Justin Timberlake’s attempt to keep footage of his DWI arrest out of the public eye has failed and video is now available, showing the singer stumbling during field sobriety tests and telling officers, “These are tough tests.”
Timberlake, 45, had filed a lawsuit against the city of Sag Harbor on Long Island earlier this month in an attempt to prevent the images from being released.
That effort was not successful.
The video shows the sexyback The singer was pulled over in his gray 2025 BMW before officers subjected him to a series of field sobriety tests.
He seemed confused and unstable at all times. When asked to walk in a straight line, he stumbled a couple of times. As the pressure of the situation increased, he told officers, “My heart is racing.”
He was polite throughout the encounter and responded to the officers with “yes, sir,” but refused to submit to a breathalyzer test on multiple occasions.
A colleague arrived at the scene after he was handcuffed and placed in the back of a patrol car, offering to take his vehicle.
Timberlake was arrested in June 2024 and charged with one count of driving while intoxicated, along with two traffic citations for failure to stop at a stop sign and failure to keep right.
According to a source who spoke with Page six At the time, he had been at the historic American Hotel in Sag Harbor for dinner with friends before he was detained and police were reportedly stationed outside.
Friends who were at the scene begged the officers to let him go.
One detail that emerged at that moment painted a particularly uncomfortable picture of how the night unfolded.
“The cop didn’t know who he was at first,” a source said. Page six. “Justin said quietly, ‘This is going to ruin the tour.’ The cop responded, ‘What tour?’ “Justin said, ‘The world tour.'”
His mugshot, taken after he was taken into custody, showed visibly bloodshot eyes.
Timberlake subsequently reached a plea agreement and his DWI charge was reduced to a traffic violation rather than a criminal offense.
