.

His lawyer, Burke, has maintained that Timberlake was not drunk and that the case needs to be dropped.

Timberlake was pulled over after leaving a Sag Harbor resort round 12:30 a.m., in response to police.

“His eyes have been bloodshot and glassy, a robust odor of an alcoholic beverage was emanating from his breath, he was unable to divide consideration, he had slowed speech, he was unsteady afoot and he carried out poorly on all standardized discipline sobriety checks,” police stated in a court docket submitting.

Timberlake advised the officer he had had one martini and was following some mates residence, in response to police. He was arrested and spent the evening in custody at a police station.

The boy band singer-turned-solo star and actor’s agent and different representatives didn’t instantly reply to emails in search of remark Wednesday.

A ten-time Grammy winner, Timberlake started performing as a younger Disney Mouseketeer, rose to fame as a part of the boy band NSYNC and launched into a solo recording profession within the early 2000s.

Sag Harbor is a one-time whaling village talked about in Herman Melville’s basic novel “Moby-Dick” that’s nestled amid the Hamptons, round 100 miles (160 kilometers) east of New York Metropolis.