The police officer who arrested Justin Timberlake for drink driving 'was so young, he didn't even know' who the singer was.
Justin, 43, was pulled over after he ran a stop sign and veered out of his lane while behind the wheel of his BMW X7 in the early hours of Tuesday morning in Sag Harbor after a night out with friends.
A new report has claimed the officer didn't 'recognize him or his name' when he stepped out of the luxury vehicle.
Sources toldPage Six, Justin had said under his breath, 'This is going to ruin the tour,' to which the officer replied: 'What tour?' Justin said: 'The world tour.'
The singer, who rose to fame as the lead member of 90s boyband NSYNC before launching a successful solo career in the noughties, is still reportedly planning to do his two upcoming shows for his The Forget Tomorrow World Tour inChicagolater this week.
The officer who arrested Justin Timberlake for drink driving in Sag Harbor in the early hours of Tuesday 'was so young, he didn't even know' who the singer was, according to a new report
Justin, who was pictured in handcuffs at one point, was released without bond later Tuesday morning after being arraigned in Sag Harbor
It will be followed by back-to-back nights at Madison Square Garden inNew York Citynext week.
Justin, who has been on tour since April, was driving a 2025 BMW in Sag Harbor around 12:30 a.m. when the officer stopped him anddetermined he was intoxicated, according to a court document reviewed by the AP.
'His eyes were bloodshot and glassy, a strong odor of an alcoholic beverage was emanating from his breath, he was unable to divide attention, he had slowed speech, he was unsteady afoot and he performed poorly on all standardized field sobriety tests,' the court papers said.
Sobriety tests include being asked to walk heel-to-toe in a straight line and turn and retrace the steps or stand on one leg.
Justin told the officer he had 'one martini and was following some friends home'.
After being arrested and taken to a police station in nearby East Hampton, he refused a breath test.
Court papers listed his occupation as 'professional' and said he's 'self-employed.'
Justin was released from the Hamptons police station in handcuffs and was without bond later on Tuesday morning after being arraigned in Sag Harbor.
The hitmaker appeared shell-shocked and looked straight ahead as he was led out by officers.
After a brief arraignment where he was banned from driving for a year in New York, he was released without bail, emerging from court wearing a baseball cap.
Justin was arraigned on one count of DWI, as well as running a stop sign and failing to stay in his lane. He is next in court on July 26.
The pop star is still reportedly planning to do his two upcoming shows in Chicago later this week for his The Forget Tomorrow World Tour (pictured in April)
The police officer 'was so young that he didn't even know' who Timberlake was' and 'didn't recognize him or his name,' a source told Page Six on Tuesday
Justin's wife Jessica, meanwhile, was spotted out in public on Tuesday for the first time after her husband's arrest.The actress, 42, filmed scenes for her Amazon series The Better Sister
The same day that her husband was released on bail, Jessica was seen as she continued filming her Apple series. She wore a costume that she had been pictured in while filming last week
According to reports, the officer had 'no idea' who Justin was. The singer was huge in the 90s as the lead vocalist for boyband NSYNC (pictured far right in 1997)
Justin launched further to fame during the noughties as he launched his solo career and spawned the hit Cry Me A River about his relationship with Britney Spears
Justin had been drinking with friends at The American Hotel barin the Hamptons town.
One witness claimed toThe New York Post the singer had been 'wasted' before his DWI bust and was even seen drinking someone else's drink from another table.
The unknown person told the outlet: 'He was wasted. At one point, just before closing, somebody got up to go to the bathroom and left his drink on the table.
'When [the man] came back, [Timberlake] was drinking his drink.The guy goes, "Justin, that's my drink!."'
After reports emerged Justin had told officers at the scene he had 'just one martini' before 'following his friends home,' it opened the floodgates for dozens of memes to be created.
Fans made jokes about the size of the martini glass and his famous dance moves came back to haunt him after he failed the field sobriety test.
One wrote: 'Why does Justin Timberlake look so hungover if he only had ONE martini? The martini...,' alongside a gif of a giant martini glass being carried over to a table.
Others uploaded memes of bartenders generously pouring alcohol into a co*cktail glass.
They wrote alongside it: 'The bartender that made Justin Timberlake's one martini' and 'Actual footage of the bartender, making Justin Timberlake's one martini.'
Another fan compared him to Eddie Redmayne's Cabaret performance at the Tony Awards and wrote: 'Justin Timberlake claiming he had one martini.'
After reports emerged Justin had told officers at the scene he had 'just one martini' before 'following his friends home,' it opened the floodgates for dozens of memes to be created
Justin's wife Jessica, meanwhile, was spotted out in public on Tuesday for the first time after her husband's arrest.
The actress, 42, was pictured as she filmed scenes for her upcoming Amazon series The Better Sister in New York City.
Jessica looked tense and muted while standing around on set between takes.
She stars in the series with Elizabeth Banks, and the series is based on the 2019 novel by Alafair Burke.
They play two sisters who are brought together by tragedy after one of their husbands is murdered.
The set wasn't far from Sag Harbor, the village in the Hamptons.
Sag Harbor, a one-time whaling village mentioned in Herman Melville's classic novel Moby-Dick, is nestled amid the Hamptons, around 100 miles (160 kilometers) east of New York City.
The Hamptons have long been a hot spot for the rich and famous, and various stars and otherwise prominent people have had brushes with the law there.
A squad car sat parked outside the Sag Harbor Police Headquarters on Tuesday in the wake of the musical artist's arrest
Sag Harbor is nestled amid the Hamptons, around 100 miles east of New York City
Justin had been drinking more to 'escape' the backlash overBritney Spears' bombshell memoir and the mounting pressures of staying in the charts, according to reports, with insiders claiming he has arrived at tour rehearsals reeking of booze on more than one occasion.
Insiders claim the incident should serve as a 'wake-up call' for the singer who used alcohol to cope with the explosive allegations leveled against him by Britney, 42, including that he urged her to have an abortionin the early 2000s.
On top of this, sources allege he has been crumbling under the increasing pressure to compete with popular artists like Harry Styles– and has struggled with the lackluster performance of his latest album, Everything I Thought It Was, which failed to top the charts on its release in March.
'Justin has been stressed over the Britney drama that happened at the end of last year and some of us noticed that he was drinking more,' a source told DailyMail.com exclusively.
'He isn't an alcoholic by any stretch, but he was advised to reel the drinking in so he could have a clear head when dealing with any public controversy because he had been accused of handling the Britney and Janet Jackson backlash poorly.'
The source continued: 'The guys who were there last night didn't want him to drive because they had been drinking, but they were ignored.
'He is being cooperative now and is working with his lawyer Edward [Burke, Jr.] to help him work his way through it. His friends have wanted him to drop the booze for some time, so this is somewhat of a wake-up call.
Justin had been drinking more to 'escape' the backlash over Britney Spears ' bombshell memoir and the mounting pressures of staying in the charts, according to reports (2001)
Insiders claim the incident should serve as a 'wake-up call' for the singer who used alcohol to cope with the explosive allegations leveled against him by Britney, 42, in the memoir
Sources added Justin was finding it hard to compete with artists like Harry Styles (pictured at the BRITs last year)
'The pressure of having to compete with artists like Harry Styles and Drake is getting to him and his numbers [album sales] being lower is definitely bothering him.
'We've all felt this for a while, and it has affected his writing process on his last few records.'
A second insider echoed the concerns, claiming Justin's latest alcohol-fueled incident stems from a need to 'escape' following poor album sales.
'It's hard to say why anyone drinks but if it has to do with where he is at in his life right now, it makes sense to say he needs an escape,' they said.
'This will likely be his last successful tour and he is aware of this. He has a wife and two young kids at home.
'He has not been super happy about his album sales but no one at the label really has. Everyone was expecting so much better.'
A third source claimed his drinking habits are well known among those closest to him.
'It is no secret that Justin drinks, and the dancers know this better than anyone,' they said. 'He has turned up to rehearse smelling like alcohol on several occasions.'
The source said he often 'celebrates a good show by getting drunk' but can also become 'flirty' - with his wife,Jessica, joining nights out to 'babysit' him.
'When he drinks, he gets super flirty, and Jessica does have to babysit him,' they continued. 'She has gone out with the crew several times.
'He has blamed alcohol for past behavior, including when he got caught "holding hands" with Alisha [Wainwright].'
Back in 2019 Justin claimed he had drank 'way too much' after pictures emerged of him holding hands with his Palmer costar Alisha at a New Orleans bar.
He later issued a public apology in which he said he 'displayed a strong lapse in judgement,' before insisting 'nothing happened between me and my costar.'
'I drank way too much that night and I regret my behavior,' he said. 'I should have known better. This is not the example I want to set for my son.'
A young Timberlake began performing as a Disney Mouseketeer, where his castmates included future girlfriend Britney.
He rose to fame in the behemoth boy band NSYNC, embarked on a solo recording career in 2002 and was one of pop's most influential figures in the early 2000s.
Justin and Britney dated from 1999 until 2002 and when they split his career soared, with his albums promoted under the narrative that she broke his heart.
Fluent in the inflections of pop and R&B, he's known for such Grammy-winning hits as Cry Me A River, SexyBack, What Goes Around...Comes Around and Can't Stop The Feeling!
Timberlake also built an acting career, garnering acclaim in movies including The Social Network and Friends With Benefits and winning four Primetime Emmy Awards.
In March, he released his first new album in six years, the nostalgic Everything I Thought It Was, a return to his familiar future funk sound. His previous release was the 2018 recordMan of the Woods.
