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Timberlake, 43, agreed to plead guilty to driving while ability
impaired, a lesser traffic violation than driving while
impaired, multiple media reports say.
He was fined $500 and ordered to perform community service,
Variety reported. Timberlake's attorney Edward Burke said he was
pleased with the reduced charge, and disputed any reports that
Timberlake was drunk when he was arrested, CBS News reported.
Timberlake's license had already been suspended. The judge also
sentenced Timberlake to 25-40 hours of community service at a
non-profit, and ordered him to make a "public safety
announcement."
Timberlake pleaded not guilty on Aug. 2 to a charge of driving
while intoxicated. He 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 one martini before driving
and refused to take a breathalyzer test.
After the hearing on Friday, Timberlake told reporters, "I try
to hold myself to a very high standard for myself, and this was
not that."
He also said, "This is a mistake that I made but I'm hoping that
whoever's watching and listening right now can learn from this
mistake. I know that I certainly have. And like I said -- even
one drink. Don't get behind the wheel of a car."
(Reporting by Brendan O'Brien in Chicago and Rich McKay in
Atlanta; Editing by Rosalba O'Brien)
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