Justin Timberlake appeared to joke about his recent arrest for driving under the influence at a concert in Boston.
Grammy-winning pop star arrested in Sag Harbor, a wealthy town in the Hamptons in upstate New York last month.
In a video shared on social media over the weekend, Timberlake tells a crowd at Boston’s TD Garden: “Is there anyone here driving? No, I’m just kidding.”
The fans appear to laugh and cheer as he continues to address the crowd.
The Sag Harbor Village Police Department said Timberlake was stopped at 12:37 a.m. local time (5:27 a.m. UK time) on Tuesday, June 18 after officers saw him “fail to stop at a stop sign properly.” placed and failing to maintain your lane of travel” while driving. a BMW.
An officer described his eyes as “bloodshot and glassy” and said a “strong odor of an alcoholic beverage” emanated from his breath, according to court documents.
“He was unable to divide attention, had slower speech, staggered, and performed poorly on all standardized field sobriety tests,” court documents add.
A source told Page Six, the New York Post’s celebrity and entertainment site, that Timberlake said “quietly” during the arrest: “This is going to ruin the tour.”
Timberlake has strongly denied the allegations and his lawyer said he looks forward to “defend vigorously” the singer.
The 43-year-old, who first found fame as a member of the pop band NSYNC, spent the night in custody after his arrest until he was arraigned in Sag Harbor Village Justice Court and released.
The hearing date is scheduled for July 26.
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Timberlake previously appeared to address the arrest on stage, saying “It’s been a hard week” during a performance in Chicago last month.
He is scheduled to continue his run of shows in the United States with performances taking place in Baltimore, Maryland, Cleveland, Ohio, and Lexington, Kentucky.
He is scheduled to perform in Birmingham, Manchester and London, UK, in August.
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