Billy Joel Feedback on Justin Timberlake’s Arrest at Hamptons Lodge

Billy Joel supplied a little bit of sage recommendation following Justin Timberlake‘s headline-making arrest. The “Uptown Woman” singer was noticed visiting the identical Hamptons lodge in New York the place Timberlake had reportedly been seen shortly before he was arrested and charged with driving while intoxicated this week. 

“Choose not lest ye be judged,” Joel, 74, instructed PIX11 News on Tuesday, as he grabbed a meal at American Lodge in Sag Harbor, New York. 

“I do not actually know him that a lot, so I’ve no remark,” he added. 

The 43-year-old pop star was arrested simply after midnight on Tuesday. He was arraigned later that morning, charged with one depend of driving whereas intoxicated and was released without bail. Timberlake’s subsequent courtroom look will likely be digital and is scheduled for Friday, July 26.

A supply later instructed ET, “Justin was along with his associates [Monday] evening at American Lodge and actually having fun with himself. He appeared a bit of tipsy and drunk, however not in a belligerent manner. When he left and bought in his automotive, he revved his engine just a few instances.”

One other supply instructed ET, “Justin and his occasion arrived after 10 p.m. and have been stuffed with power. He was with a gaggle of round 6-7 individuals together with males, ladies and a few younger adults. There wasn’t anybody within the eating room, however there have been just a few individuals nonetheless ingesting on the bar. It was shocking to see them present up so late as a result of the restaurant was just about closed by the point they bought there.”

A spokesperson for the Sag Harbor Police Division instructed ET that cops noticed Timberlake on Tuesday at roughly 12:37 a.m. driving a 2025 grey BMW southbound on Madison Avenue. Cops stated he didn’t cease at a duly posted cease signal and failed to remain in his lane.

“A visitors cease was initiated by a Police Officer from the Sag Harbor Village Police Division and upon investigation it was decided that Mr. Timberlake was working his automobile in an intoxicated situation,” the assertion continued. “Mr. Timberlake was positioned beneath arrest, processed, and held in a single day for morning arraignment. Mr. Timberlake was arraigned on the Sag Harbor Village Justice Court docket on June 18, 2024, at 9:30 a.m. the place he was launched on his personal recognizance.”

Timberlake’s mugshot was launched hours after his arraignment for a DWI cost in Sag Harbor, New York. 

In accordance with the police report, police famous that “upon contact with [Timberlake] it was ascertained that [he] was working stated automobile in intoxicated circumstances, in that 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.”

Cops additionally famous within the report that Timberlake made the next admission, “I had one martini and I adopted my associates house.” 

In the meantime, Timberlake’s spouse, Jessica Biel, had been seen working and filming scenes for her new Prime Video sequence, The Higher Sister, alongside co-stars Corey Stoll and Elizabeth Banks.

The “Egocentric” singer is presently within the midst of his Forget Tomorrow World Tour after releasing his sixth solo album, Everything I Thought It Was, earlier this 12 months. Timberlake final carried out in Miami, Florida, on June 15. He has two upcoming dates in Chicago, Illinois, this weekend, adopted by a pair of concert events at Madison Sq. Backyard in New York Metropolis. 

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