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Justin Bieber turns himself in to Toronto police on assault charges

by Tyler Munro

January 30, 2014

Justin Bieber's legal troubles continue to pile on after the diminutive little twerp flew into Toronto last night to surrender himself on assault charges. But separate from the egging and the drunk driving, these allegations actually stem from alleged altercation with a Toronto limo driver.

image via CTV News

Justin Bieber’s legal troubles continue to pile on after the diminutive little twerp flew into Toronto last night to surrender himself on assault charges. But separate from the egging and the drunk driving, these allegations actually stem from an alleged altercation with a Toronto limo driver.

The police report says that the incident happened on the night of December 29th, noting that they received a call in the early morning hours of the 30th from a limousine driver who’d pulled over after an alleged assault. The driver alleges that he picked up six passengers, including Bieber, and was later struck several times in the head by one of the passengers en route to a hotel.

Bieber was charged with one count of assault before leaving Toronto’s 52 Division Police station through a side door. His lawyer Seth Weinstein says Bieber is innocent.

“As the matter is now before the Court, it would be inappropriate to address the specifics of either the allegation or of our defense at this time,” Weinstein said in a statement.

And because he seems determined to always be in the news cycle, Mayor Ford—whose associate Sandro Lisi has also been defended by the lawyer currently covering Bieber’s ass—has asked everyone, fans, critics, police and the like, to go easy on Bieber.

“He’s a young guy, 19 years old. I wish I was as successful as he was,” Ford told a Washington, DC sports radio station.

With Bieber, there’s a catch. There has to be. And this time, it’s why he’d submit himself to charges his representation feels are without base. The easy answer? His new music video. Hours before sleuthing through swarms of misguided fans at the police station, Bieber released a video for his Chance the Rapper collaboration “Confident.”

And, of course, just shortly before (or while?! WAS THIS FILMED IN THE POLICE STATION.) he showed up to turn himself in, he posted an Instagram video promoting the clip.

Cocky? Sure. He’s 19, rich, and if precedent holds, will be fined as little as $1200… if anything. We’d be confident too. [via CBC]

If you find this type of stupidity exasperating, we have the solution: Justin Bieber’s egg toss game.