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Bartender Confirms Justin Timberlake Had Just One Martini at American Hotel Before Arrest (Exclusive)

A bartender at the American Hotel in New York told PEOPLE on June 22 that Justin Timberlake had one martini while hanging out at the venue before the singer was arrested and booked on DWI charges on June 18.

Timberlake, 43, was arrested shortly after midnight on June 18 in Long Island, N.Y., for driving while impaired or intoxicated, the Sag Harbor Police Department confirmed to PEOPLE at the time. A police officer was on routine patrol when he witnessed the "No Angels" singer drive through a stop sign in a 2025 BMW and "fail to keep on the right side of the roadway," per the report. "A strong odor of an alcoholic beverage was emanating from his breath, he was unable to divide attention, he had slowed speech, he was unsteady afoot, and he performed poorly on all standardized field sobriety tests," the officer continued, per the report.

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