The singer and actor Justin Timberlake was arrested early Tuesday in Sag Harbor, N.Y., and arraigned on prices of driving whereas intoxicated, the police mentioned.
Officers declined to offer additional particulars in regards to the arrest or the court docket look, why Mr. Timberlake was stopped or what sort of automotive he was driving.
Mr. Timberlake, who rose to pop stardom within the late Nineties as a teenage member of the boy band ’N Sync, was as soon as among the many most outstanding male stars in American music. By 2002, Mr. Timberlake had launched into a massively profitable solo profession, working with cutting-edge pop and R&B producers like Timbaland and the Neptunes.
However his most up-to-date solo album, “All the things I Thought It Was,” was met with criticism and weaker than normal gross sales when it was launched in March, turning into his first solo launch to overlook No. 1 since “Justified” in 2002.
He’s scheduled to carry out at Madison Sq. Backyard on June 25 and June 26.
Lately, Mr. Timberlake’s habits towards girls within the early 2000s has additionally come below sharper scrutiny.
The general public and media have re-examined his therapy of the singer and actress Britney Spears, whom he dated within the early 2000s, and whom he referenced in songs like “Cry Me a River.” He continued mocking her nicely after they broke up, making insinuations about her virginity throughout performances on “Saturday Night time Stay” and dismissive feedback about her music.
He has additionally acknowledged his failure to defend Janet Jackson, who bore the brunt of the criticism for an notorious Tremendous Bowl halftime efficiency in 2004, when he tore away a part of her costume and revealed her breast.
The mishap, which grew to become generally known as “the wardrobe malfunction,” got here through the efficiency’s closing duet, which ended with Mr. Timberlake singing “Wager I’ll have you ever bare by the top of this music.” Ms. Jackson was the topic of a extreme backlash, whereas Mr. Timberlake’s profession soared.
Mr. Timberlake has conceded that he ought to have taken extra duty for what occurred.
In an Instagram submit in 2021, he apologized to each Ms. Jackson and Ms. Spears.
“I’m deeply sorry for the instances in my life the place my actions contributed to the issue, the place I spoke out of flip, or didn’t converse up for what was proper,” he wrote within the submit, which is now not obtainable. “I particularly wish to apologize to Britney Spears and Janet Jackson each individually, as a result of I look after and respect these girls and I do know I failed.”
Mr. Timberlake’s therapy of Ms. Spears got here to gentle in a documentary, “Framing Britney Spears,” which premiered on Hulu and FX on Feb. 5, 2021.
A pair of documentaries in 2022 about Ms. Jackson — one produced by The New York Occasions and one launched on A&E that Ms. Jackson approved — addressed the Tremendous Bowl efficiency and its painful aftermath.
Within the A&E documentary, Ms. Jackson mentioned that she and Mr. Timberlake remained associates and that she had inspired him to remain silent after the Tremendous Bowl efficiency to keep away from “drama.”
“He and I’ve moved on and it’s time for everybody else to do the identical,” she mentioned.
Ben Sisario contributed reporting.
