New details have been revealed about Justin Timberlake‘s driving while intoxicated arrest!
Last month, the pop star’s attorney insisted to reporters his client was “not intoxicated” when young cop Michael Arkinson pulled him over following a night of drinking and partying at the American Hotel in Sag Harbor in June while on break from tour. You know, the world tour! Justin even pleaded not guilty to a revised misdemeanor charge of driving drunk. But the police report obtained by Dailymail.com on Tuesday? It appears to tell a different story than what his lawyer is trying to push!
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According to the documents, Justin was pulled over shortly after midnight on June 18 by the 24-year-old rookie cop after he observed him blowing a stop sign and swerving into another lane. Arkinson’s handwritten notes revealed Justin — who was alone in the car — showed several signs of intoxication at the time of arrest, such as having “[b]loodshot and glassy eyes, odor of alcoholic beverage emanating from breath, inability to divide attention, unsteady afoot…” Justin, as we know, swore he wasn’t too drunk, though! The officer noted the 43-year-old singer said:
“I had one martini and I followed my friends home.”
However, we later learned the “one martini” he supposedly had was a Vesper martini, and it’s a super STRONG drink! The amount of alcohol reportedly is “equivalent to a double of just about any other cocktail.” Damn! Oh, and Justin allegedly stole someone else’s drink. All of that may explain what supposedly happened next…
Arkinson went on to note in the report that the Trolls star was “unable to focus on speaking while looking for vehicle registration.” For the field tests later on, the officer had Justin do the walk and turn test, which requires a person to take nine steps in a straight line before placing your heel directly in front of your toe, then turning, and repeating the process. Per Arkinson, the actor failed miserably. He allegedly was “very unbalanced” and “unable to follow instructions correctly.”
From there, Justin was required to lift one foot slightly off the ground and keep it raised for 30 seconds without moving. And once again, he wasn’t successful at the test. Arkinson claimed the former *NSYNC member swayed during the test, had to use his arms to remain balanced, and ultimately put his foot down before the 30 seconds lapsed. The other test he was asked to do? It was a prescreen breathalyzer. But Justin refused to take it. In fact, he ended up turning down taking the test three times and wouldn’t even initial the document confirming the decision! Since JT refused, along with the signs of intoxication, Arkinson placed him under arrest.
When the pair arrived at the police station, the cop took inventory of Justin’s property. He apparently had on him a Rolex watch, a black vape pen, a gold ring, and a wallet containing three $100 bills, one $5 bill, and one single. Once again, the Mirrors artist was asked to take a breath test at the police station but he still refused. The police report stated Justin replied:
“No, I’m not doing a chemical test.”
His Miranda rights were read at 1:26 a.m., and the dad told Arkinson he understood them before saying he did not want to speak without a lawyer. Wow.
Of course, as we mentioned, Justin’s attorney argues he was not drunk at the time of the arrest. He even claimed the arresting officer “made a number of very significant errors in this case,” including failing to have a supervising officer sign off on the criminal complaint. The error has since been corrected, with the prosecutor, Ashley Cangro, swearing it has no bearing “on the facts of the case.”
Whether the “facts of the case,” including what was spelled out in the police report, will lead to Justin getting into some serious trouble — or just getting a slap on the wrist. We’ll see. But in the court of public opinion? It’s not looking good for him so far! And he already is on very thin ice with folks after the Britney Spears and Janet Jackson drama! What are your thoughts, Perezcious readers? Do you think JT was drunk in light of the report details? Sound OFF in the comments below.
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