Justin Timberlake's Lawyer To 'Vigorously' Defend Him After DWI Charge

SAG HARBOR, NY — The attorney for pop star Justin Timberlake has issued a statement after he was arrested and charged with driving while intoxicated in Sag Harbor early Tuesday.

"I look forward to vigorously defending Mr. Timberlake on these allegations," said attorney Edward Burke Jr. "I will have a lot to say at the appropriate time but am currently awaiting full discovery from the District Attorney’s office."

On Tuesday, police released a mug shot taken of Timberlake after he was arrested on a driving while intoxicated charge in Sag Harbor — and was held in custody overnight.

According to a Sag Harbor Village Police representative, Timberlake, 43, was arrested in the "early morning hours" on the DWI charge and was arraigned.

Sag Harbor police said that at 12:37 a.m. Timberlake, of Tennessee, was seen driving a 2025 BMW southbound on Madison Street and failing to stop at a duly posted stop sign, as well as failing to maintain his lane of travel.

A Sag Harbor Village police officer initiated a traffic stop and, upon investigation, determined that Timberlake was driving while intoxicated. He was placed under arrest, processed, and held overnight for morning arraignment, police said, the same protocol as in any other DWI arrest.

Timberlake was arraigned at Sag Harbor Village Justice Court at 9:30 a.m. and released on his own recognizance, police said.

Burke told Patch that Timberlake was charged with a single count of DWI, a misdemeanor; he refused to take a breathalyzer test, he said. He was also charged with vehicle and traffic violations after failure to stopping at the stop sign and stay in his lane of travel, Burke said. Timberlake pleaded not guilty, he confirmed.

"There was no accident," Burke said. "No one was hurt."

His next court date is July 26, he said.

Timberlake was released without bail, Burke said.

A report by PIX11 as well as a number of media outlets said that court documents revealed Timberlake told police: "I had one martini and I followed my friends home."

The New York Post reported that the criminal complaint said, of Timberlake: "His eyes were bloodshot and glassy, a strong odor of an alcoholic beverage was emanating from his breath, he was unable to divide attention, he had slowed speech, he was unsteady afoot, and he performed poorly on all standardized field sobriety tests."

NBC reported that Timberlake had dined at the iconic American Hotel and was headed to a friend's house when he was pulled over by police. The identity of that friend has not yet been disclosed.

A representative for Timberlake could not immediately be reached.

Timberlake is currently in the midst of the Forget Tomorrow World Tour, and to appear in Chicago on Friday; the tour is slated to stop at Madison Square Garden on June 25 and June 26.

The 55-plus city tour has sold over one million tickets so far across the more than 85 performances.