Justin Timberlake’s lawyer mentioned Friday (Jul 26) that the pop singer wasn’t intoxicated throughout a site visitors cease final month, as he seeks to get his drunken driving cost in New York’s Hamptons dismissed, citing errors in paperwork submitted by police.
However Sag Harbor Village Justice Justice Carl Irace ordered Timberlake to be re-arraigned Aug 2 with the corrected paperwork. He additionally agreed the previous NSYNC member, who’s presently on tour in Europe, may seem just about for the continuing. Timberlake didn’t attend Friday’s listening to as his look was waived prematurely.
Timberlake’s lawyer, Edward Burke, mentioned after the listening to that police made “very vital errors” and expects the cost to be dismissed. He additionally maintained that Timberlake didn’t drive drunk.
“He was not intoxicated,” Burke instructed reporters outdoors courtroom. “I’ll say it once more. Justin Timberlake was not intoxicated.”
Suffolk County District Lawyer Ray Tierney’s workplace, which is prosecuting the case, described the paperwork difficulty as a “ministerial error” and that an amended charging doc was filed Jul 2.
“The information and circumstance of the case haven’t been modified or amended,” spokesperson Emily O’Neil mentioned in an e mail.
Burke, in a follow-up assertion, prompt there have been different issues with the arrest paperwork however didn’t elaborate.
“The police made various very vital errors on this case,” he mentioned. “In courtroom right now, you heard the district lawyer attempt to repair a type of errors. However that’s only one and there are a lot of others. Typically the police make errors and that is simply a type of situations.”
Timberlake respects regulation enforcement and the judicial course of and cooperated with officers and handled them with respect all through his arrest final month, Burke added.
