The biggest story in criminal law this week was undoubtedly the arrest of Justin Timberlake, former member of The Mickey Mouse Club and NSYNC, on charges of driving while intoxicated. A police officer in Sag Harbor, New York, reportedly observed a gray 2025 BMW run a stop sign, and when the officer pulled the car over, he found the Prince of Pop Justin Timberlake (the title is shared with Justin Bieber and Bruno Mars) behind the wheel. According to the arrest report filed Tuesday, Timberlake had bloodshot eyes and a strong odor of alcohol on his breath and was unsteady on his feet. He performed poorly on field sobriety tests. NBC News reports that Timberlake told the officer he had one martini. His wife Jessica Biel is reportedly not happy about her husband’s arrest. Read on for more criminal law news. More Celebrity Defendants Prosecutors in the criminal trial of Alec Baldwin for involuntary manslaughter (last noted here) had sought a court order to compel armorer Hannah Gutierrez-Reed to testify, according to the Associated Press. On Friday, June 21, the judge reportedly ruled she would not be forced to testify. The trial arises out of the 2021 shooting of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins on the set of Baldwin’s Western movie, “Rust.” Director Joel Souza was wounded but survived. Gutierrez-Reed was convicted in March of involuntary manslaughter for her role in the shooting. Baldwin has pleaded not guilty, maintaining that he did not pull the trigger. Owners of a vegan restaurant in Fayetteville [...]
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