Actual Footage of Justin Timberlake Failing Sobriety Check?

On June 18, 2024, pop singer Justin Timberlake was arrested within the Hamptons, New York, on suspicion of driving whereas intoxicated, based on police. 

After the information broke, many on social media posted joke videos riffing on the thought of police administering a sobriety check to the singer. One video particularly went viral for purporting to indicate actual footage of Timberlake taking a sobriety check. It reveals a police officer telling a person (id unknown) to assist him place tape on the bottom. As the person does so, he falls face-forward onto the concrete, injuring himself.  

The above video doesn’t present Timberlake, a lot much less Timberlake present process a sobriety check. Presently (as of this writing), there isn’t a public footage accessible of the check itself, although we’ll replace this story if it turns into accessible. This video was revealed on the web years earlier than Timberlake’s 2024 arrest. As such we charge this video, and this declare, as “Miscaptioned.”

Utilizing Google’s reverse-image search device, we traced the unique video way back to 2009, when it appeared on YouTube. The time stamps on the highest proper of the footage dated the incident as occurring in October 2006.

The footage within the X submit gave the impression to be a zoomed-in and blurred model of the video above. 

The identical blurred version of the video with the “Sky2” emblem on the highest left was revealed on YouTube as early as 2016. 

In accordance with new reports, surveillance footage confirmed Timberlake’s automobile being pushed within the Hamptons earlier than his arrest. The Sag Harbor police division released his mugshot on July 18. 

The pop star reportedly failed area sobriety checks, based on police, and was arraigned and launched with out having to submit bail round 9 hours after being arrested. Timberlake pleaded not responsible to driving whereas intoxicated, and a courtroom date was set for July 26, 2024.

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