- Justin Timberlake is currently on ‘Forget Tomorrow’ tour
- Police confirmed to NewsNation he was arrested on DWI charge
- Timberlake is set to be arraigned Tuesday, police said
(NewsNation) — Singer Justin Timberlake was arrested on suspicion of driving while intoxicated Monday night in Sag Harbor, New York, NewsNation has confirmed.
Sag Harbor police said he is set to be in court Tuesday.
Timberlake came to Sag Harbor, which is part of the Hamptons on New York’s Long Island, following a stop on his “Forget Tomorrow” tour in Miami last week.
He also has concert dates in Chicago this weekend, with ones in New York and Madison Square Garden to follow.
NewsNation previously reported that Timberlake was struggling to sell tickets for his tour.
“A six-year break from your mid-thirties to your early forties is a really long time (for an artist),” famed music journalist Touré of TheGrio told NewsNation’s Paula Froelich. “Most of (Timberlake’s) fans have aged out of caring about him. It’s like the old saying goes, ‘You don’t retire – the audience retires you.’”
The singer hasn’t been charged with driving while intoxicated before, although he did cause controversy in 2016 when he took a selfie in front of a voting booth in Tennessee — a violation of state law. Timberlake later addressed the controversy during an appearance on “The Tonight Show,” saying he didn’t know it was illegal and was merely trying to inspire people. Authorities in Tennessee did not end up investigating the incident, according to Reuters.
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The Associated Press contributed to this report.
