- Justin Timberlake has initiated legal action to prevent the public release of police body camera footage from his 2024 drunken driving arrest in New York’s Hamptons.
- The lawsuit, filed against the Village of Sag Harbor and its police department, contends that making the video public would inflict “severe and irreparable harm” on his reputation and privacy.
- His legal team argues the footage captures him in an “acutely vulnerable state” during field sobriety testing and arrest, which would lead to “public ridicule and harassment”.
- A judge did not immediately rule on the matter, instead asking both sides to confer on a possible resolution and report back later in the week.
- Timberlake pleaded guilty to impaired driving in September 2024, receiving a fine, community service, and a license suspension, and agreed to a public safety announcement against drunken driving.
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