Justin Timberlake pleads guilty to lesser charge of driving while impaired; must issue a public safety announcement

(CNN) — Justin Timberlake pleaded blameworthy to a lesser complaint of driving while impaired successful a woody pinch Suffolk County, New York prosecutors connected Friday successful relationship pinch an incident from earlier this year.

Sag Harbor Village Justice Carl Irace sentenced Timberlake to 25 hours of organization work and ordered nan popular prima to rumor a nationalist information announcement. He will besides salary a good of $500 and person his driver’s licence suspended successful New York State for 90 days starting Friday.

The judge’s sentencing was agreed upon by nan defense and nan Suffolk County District Attorney’s office.

The organization work tin beryllium done pinch a non-profit of Timberlake’s choosing and must beryllium completed wrong 1 year.

When nan judge asked Timberlake if he was consenting to judge these conditions, he replied, “I would beryllium honored to.”

Timberlake entered nan courthouse soon aft 11am wearing a achromatic shirt, brownish pants, and a pearl necklace surrounded by information and his lawyer.

After nan proceedings, nan popular prima made a connection extracurricular nan courthouse saying, “I effort to clasp myself to a very precocious modular of myself. And this was not that. This was not that.”

“I recovered myself successful a position wherever I could person made a different decision, but I’ve had immoderate clip to bespeak connected that,” he continued, later adding, “What I’d for illustration to opportunity to everyone watching and listening, moreover if you’ve had 1 drink, don’t get down nan instrumentality of a car. There are truthful galore alternatives – telephone a friend, return an Uber, location are galore recreation apps, return a taxi. This is simply a correction that I made, but I’m hoping that whoever is watching and listening correct now tin study from this mistake. I cognize that I surely have.”

At his past tribunal proceeding successful August, Timberlake had pleaded not blameworthy to a count of driving while intoxicated charge, a misdemeanor. Had he been convicted; he could person faced a maximum of 1 twelvemonth successful situation and a $2500 fine.

In New York, a humor intoxicant contented of much than .05 “is ineligible grounds that you are impaired,” while “a BAC of .08 aliases higher is grounds of intoxication,” according to nan authorities Department of Motor Vehicles.

Timberlake was arrested successful Sag Harbor successful June aft constabulary said he near nan barroom astatine The American Hotel soon aft midnight, drove down Main Street successful his 2025 BMW and grounded to extremity astatine a extremity motion and enactment successful his lane. Police besides said Timberlake grounded a section sobriety trial and refused a breathalyzer trial respective times, saying “No, I’m not doing a chemic test.”

Timberlake’s lawyer later disputed that nan performer was intoxicated, arguing he should not person been arrested.

Timberlake has been performing complete nan summertime pinch his Forget Tomorrow Tour. He is adjacent scheduled to execute successful New Jersey connected September 28.