Footage of Justin Timberlake throughout his extremely publicized 2024 DWI arrest in The Hamptons has been launched.
TMZ printed an 18-minute video of the “What Goes Round” singer’s arrest on Friday, March 20, which exhibits Timberlake, 45, engaged in roadside sobriety assessments after being pulled over in Sag Harbor, New York in 2024.
“These are, like, onerous assessments,” Timberlake stated at one level whereas making an attempt to observe directions from police conducting the sobriety assessments.
In one other a part of the footage, Timberlake commented, “My coronary heart’s racing,” after police shined a flashlight in his eyes and requested him to stroll in a straight line.
Timberlake was finally put into handcuffs and arrested and a feminine buddy was enlisted to drive his automotive dwelling from the scene.
“You’re arresting Justin Timberlake proper now?” the buddy requested police when she realized the seriousness of the state of affairs.
She added, “Are you able to guys please simply do me a favor ’trigger you really liked ‘Bye Bye Bye’ or ‘Sexyback?’ Do me one favor!”
Timberlake tried to forestall the discharge of the bodycam footage by submitting a lawsuit towards the Sag Harbor Police Division, Us Weekly beforehand confirmed.
Justin Timberlake. (Photograph by Sag Harbor Police Division through Getty Photographs)
Court docket paperwork filed by Timberlake on March 2 acknowledged that the singer wished an order from a Suffolk County Supreme Court docket decide to forestall the general public dissemination of footage from his visitors cease on June 18, 2024, arguing that it “constitutes an unwarranted invasion of non-public privateness.”
Timberlake took authorized motion after a Freedom of Info Act (FOIA) request filed by members of the media in an effort to acquire the recording.
Within the court docket docs obtained by Us, Timberlake argued that he’s proven “in an acutely susceptible state throughout a roadside encounter with legislation enforcement.”
In June 2024, Us Weekly confirmed Timberlake was taken into custody after being charged with driving whereas intoxicated.
The Sag Harbor Police Division later issued a press release relating to Timberlake’s arrest. “On June 18, 2024, at 12:37 AM, Justin R. Timberlake, age 43, of Tennessee, was noticed working a 2025 BMW southbound on Madison Avenue, failing to cease at a duly posted cease signal and failing to take care of his lane of journey. A visitors cease was initiated by a Police Officer from the Sag Harbor Village Police Division and upon investigation it was decided that Mr. Timberlake was working his automobile in an intoxicated situation.”
The assertion continued, “Mr. Timberlake was positioned beneath arrest, processed, and held in a single day for morning arraignment. Mr. Timberlake was arraigned on the Sag Harbor Village Justice Court docket on June 18, 2024, at 9:30 AM the place he was launched on his personal recognizance.”
Timberlake, who was within the midst of his Overlook Tomorrow tour on the time of his arrest, sparked memes when he reportedly stated, “That is going to smash the tour,” throughout the altercation.
The singer later addressed his arrest throughout a court docket look in September 2024.
“I attempt to maintain myself to a really excessive commonplace for myself — and this was not that,” he informed reporters on the time, in keeping with ABC Information. “I discovered myself ready the place I may’ve made a special determination. However I’ve had a while to mirror on that.”
He continued, “What I’d wish to say to everybody watching and listening: Even in case you’ve had one drink, don’t get behind the wheel of a automotive. There’s so many alternate options. Name a buddy, take an Uber, there’s many journey apps [or] take a taxi. This can be a mistake that I made, however I’m hoping that whoever is watching and listening proper now can be taught from this error.”
