Justin Timberlake Pleads Guilty to Impaired Driving in New York

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Justin Timberlake pleaded guilty to impaired driving Friday, resolving the criminal case stemming from his June arrest in New York’s Hamptons. The singer and actor appeared in Sag Harbor Village Court to enter a new plea.

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00:00As you may know, I try to hold myself to a very high standard for myself.

00:19And this was not that.

00:22This was not that.

00:24And so what I'd like to say to everyone watching and listening, even if you've had one drink,

00:33don't get behind the wheel of a car.

00:36There's so many alternatives.

00:42Call a friend.

00:45Take an Uber.

00:46There's many travel apps.

00:48Still, take a taxi.

00:53This is a mistake that I made, but I'm hoping that whoever's watching and listening right

00:59now can learn from this mistake.

01:03I know that I certainly have.

01:07And like I said, even one drink, don't get behind the wheel of a car.

01:13I'd like to say we can all be more safe out there, and I'm going to do my part.

01:24I hope that everyone else does their part.

01:27After much discussion and a thorough review of the evidence, today the district attorney's

01:36office correctly agreed to not move forward with that very charge.

01:42You see, the evidence revealed that my client finished the contents of one drink in two

01:49hours at the American Hotel.

01:53And contrary to what was reported, he wasn't drinking other people's drinks or warned in

02:02advance not to drive.

02:06He wasn't rude.

02:07He wasn't obnoxious.

02:08He wasn't belligerent.

02:09In fact, he was polite, and he was cooperative, and he was respectful during his entire encounter

02:20with law enforcement.

02:22His plea today to the reduced and amended non-criminal charge, this traffic violation,

02:27is consistent with these facts and full acceptance of responsibility for them.

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