SAG HARBOR, N.Y. — Justin Timberlake appeared virtually at a Friday hearing for his driving while intoxicated case, where the judge announced the pop star’s driver’s license would be suspended and admonished his lawyer over “irresponsible” comments.

Timberlake, 43, wore a black collared shirt for his appearance via video conference from Antwerp, Belgium.

Sag Harbor Justice Carl Irace reprimanded the musician’s attorney, Edward Burke Jr., for “irresponsible” comments he made at the last court hearing, adding that it “comes off as an attempt to poison the case before it even begins.”

The judge even threatened to issue a gag order if the attorney continued to make such comments.

After considering a motion to dismiss the case against Timberlake, the judge suspended the singer’s license in New York State because he refused to take a breathalyzer test on June 18 when he was pulled over. It’s not clear how long the suspension will last.

The hearing lasted roughly half an hour, ending with Irace again admonishing Burke Jr., urging him to “raise the bar, not lower it.”

The hearing in Sag Harbor, New York, came more than a month after Timberlake was pulled over after he failed field sobriety tests and was arrested on suspicion of intoxicated driving early morning on a Tuesday in the affluent Hamptons area of Long Island.

The singer claimed he had just “one martini” before he was pulled over. He pleaded not guilty and his attorney, Burke Jr., said in a statement at the time: “I look forward to vigorously defending Mr. Timberlake on these allegations. I will have a lot to say at the appropriate time but am currently awaiting full discovery from the District Attorney’s office.”

Timberlake was behind the wheel of a gray Florida-registered BMW when he was stopped a little after 12:15 a.m. that Tuesday morning near Madison Street and Middle Line Highway, initially for driving through a stop sign and failing to stay on the right side of the road, according to the criminal complaint.

But once police spoke to Timberlake, they said, it was clear he was not in shape to drive, according to the complaint, written by Sag Harbor Village Police Officer Michael Arkinson.

It was “ascertained that the defendant was operating said vehicle in an intoxicated condition in that his eyes were bloodshot and glassy, a strong odor of an alcoholic beverage was emanating from his breath, he was unable to divide attention, he had slowed speech, he was unsteady afoot, and he performed poorly on all standardized field sobriety tests,” Arkinson wrote.

Timberlake struggled to walk heel-to-toe and stand on one foot without swaying or using arms to balance, the report said.

The officer quoted Timberlake as saying: “I had one martini and I followed my friends home.”

He also declined to be tested for impairment, said police, who alleged he told them, “No, I’m not doing a chemical test.”

NBC News legal analyst Danny Cevallos said: “A refusal can be introduced at trial to establish conscious evidence of guilt. It is the predicate for a revocation of driving privileges.”

Timberlake had dined at the American Hotel in Sag Harbor “and then headed to a friend’s house when he was pulled over by police,” a source close to him said.

The next conference is set for August 9, which Timberlake is not required to appear for. Another hearing will take place on September 13, where he may be required to attend.

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