Photographs of Justin Timberlake's Launch After DWI Arrest?

Within the early morning hours of June 18, 2024, police arrested pop singer Justin Timberlake throughout a visitors cease within the Hamptons. Based on a press release from the Sag Harbor Police Division, officers suspected Timberlake of being intoxicated whereas driving and took him into custody. 

The information unfold rapidly on social media, and after police launched Timberlake at 9:30 a.m. the identical day, pictures started popping up on social media purporting to indicate the singer after his launch. 

Snopes investigated a number of the pictures to determine in the event that they had been actual, given the restricted period of time that Timberlake spent in police custody and the potential for such photographs to be created with synthetic intelligence. We discovered that the next two photographs, shared to the r/pics Subreddit, had been actual, as was the jail mug shot, launched by the Sag Harbor Police Division. 

The paparazzi work rapidly — we discovered variations of the pictures posted to Reddit in articles from varied celeb magazines and tabloids. In the meantime, Sag Harbor Police launched Timberlake’s mugshot later within the day he was arrested, confirmed by countless variations of it obtainable on-line.

We discovered the primary photograph above, depicting Timberlake strolling out of the door of the police station, on the UK Tabloid Daily Mail, the place it was credited to T.E. McMorrow, an area reporter.

People journal and Us Weekly each used variations of the second photograph, exhibiting Timberlake strolling by a big, storage door. Each shops credited the photograph to Matt Agudo, a photographer working for the company Instar Photos.

Based on The Related Press (AP), the 10-time Grammy winner was released without bond after being arraigned in Sag Harbor. He was charged with a driving-while-intoxicated misdemeanor, AP reported, and his subsequent court docket date was scheduled for July 26.

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