Justin Timberlake Files Petition to Stop Release of Body Cam Video from Drunk Driving Arrest, Says It Would Cause 'Irreparable Harm'
By Charna Flam
Published on March 3, 2026.
Justin Timberlake is taking legal action to prevent the release of the police body cam footage from his June 2024 DUI arrest in Sag Harbor, N.Y., which he alleges would cause severe harm to his personal and professional reputation and cause public ridicule and harassment. His lawyers, Edward Burke Jr. and Michael J. Del Piano, claim that releasing the footage would expose the footage inside Timberlake's car and expose highly personal details unrelated to public oversight of governmental operations. The petition was filed in Suffolk County Supreme Court, arguing that the public release of this footage would infringe on Timberlake’s privacy and harm his reputation and reputation. The release comes after the Sag Harbor Village Police Department, Department Chief Rober Drake, and the Village of Sag Harbor received a request for the footage under the Freedom of Information Law (FOIL).
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