Justin Timberlake has secured a plea deal over his New York driving while intoxicated arrest this summer.
On June 18, the now 43-year-old musician was pulled over by police in Sag Harbor for driving while intoxicated and the young officer who read him his rights had no idea who he was.
While the superstar singer/songwriter was initially charged with one count of DWI, and issued citations for running a stop sign and for failing to stay in his lane, an amended plea deal will change how he is charged.
According to TMZ, the singer’s legal team were able to change his offense to a traffic violation – meaning he will now avoid drunk driving charges.
On Wednesday (9.11) the outlet reported “that the singer’s lawyer, Edward Burke Jr., and prosecutors just got the judge in the DWI case to sign off on the deal. The DWI charge is officially dropped, and Justin will cop to Driving While Ability Impaired.”
Timberlake’s deal will reportedly now be entered in court on Friday (9.13,) where he will learn his final fate and could still be charged a fine of up to $500.00
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Author: Saul Goode
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