Justin Timberlake DWI Bodycam Footage Released: Singer Admits 'My Heart's Racing' Before He's Arrested — After He Desperately Tried to Keep Video From Public
Bodycam footage of Justin Timbelake's DWI arrest has been released.
March 20 2026, Published 8:18 p.m. ET
Almost two years after Justin Timberlake's DWI arrest in the Hamptons, video showing the incident has been released, RadarOnline.com can reveal.
The 18-minute-long tape shows Timberlake respectfully answering the officer's questions after getting out of his silver BMW, then appearing to struggle with several field sobriety tests.
'These Are Hard Tests'
Justin Timberlake had balance issues while trying to walk heel to toe in the video.
The Social Network star was pulled over in Sag Harbor, New York, shortly after midnight on June 18, 2024, after blowing through a stop sign and not keeping his car in its lane. Timberlake told cops he only had one martini at a local bar.
The bodycam video was finally released early in the evening on Friday, March 20.
At one point, in the tape, Timberlake can be heard saying, "These are, like, hard tests," and admitting that his heart was "racing."
The SexyBack singer had difficulty walking heel-to-toe in a straight line, wobbling during his first few attempts.
The officer showed him how it was done and asked Timberlake to repeat the process.
The flustered singer spoke slowly and with a slight slur, telling the cops, "Guys, guys, I'm just following my friends back to my house."
He continued, "I'm not like doing anything," and repeated that he was following his friends to his house when the officer interrupted to ask Timberlake to complete the test.
'I'm a Little Nervous'
Justin Timberlake claimed he was 'nervous' while performing the field sobriety tests.
The cop told Timberlake to keep his hands at his sides, which confused the Grammy winner, who put his arms outward and asked, "Like this?" while apologizing and saying, "I've never done this."
As he attempted to walk as the officer instructed, the entertainer lost his balance and was unsteady on his feet, claiming, "I'm a little nervous."
Timberlake made several false starts on his own, with the cops telling him he should only do it on their command. He asked where the "line" he was supposed to walk was, as they repeated that it was whatever he chose to walk.
Unsteady Movements
Timberlake had trouble following the officer's example of how to walk and hold his arms in bodycam footage.
After Timberlake's field sobriety tests, the Mirrors singer refused to take a breathalyzer test, leading him to get handcuffed and put in the back of the patrol car.
A female friend of the singer arrived and asked in a panic, "You’re arresting Justin Timberlake right now?"
She went on to appeal to the officer to give the star a break due to his famous tunes, pleading, "Can you guys please just do me a favor ’cause you loved Bye Bye Bye or Sexyback? Do me one favor!"
While the woman was allowed to talk to Timberlake through the back window of the car, he was taken to jail in Sag Harbor and booked for suspicion of driving while intoxicated.
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Justin Timberlake Fought to Keep the Bodycam Video From Being Released
Justin Timberlake claimed her would suffer a 'permanent loss of privacy' if the tape was released.
Timberlake was charged with driving while intoxicated the made a brief court appearance later that morning. He was able to plead down the case with a guilty plea to the lesser charge of driving while impaired, a traffic infraction, in September of 2024.
The Palmer actor fought to keep the tape from being released under New York's Freedom of Information Law.
His legal team claimed in their March 2 petition that "The harm from public exposure — stigma, harassment, reputational injury, and the permanent loss of privacy – is immediate and irreparable."
