Justin Timberlake Accepted DWI Plea Deal to 'Move on,' Family & the World Tour Are 'Priority': Source (Exclusive)

Mar. 15, 2025

Justin Timberlake onstage in April 2024 in Vancouver.Photo:Kevin Mazur/Getty

Kevin Mazur/Getty

Justin Timberlakeis focused on the future after a difficult summer.

PEOPLE confirmed Timberlake, 43, recentlyreached a plea dealin hisDWI case— and now a source tells PEOPLE that he’s ready to put the legal drama behind him.

The “Selfish” singer — who is married to actressJessica Biel, 42, with whom he shares sonsSilas, 9, and Phineas, 4— was arrested in Sag Harbor, N.Y., on June 18 and charged with driving while intoxicated.

Jessica Biel and Justin Timberlake at his album release party in March 2024 in Los Angeles.Jerritt Clark/Getty Images

Jerritt Clark/Getty Images

He’s due in court for a hearing in New York on Friday, Sept. 13, andTMZand theAssociated Pressreported that he has agreed to plead guilty to a less serious offense. His attorney Edward Burke Jr. has maintained that the star was“not intoxicated”when he was arrested. Still, Timberlakehad his license suspendedfor a year in the state of New York at a hearing in August, something Burke said was “standard.”

“It’s not like he’s getting off completely — his license is still suspended,” the source adds. “Jess has not been happy about it. She’s encouraged him to accept the plea deal.”

The 10-time Grammy winner is currently on hisForget Tomorrow World Tour, which the source says is “his priority as well.” He is next scheduled to play on Sept. 28 in Newark, N.J. and will be on the road through June 2025. The tour is on track to land in the top 10 of the year-end tours listperBillboard.

Justin Timberlake at the 2018 iHeartRadio Music Festival in Las Vegas.JB Lacroix/WireImage

JB Lacroix/WireImage

At a Chicago concert in June shortly after his arrest, Timberlake told fans he’dhad a “tough week,“but that he appreciated their support.

“I know sometimes I’m hard to love but you keep on loving me and I love you right back,” he said to cheers.

A source told PEOPLE at the time that Timberlake and Biel had“moved on from the arrest,”and were focused on work, with him on tour and her shooting the upcoming Prime Video seriesThe Better Sister.

source: people.com