Justin Timberlake’s DWI Arrest Video Released After Singer Reaches Deal on Redactions

Officer body camera footage of Justin Timberlake ’s 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. Timberlake, 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 to a lesser charge of driving while impaired, an infraction. The footage was published online Friday 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. In the video, Timberlake is already out of his BMW sport utility vehicle on the side of a road as an officer administers sobriety tests.

“Guys, I’m just following my friends back to my house,” he says, his speech slow and seemingly slurred. “I’m not doing anything. I’m just following my friends back to my house.” Officers instruct him to walk a straight line using nine heel-to-toe steps. He struggles...