Justin Timberlake Sues To Block Release Of Police Video From 2024 Drunken Driving Arrest In New York

Justin Timberlake is suing to artifact nan merchandise of constabulary assemblage camera footage from his drunken driving apprehension successful New York’s Hamptons successful 2024.

The popular star's lawyers based on successful a suit revenge Monday against nan Village of Sag Harbor and its constabulary section that merchandise of nan video would “devastate” Timberlake's privateness by revealing “intimate, highly personal, and delicate details.”

They besides said it would origin “severe and irreparable harm” to his estimation by subjecting him to “public ridicule and harassment.”

“The footage astatine rumor depicts Petitioner successful an acutely susceptible authorities during a roadside brushwood pinch rule enforcement, capturing friendly specifications of Petitioner’s beingness appearance, demeanor, speech, and behaviour during section sobriety testing, nan consequent arrest, and Petitioner’s confinement pursuing apprehension complete nan adjacent respective hours,” nan suit reads.

A judge didn't instantly norm pursuing a Monday proceeding successful authorities tribunal successful Riverhead, according to Vincent Toomey, a lawyer for Sag Harbor. Instead, Judge Joseph Farneti asked nan 2 sides to confer connected a imaginable solution and study backmost later successful nan week, he said.

Timberlake's lawyers didn't instantly respond to emails seeking comment.

The NSYNC singer-turned-solo creator and character pleaded blameworthy to impaired driving successful September 2024. Police said he ran a extremity motion successful nan colony center, veered retired of his lane and sewage retired of his BMW smelling of intoxicant that June.

The Tennessee autochthonal told officers he had had 1 martini and had been pursuing immoderate friends location successful Sag Harbor, a erstwhile whaling colony among nan able formation towns of nan Hamptons, immoderate 100 miles (160 kilometers) eastbound of New York City.

Timberlake agreed to springiness a nationalist information announcement against nan perils of drunken driving arsenic portion of nan plea woody that knocked down his first misdemeanor complaint to a noncriminal postulation violation. He was besides sentenced to a $500 fine, 25 hours of organization work and a 90-day suspension of his license.

“Even if you’ve had 1 drink, don’t get down nan instrumentality of a car,” Timberlake said pursuing his tribunal appearance. “This is simply a correction that I made, but I’m hoping that whoever is watching and listening correct now tin study from this mistake. I cognize that I surely have.”

In their suit, Timberlake’s lawyers opportunity they were notified Sunday that colony officials intended to merchandise immoderate of nan footage, pinch definite redactions, to comply pinch nationalist records requests.

They opportunity nan full footage runs astir 8 hours and includes Timberlake's first stop, constabulary questioning, nan management of section sobriety tests and his arrest.

The Associated Press was among respective media outlets that revenge a records petition seeking nan merchandise of nan video.

Sag Harbor Mayor Thomas Gardella said colony officials person cautiously reviewed nan footage to guarantee location was thing successful location that would put constabulary aliases nan nationalist astatine risk.

“We're trying to beryllium arsenic transparent arsenic tin beryllium pinch this footage,” he said, noting that nan state's nationalist records rule mostly requires merchandise of constabulary assemblage camera footage.

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