Inside Justin Timberlake’s MANY scandals as he is arrested for DWI

While on the outside, Justin Timberlake may look like the epitome of a doting father and husband, the singer has faced an onslaught of scandals over the years that add a slight tarnish to his wholesome reputation.

Most recently, it was revealed that the former NSYNC member, 43, had been arrested for driving while intoxicated in exclusive Hamptons enclave Sag Harbor.

The Sexy Back crooner’s DWI comes after he admitted numerous times that he’s used drugs – and just four years after he blamed excessive drinking after he was caught cozying up to his costar Alisha Wainwright, despite being married to Jessica Biel.

Justin was skyrocketed into the spotlight after he joined the boyband NSYNC in 1995, quickly becoming one of the most known faces on the planet.

But the hitmaker soon began to struggle with the immense pressure – and by the time he parted ways with the group in 2002, he was not shy about the fact that he enjoyed illicit substances to escape.

He confessed to ‘getting plastered’ and ‘doing his fair share of drugs’ in secret, and he even admitted that he believed he may get arrested one day for it.

‘I’ve never been arrested… though that’s not to say I won’t,’ said the popstar at the time.

‘I’m just like everyone else, I get completely plastered, I’ve done my fair share of drugs and I’ve been caught with my pants down. I just make sure there are no cameras around.’

By the late 2000s, however, it had seemed that Justin had put his wild ways behind him to become a family man instead; he wed Jessica in 2012 and welcomed their son, Silo, together in 2015.

But in 2019, his world was ripped apart after photographers caught him and Alisha, who were in the midst of filming a movie together, holding hands during an intimate late night bar date.

Afterwards, Justin apologized for his ‘lapse of judgement’ and said he ‘drank way too much’ that night – but insisted that nothing happened between him and Alisha.

He and Jessica ultimately stayed together, and welcomed their second son, Phineas, in 2020.

But now, he has become embroiled in scandal once again – as it has now been revealed that he was arrested after partying at Sag Harbor’s American Hotel in the Hamptons on Monday night.

Law enforcement sources told TMZ that the artist was pulled over shortly after midnight when he blew past a stop sign.

Police then reportedly followed Justin observed him swerving across the road, forcing them to pull him over. 

The father-of-two performed a field sobriety test and was asked to take a breathalyzer test, which he refused, and he was handcuffed and arrested.

Amid the news, DailyMail.com has recapped the many problems Justin has faced over the years – from his partying to his rumored infidelity.

Britney Spears accused Justin of cheating on her, claiming she heard rumors about him ‘sleeping around’ with ‘dancers and groupies’ while partying in Vegas

While Justin was at the height of his fame, he started dating Britney Spears – and immediately they became Hollywood’s ‘it’ couple, but they split in 2002.

The Hit Me Baby One More Time songstress recently reflected on the relationship in her memoir, The Woman in Me, and she accused Justin of being unfaithful to her.

‘There were a couple of times during our relationship when I knew Justin had cheated on me,’ she wrote.

‘Especially because I was so infatuated and so in love, I let it go, even though the tabloids seemed determined to rub my face in it.

‘When NSYNC went to London in 2000, photographers caught him with one of the girls from All Saints in a car.

‘But I never said anything. At the time we’d only been together for a year. 

‘Another time, we were in Vegas, and one of my dancers who’d been hanging out with him told me he’d gestured toward a girl and said, “Yeah, man, I hit that last night.”

‘I don’t want to say who he was talking about because she’s actually very popular and she’s married with kids now. I don’t want her to feel bad.

‘There were rumors about him with various dancers and groupies. I let it all go, but clearly, he’d slept around. It was one of those things where you know but you just don’t say anything.’

Britney also alleged that she became pregnant during their relationship and got an abortion.

She said Justin was ‘so sure that he didn’t want to be a father’ and that she wouldn’t have ended the pregnancy if the choice was ‘left up to her alone.’ 

Justin has confessed to ‘doing his fair share of drugs’ and ‘getting plastered’ – and he even admitted that he believed he may get arrested for his partying one day 

Over the years, Justin has been extremely open about the fact that he’s used drugs. 

Back in 2002, he said, ‘If I denied ever taking drugs, that would be stupid. Have I experimented? Sure.’

But at the time, he insisted that his drug use was ‘in the past’ and that he no longer ‘needed substances to stimulate his mind.’

‘Right now, I’m at a place in my life where I don’t need substances to stimulate my mind. But I wouldn’t say drugs aren’t fun. They are fun,’ he continued.

But then, during an interview with Observer in 2006, he confessed to ‘doing his fair share of drugs’ and ‘getting plastered’ – and he even admitted that he believed he may get arrested one day for it.

‘I don’t show up drunk to functions. The drugs I do have been in my own private time,’ he explained. 

‘I’ve never been arrested… though that’s not to say I won’t. I’m just like everyone else, I get completely plastered, I’ve done my fair share of drugs and I’ve been caught with my pants down. 

‘I just make sure there are no cameras around … We all make mistakes.’

Then, in 2013, he revealed at the SXSW Festival that he once attended Coachella Music Festival while he was ‘tripping his mind out.’

‘This is my first time here. I’ve been to Coachella many times, on many different substances,’ he told Myspace at the event.

‘I’ve been to Coachella many times but not remembered a lot of it, I’ll leave it at that. [One year] I saw Weezer and I was standing in the middle of the field, tripping my mind out.’

Weezer sang at Coachella in 2001 and 2005, but it’s unclear which of the performances he was referring to. 

The singer was caught holding hands with his costar while married to Jessica Biel – and later blamed excessive drinking for his ‘lapse in judgement’

Back in 2019, rumors erupted that Justin had cheated on Jessica after the singer was caught holding hands with actress Alisha during a night out in New Orleans.

Justin was seen placing his arm around the stunning star, who were in the midst of filming the movie Palmer together, before she tenderly rested her hand on his right knee. 

Later on in the evening, photographers caught the two gripping each other’s hands tightly as they sat chatting and drinking. 

Afterwards, Justin apologized for his ‘lapse in judgement’ and said excessive drinking was to blame.

‘A few weeks ago, I displayed a strong lapse in judgement – but let me be clear – nothing happened between me and my costar,’ he insisted in a statement on Instagram.

‘I drank way too much that night and I regret my behavior. I should have known better.

‘This is not the example I want to set for my son. I apologize to my amazing wife and family for putting them through such an embarrassing situation, and I am focused on being the best husband and father I can be. This was not it.’

Even so, Justin and Jessica stayed together – and in February, it was reported that she had set strict rules for him as he embarked on his new tour.

‘He’s got to check in with Jessica every night and she’s got to be able to reach him whenever she wants, no excuses,’ a source told Heatworld.

‘He’s agreed that he won’t be going out after the shows partying and drinking – or putting himself in situations that could leave room for doubt. 

‘If he does anything that humiliates her or breaks their trust, she’s made it clear that will be the last straw. 

‘Jessica will be keeping extremely close tabs and expecting him to follow those rules to the letter.’