Justin Timberlake Pleads Not Guilty To Revised DWI Charge In Virtual Court Appearance In NY
deadline.comIn a virtual court appearance in Sag Harbor, NY, Justin Timberlake pleaded not guilty Friday to a revised misdemeanor charge of driving drunk in June in the waterfront village about 100 miles from New York City, Sag Harbor Village Justice Carl Irace also officially suspended Timberlake’s permission to drive in New York.
The next court hearing is a lawyer conference scheduled for Friday, August 9. Timberlake could be compelled to appear in person at future hearings, but Irace held off on that for now.
During the hearing Timberlake’s attorney, Edward D. Burke Jr., withdrew his previous motion to dismiss the case. Irace threatened Burke with a gag order, but did not yet impose one yet, for Burke’s comments outside court last week, telling the attorney, “It comes off as an attempt to poison the case before it even begins.” In those comments, Timberlake’s lawyer said flatly that his client “was not intoxicated” when Sag Harbor Village police officers pulled him over in June.
Burke didn’t make the same claim in court on that occasion but attacked the case on procedural grounds, saying the arresting officer’s supervisor didn’t sign off on the criminal complaint.
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