Justin Timberlake is missing a chance to redeem himself…
Once again, Justin Timberlake is displaying us why he is, as he as soon as described himself, “hard to love.”
The singer, who was busted for drunk driving in Sag Harbor 2024 and pleaded down to a lesser cost of driving while impaired, is now suing the village — an try to stop police bodycam footage of the arrest from being made public after members of the media filed a FOIA (Freedom of Information Act) request for its release.
In the lawsuit, Timberlake’s legal professional argued “disclosure of this footage would constitute an unwarranted invasion” of the singer’s privateness.
Justin Timberlake, who was busted for drunk driving in Sag Harbor 2024 and pleaded down to a lesser cost of driving while impaired, is now suing the village — an try to stop police bodycam footage from the arrest from being made public. AP
Court paperwork also say the video might also do “severe and irreparable harm” to Timberlake’s “personal and professional reputation” and topic the singer to “public ridicule and harassment.”
Cry. Me. A. River.
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He is aware of he’ll seem like a first-class idiot because he refused a breathalyzer and, reportedly, complained to the officer that an arrest would “ruin” his world tour.
There is an alternate to all this, however it might require humility.
Fighting the video’s release brings far more consideration to its existence. It also underscores Timberlake’s staggering self-importance — the perception that he ought to be spared public disgrace while many of his fellow celebrities have suffered a related destiny for such a harmful lapse in judgement.
Timberlake’s lawsuit claims the arrest footage might also do “severe and irreparable harm” to his “personal and professional reputation” and topic the singer to “public ridicule and harassment.” Getty Images
What makes him better than the likes of Mary Lou Retton, ex-quarterback Jay Cutler, Mel Gibson, Tiger Woods or any other well-known individual whose busts from driving impaired have been broadcast on the web?
The authorized demand also hollows out the apology Timberlake made at a press convention after he was ordered to carry out 25 hours of community service.
“This is a mistake that I made, but I am hoping that whoever is watching and listening right now can learn from this mistake,” he said at the time.
I feel Timberlake — whose repute has taken a battering over the last few years after unflattering disclosures by his troubled ex Britney Spears — ought to truly use the video as a public service.
Justin Timberlake’s mug shot from his arrest in June 2024. Sag Harbor PD
Don’t fight its release. Own it. Say, “Don’t be like this jerk, who could have killed someone.”
After all, we just had a poignant reminder of what’s at stake.
Just a little over a week in the past, we had been all celebrating the gold medal win of the males’s US hockey team. After the win, gamers held up the jersey of Johnny Gaudreau, the Blue Jackets winger who, alongside along with his brother Matthew, died when their bikes had been hit by an alleged drunk driver in August 2024.
There was not a dry eye as two of Johnny’s younger youngsters had been welcomed to the ice.
Amid all the media coverage, there was a shortage of a simple however important message: Two males had been killed so unnecessarily. So senselessly.
After successful the gold medal last month, Team USA gamers introduced Johnny Gaudreau’s daughter, Noa, onto the ice. Gaudreau and his brother had been killed while biking, after being hit by an allegedly drunk driver. AP
The team also introduced out Gaudreau’s son Johnny. AP
But their sister Katie Gaudreau reminded us. After all, they had been killed on the eve of her marriage ceremony, turning what ought to have been a joyous household event into a unspeakable nightmare.
Posting a picture of Team USA’s Dylan Larkin and Zach Werenski skating to her brother’s youngsters, she wrote on Instagram: “Here’s your reminder not to drink and drive.”
“Think about my two amazing brothers and their four children who were robbed of happiness and moments they’ll never get back because someone couldn’t stay home instead of drinking and getting behind the wheel,” she added.
“Tomorrow will be another day we have to walk into court and face this nightmare. [Relive] that terrible night. Make the decision do the right thing.”
Thankfully, Timberlake didn’t bodily hurt anybody. He was tremendous fortunate that evening when he acquired behind the wheel.
Katie Gaudreau, who misplaced her brothers Johnny and Matthew to an alleged drunk driver, used the Team USA win to remind people not to drink and drive. Katie Gaudreau/ Instagram
Johnny Gaudreau was a winger for the Blue Jackets, while his brother Matthew had been in the AHL. Getty Images
But drunk driving is horrifically silly, particularly in the age of journey shares — which ought to have made the damaging observe extinct.
For a celeb who has the entry and means to have a personal driver, it’s notably unforgivable.
It’s also handled far too casually.
People make errors, and ought to be granted grace. But it’s also telling how one acts after a transgression. And Timberlake, who acquired just a slap on the wrist, continues to present that he thinks he’s above the penalties.
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