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Sag
Harbor Village Justice Carl Irace suspended his driving
privileges in the state of New York, the court said, pending his
next hearing on Aug. 9.
The hearing was virtual. Timberlake was in Europe on a world
tour to support his most recent album, "Everything I Thought It
Was."
During the hearing, the judge threatened Timberlake's attorney,
Edward Burke, with a gag order following comments he made to the
press after the previous hearing on July 26, according NBC News.
Irace said Burke's remarks came off as "an attempt to poison the
case before it even begins," according to NBC.
In July, Burke said the singer was not intoxicated and should
not have been arrested.
"The police made a number of very significant errors in this
case," he told the media. "We are very confident that that
charge, the criminal charge, will be dismissed."
Timberlake, 43, was arrested on June 18 in the town of Sag
Harbor on Long Island, where he was driving a 2025 gray BMW
shortly after midnight.
When stopped by police, Timberlake's eyes "were bloodshot and
glassy, a strong odor of an alcoholic beverage was emanating
from his breath, he was unable to divide attention, he was
unsteady afoot and performed poorly on all standardized field
sobriety tests," court documents said.
Timberlake told the officer he had had one martini before
driving and refused to take a breathalyzer test.
(Reporting by Liya Cui; Editing by Sandra Maler)
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