Court Sentences Justin Timberlake to Community Service for Drink-Driving

Pop star Justin Timberlake was sentenced to community service on Friday after pleading guilty to a charge related to drink-driving, according to reports from US media.

The 43-year-old singer was arrested on June 18 in Sag Harbor, around 100 miles east of New York City, after police observed his BMW running a stop sign and swerving between lanes.

Initially, in a virtual court appearance in August, Timberlake pleaded not guilty to driving while intoxicated. During that hearing, the judge suspended his driver’s license in New York state, US outlets reported.

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However, during a later appearance, Sag Harbor Village Justice Carl Irace sentenced Timberlake to community service after he pleaded guilty to a reduced charge of driving while alcohol-impaired. The court also required Timberlake to issue a public statement, according to The New York Post.

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The officer who stopped the “Cry Me a River” singer reported that Timberlake appeared visibly impaired, noting that “his eyes were bloodshot and glassy, his breath smelled strongly of alcohol, he struggled to divide his attention, his speech was slow, he was unsteady on his feet, and he performed poorly on all standard field sobriety tests.

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