Justin Timberlake Seems to Jokingly Nod to DWI Arrest Throughout Boston Present

Justin Timberlake seems to have poked enjoyable at his current authorized troubles throughout his newest live performance in Boston.

On Saturday, June 29, the 43-year-old Grammy winner spoke to his Overlook Tomorrow World Tour crowd on the TD Backyard, when he appeared to allude to his June 18 DWI arrest with a quick joke.

“So uh, is there anybody right here tonight that’s driving and … no I am simply kidding,” Timberlake stated, apparently nodding to his arrest over per week earlier than in Sag Harbor, New York, for allegedly driving whereas intoxicated.

Timberlake’s transient one-liner prompted an uproar of laughter and applause within the almost 20,000-capacity enviornment, earlier than he requested his actual query: “Is there anybody right here tonight, that it is your first time right here to the present? Is there anyone right here that you have been to 1, 2, 3, perhaps 4 of our reveals?”

“For all of you that it is your first time tonight — on a severe observe — I hope that you simply really feel the fellowship and the love,” he continued.

The *NSYNC alum then used the rest of his talking intermission to reiterate among the factors he already made throughout just a few different reveals — particularly, his June 22 gig at Chicago’s United Heart, the place he acknowledged followers who he is “grown up with.”

“For these of you which were with me by way of all of the bizarre haircuts … do not act like y’all did not have dangerous haircuts! I took one for the staff. Perhaps like 3 or 4 for the staff, however who’s counting,” Timberlake stated in Boston. “However it’s been virtually three a long time collectively, you guys.”

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Timberlake’s newest onstage feedback arrive virtually two weeks after his June 18 arrest, when the pop star was pulled over after leaving the American Lodge in Sag Harbor and charged with one depend of DWI and two citations. Timberlake’s citations have been for allegedly working a cease signal and failure to maintain in lane.

He is due again in court docket on July 26, nevertheless, PEOPLE has realized the listening to will likely be digital, and that Timberlake’s lawyer will attend on his behalf because the singer will likely be on tour in Europe at the moment. 

Per an arrest report obtained by PEOPLE, an officer noticed Timberlake’s 2025 BMW “fail to maintain on the fitting aspect of the roadway” and drive by way of a cease signal. After a site visitors cease, the officer claimed Timberlake “carried out poorly on all standardized subject sobriety checks.”

In keeping with the report, the singer instructed authorities, “I had one martini and I adopted my buddies dwelling.”

Timberlake’s lawyer, Edward Burke Jr., stated in a press release on June 19: “Mr. Burke appears to be like ahead to vigorously defending Mr. Timberlake in opposition to these allegations. He could have loads to say on the applicable time. He’s at present awaiting full discovery from the DA’s workplace.”

A supply instructed PEOPLE on June 27 that Timberlake and his spouse, Jessica Biel, are centered elsewhere following his arrest and “think about their authorized staff and proceed to concentrate on work and their household as an alternative.”

“They’re all the time supportive of one another’s careers,” the supply added. “Jess would by no means miss a present when she’s capable of attend. She’s excited for him. They’ve moved on from the arrest.”

The insider’s feedback got here after Biel, 42, was noticed dancing within the crowd throughout her husband’s tour cease at Madison Sq. Backyard in New York Metropolis on June 25.

Timberlake hits the stage once more on the TD Backyard on Sunday, June 30.