Justin Timberlake DWI drama takes curious twist as star's lawyers now claim his friend - who had also been drinking - was allowed to drive his car home by cops after arrest

Justin Timberlake's DWI play successful nan Hamptons has taken a funny twist arsenic his ineligible squad person claimed constabulary allowed his friend - who had besides been 'clearly' drinking to thrust his car location aft nan arrest.

Timberlake, 43, was arrested connected June 18 about 12:30 erstwhile a Sag Harbor Village Police Department serviceman stopped him successful nan colony successful New York's Hamptons aft he allegedly ran a extremity motion and veered retired of his lane while driving a 2025 BMW X7, according to a tribunal document. 

The prima told nan serviceman he had 1 martini and was pursuing immoderate friends home,  - he was later charged pinch a driving-while-intoxicated misdemeanor.

Timberlake's lawyer Edward Burke, Jr. - who has claimed nan vocalist was not intoxicated during nan apprehension - is now reportedly group to reason nan arresting officers fto a personification who had been 'clearly' drinking thrust distant - while arresting Timberlake.

Sources told TMZ the car Timberlake was pursuing erstwhile he was arrested, came backmost to wherever he was pulled over.

A female and her hubby were successful nan car - pinch nan female asking 1 of nan cops: 'Are you going to apprehension Justin Timberlake?'

She past allegedly offered to thrust Timberlake to their location wherever he was spending nan nighttime - but Timberlake was arrested,

The sources added nan female asked constabulary if she could return nan singer's rental car to her location - to which constabulary agreed and she past drove nan car away. 

It was claimed nan chartless female had arrived astatine The American Hotel - wherever Timberlake had his famed martini - 2 hours earlier he did and was drinking.

It was said to person been 'apparent' nan female had been drinking, 

Burke, Jr. - who is trying to get nan lawsuit dismissed - will reportedly reason nan constabulary were 'so off' successful their judgement and fto a personification who had 'clearly been drinking thrust away, correct successful beforehand of their eyes.' 

'If they were incapable to decently measure her, really could they decently measure him?'

Burke will reportedly make this statement to nan judge arsenic portion of a mobility to get nan lawsuit dismissed. Timberlake is expected to look virtually connected Friday, August 2, for arraignment is connected 1 count of DWI.

Timberlake was slammed online aft his lawyer claimed nan star was 'not intoxicated' connected nan night of his DWI apprehension successful a tribunal proceeding connected Friday.

Timberlake, 43, was arrested connected June 18 about 12:30 erstwhile a Sag Harbor Village Police Department serviceman stopped him successful nan colony successful New York's Hamptons aft he allegedly ran a extremity motion and veered retired of his lane while driving a 2025 BMW X7, according to a tribunal document. 

The prima told nan serviceman he had 1 martini and was pursuing immoderate friends home,  - he was later charged pinch a driving-while-intoxicated misdemeanor.

Fans quickly took to societal media to lambast nan star's defense, pinch 1 writing: 'Wink wink correct ????? Let’s beryllium 1 much clip to nan world “if you person capable money and power I get to embarrass a bull and get distant pinch anything” measurement excessively loser.'

Another typed: 'If he wasn't intoxicated why did he garbage breathalyzer testing? If I were not intoxicated and had 1 portion I would person nary rumor taking one. ' 

Another wrote: 'JUSTICE FOR JUSTIN' while different claimed nan prima was 'hammered'.

Another typed: 'In different words, it’s nan cops responsibility really location tin beryllium moving that nighttime and extremity a car ran a extremity motion and he knew who Justin Timberlake was and he targeted him. Is that what he’s saying????? Shame connected Justin Timberlake.'

Burke reportedly made remark successful nan courtroom that prosecutors allegedly grounded to 'get a superior officer’s signature connected nan first charging papers — and truthful nan lawsuit should beryllium dropped'.

He said: 'The constabulary made a number of very important errors successful this case.

'In tribunal today, you heard nan territory lawyer effort to hole 1 of those errors. But that’s conscionable 1 and location are galore others. Sometimes nan constabulary make mistakes and this is conscionable 1 of those instances.'

Timberlake was not coming successful tribunal connected Friday nor did he look virtually arsenic he is connected his Forget Tomorrow World Tour successful Poland. 

DailyMail.com contacted nan Sag Harbor Police Department for comment.

Timberlake's allegedly intoxicated information was elaborate successful tribunal papers, which read:  'His eyes were bloodshot and glassy, a beardown odor of an alcoholic beverage was emanating from his breath, he was incapable to disagreement attention, he had slowed speech, he was unsteady afoot and he performed poorly connected each standardized section sobriety tests.

This is going to ruin nan tour,’ nan prima is said to person muttered. 

The New York serviceman – who was excessively young to admit Timberlake - asked, ‘What tour?’ only to beryllium told: ‘The world tour.’  

After being arrested and taken to a constabulary position successful adjacent East Hampton, he refused a activity test, said nan tribunal papers, which listed his business arsenic 'professional' and said he's 'self-employed.'

The 10-time Grammy winner was released without enslaved later successful nan greeting aft being arraigned successful Sag Harbor.

He roseate to fame successful nan behemoth boy set NSYNC, embarked connected a solo signaling profession successful 2002 and was 1 of pop´s astir influential figures successful nan early 2000s.

Jessica Biel and Justin person been joined since 2012 and person sons Silas, nine, and Phineas, three, together.

Justin has continued connected his Forget Tomorrow World Tour contempt nan apprehension and Jessica has continued filming The Better Sister, which she besides is an executive shaper of nether her Iron Ocean Films label.

Jessica besides was an executive shaper of nan 2022 Hulu biographical crime play bid Candy successful which she played accused axe murderer Candy Montgomery and Justin had a recurring domiciled successful Candy arsenic Deputy Steve Deffibaugh.