{"id":536450,"date":"2026-03-21T09:32:09","date_gmt":"2026-03-21T09:32:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/536450\/"},"modified":"2026-03-21T09:32:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-21T09:32:09","slug":"justin-timberlakes-dwi-arrest-video-released-after-redactions-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/536450\/","title":{"rendered":"Justin Timberlake\u2019s DWI Arrest Video Released After Redactions Deal"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tOfficer body camera footage of Justin Timberlake<\/a>\u2019s 2024 arrest in Sag Harbor, New York was released Friday, after the singer agreed to redactions as part of a settlement of his privacy lawsuit against the local police department.<\/p>\n

\n\tTimberlake, 45, was pulled over, subjected to a series of field sobriety tests, and ultimately charged with driving while intoxicated, a misdemeanor. He later pleaded guilty<\/a> to a lesser charge of driving while impaired, an infraction.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe footage was published online Friday<\/a> by The Sag Harbor Express, a local outlet that sought its release through a Freedom of Information Law (FOIL) request filed by its parent company, The Express News Group.<\/p>\n

\n\tIn the video, Timberlake is already out of his BMW sport utility vehicle on the side of a road as an officer administers sobriety tests. \u201cGuys, I\u2019m just following my friends back to my house,\u201d he says, his speech slow and seemingly slurred. \u201cI\u2019m not doing anything. I\u2019m just following my friends back to my house.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tOfficers instruct him to walk a straight line using nine heel-to-toe steps. He struggles to follow directions, stepping off the line. \u201cSorry, I\u2019m a little nervous,\u201d he says, before taking more steps than requested. An officer is seen taking notes.<\/p>\n

\n\tTimberlake also appears to have difficulty with another test requiring him to lift one foot six inches off the ground and count aloud. \u201cSorry, my heart is racing,\u201d he says. \u201cThese are like, really hard tests.\u201d A short time later, he is placed in handcuffs and arrested.<\/p>\n

\n\tOn March 2, Timberlake filed a petition seeking to block release of the footage, citing privacy concerns. A judge then granted a temporary restraining order<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cThe footage at issue depicts petitioner in an acutely vulnerable state during a roadside encounter with law enforcement, capturing intimate details of petitioner\u2019s physical appearance, demeanor, speech, and conduct during field sobriety testing, the subsequent arrest, and petitioner\u2019s confinement following arrest over the next several hours,\u201d the filing obtained by Rolling Stone said. \u201cPublic dissemination of this footage would cause severe and irreparable harm to petitioner\u2019s personal and professional reputation.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\n\tThe judge\u2019s order blocking release was lifted Friday after Timberlake and Sag Harbor officials reached an agreement on redactions. In the settlement filed with the court, Timberlake\u2019s lawyers said the edited footage \u201cdoes not constitute an unwarranted invasion of personal privacy.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tThe video largely aligns with what law enforcement officials described after the arrest, which occurred about 12:37 a.m. on June 18, 2024. Officers said he ran a stop sign at Madison Street and Jermain Avenue in Sag Harbor and failed to keep to the right side of the road for several blocks.<\/p>\n

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\n\t\u201cHis eyes were bloodshot and glassy, a strong odor of 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,\u201d prosecutors wrote in a court filing based on sworn statements from Sag Harbor Police Officer Michael D. Arkinson.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cFrom the beginning of this matter, after Timberlake\u2019s arrest, the Village has attempted to comply with the mandates of the Freedom of Information Law,\u201d Vincent Toomey, an attorney for the Village of Sag Harbor, said in a statement Friday. \u201cAs would be true in any case involving records or video footage from our Police Department, such material is reviewed and redacted to address public and officer safety concerns as well as personal privacy considerations. We are pleased that this matter has now been resolved and the Village will be able to comply with its statutory obligation to release the material that is subject to disclosure under FOIL.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Officer body camera footage of Justin Timberlake\u2019s 2024 arrest in Sag Harbor, New York was released Friday, after…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":536451,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[2160,28037,88,11851],"class_list":["post-536450","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-controversy","tag-courts-and-crime","tag-entertainment","tag-justin-timberlake"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/536450","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=536450"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/536450\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/536451"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=536450"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=536450"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=536450"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}