Bodycam video footage of Justin Timberlake’s June 2024 DWI arrest on Lengthy Island was launched to the media Friday.
The footage was partially redacted.
What the video exhibits
Within the video, Timberlake is seen within the driver’s seat of the automobile as he speaks to a police officer.
“So the explanation on your cease is ‘reason behind, you are veering off to the left and then you definately’re not stopping on the cease indicators,” the officer says.
“Yeah, sorry about that,” Timberlake says.
Timberlake tells the officer it is a rental automobile that he is utilizing for a few days.
“I am on tour,” he says.
Sag Harbor Police Dept.
“What are you doing?” the officer says.
“I am on a world tour,” Timberlake says.
“A what?” the officer asks.
“A world tour,” Timberlake says.
“Doing what?” the officer asks.
“Um, laborious to clarify. Um, a world tour… I am Justin Timberlake, I am,” Timberlake says.
“What’s your identify?” the officer asks.
“Justin Timberlake,” Timberlake says.
The officer then asks for Timberlake’s license.
Timberlake’s sobriety check
The footage then exhibits officers giving Timberlake a sobriety check.
“Guys, guys, I am simply following my mates again to my home. I am, I am not, like, I am not doing something. I am simply following my mates again to my home,” Timberlake tells the officers.
An officer then asks Timberlake if he’ll do the exams, and Timberlake responds, “Certain.”
Timberlake tells the officers he is “a little bit nervous” and could be seen stumbling as he walks, at occasions showing annoyed by the examination.
“By the way in which, these are, like, these are like actually laborious exams,” he says.
Timberlake can be seen declining to take a breathalyzer check. The officer then tells Timberlake he is below arrest for suspicion of driving whereas intoxicated and tells him to show round.
“I am simply following my mates residence. I am, I am, I am,” Timberlake says.
The officer once more tells Timberlake to show round and handcuffs him. The video additionally exhibits Timberlake being positioned within the backseat of a police automobile.
The bodycam video additionally exhibits officers speaking to a girl who was with Timberlake on the time, saying he’s below arrest however she is free to go.
“Justin Timberlake’s below arrest? Are you able to assist me, please? Can we do something? Are you able to please cease it? I am going to do something,” she says.
Timberlake’s DWI arrest
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 status. The lawsuit was filed in response to a Freedom of Data Regulation 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.
Appearing 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.
“We’re making an attempt to be as clear as could be with this footage,” Sag Harbor Mayor Thomas Gardella beforehand instructed the Related Press, one of many media retailers that requested the video be launched.
Timberlake, 45, in the end pleaded responsible to driving whereas potential impaired, a lesser cost. He was sentenced to a high-quality 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 be taught from this error. I do know that I actually have. And like I mentioned, even one drink, do not get behind the wheel of a automobile,” Timberlake mentioned on the time.
