Bodycam video footage of Justin Timberlake’s June 2024 DWI arrest on Lengthy Island will probably be launched to the media, courtroom data present.
The footage will probably be partially redacted.
Timberlake’s authorized workforce beforehand sued the Village of Sag Harbor to stop the discharge, claiming it confirmed the pop star “in an acutely weak state” and “would trigger extreme and irreparable hurt” to his fame. The lawsuit was filed in response to a Freedom of Data Legislation request.
Now, Timberlake’s authorized workforce and the Village of Sag Harbor have come to an settlement on the discharge of the footage with redactions, courtroom data present.
Performing Supreme Court docket Justice Joseph Farneti wrote that the discharge with redactions “doesn’t represent an unwarranted invasion of private privateness.”
There are some eight hours of footage of Timberlake’s site visitors cease and arrest. It is not clear when, or how a lot, of that footage will probably be launched as a part of the settlement.
“We’re attempting to be as clear as could be with this footage,” Sag Harbor Mayor Thomas Gardella beforehand informed the Related Press, one of many media shops that requested the video be launched.
Timberlake, 45, finally pleaded responsible to driving whereas capability impaired, a lesser cost. He was sentenced to a tremendous and neighborhood service, and made a public security announcement.
“It is a mistake that I’ve made, however I am hoping whoever’s watching and listening proper now can study from this error. I do know that I definitely have. And like I stated, even one drink, do not get behind the wheel of a automobile,” Timberlake stated on the time.
