Overview
- Justice Joseph Farneti granted a temporary restraining order blocking release of the recordings sought through media FOIL requests, with any disclosure barred absent a court order.
- Timberlake sued the Village of Sag Harbor, its police department and Chief Robert Drake, asserting that release would invade his privacy and cause severe, irreparable reputational harm.
- His court filings describe roughly eight hours of footage spanning the traffic stop, field sobriety tests, arrest and post‑arrest confinement, which he characterizes as an acutely vulnerable period.
- The Suffolk County district attorney’s office asked the court to uphold a 2024 protective order from the criminal case that forbids public dissemination of the video.
- The underlying case concluded in September 2024 with a plea to driving while ability impaired, a $500 fine, community service and related penalties.