Singer Justin Timberlake got slapped in the face and he doesn’t know why.
The incident, which took place at a golf tournament at Lake Tahoe in the US, came out of the blue.
Video footage released by paparazzi website TMZ shows a heavily-escorted Timberlake being slapped by a hand.
Taken aback, Timberlake stopped and asked his unidentified assailant: “Bro, why would you do that?”
According to Billboard, the man who slapped Timberlake wanted to “touch” the singer and had simply been overly enthusiastic in his encounter with the singer.
The man refused to leave the premises after being told by the police to do so. He was subsquently arrested for disorderly conduct.
Timberlake will not pressing charges against the man, said reports.
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