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Police hand Bieber pap altercation files to prosecutors
By CMU Editorial | Published on Wednesday 20 June 2012
The case relating to that previously reported altercation between Justin Bieber and a paparazzo in a car park at a Californian shopping mall has now been handed over to the LA County District Attorney, who will have to decide whether any criminal charges should be filed against the pop teen.
As previously reported, according to eye witnesses who spoke to TMZ, the photographer in question initially stood in front of a large van Justin Bieber was driving in order to get some pictures. The fracas occurred when the pop star got out of the vehicle to ask the snapper to move, and the photo man refused.
Quite what happened next isn’t entirely clear, though once Bieber and girlfriend Selena Gomez had departed the photographer complained of pains in his torso, and an ambulance was called and police report filed. Though it has been alleged that the formal complaints were only made after a lawyer who witnessed the incident advised the photographer he should report his injuries because “he could make a lot of money out of this”.
A spokeswoman for the LA County District Attorney’s Office yesterday confirmed they had now received a police report on the incident, and would the consider the matter further. It’s not clear how long that will take. Police had originally intended to question Bieber about the incident, but seemingly did not, partly because the singer left the US shortly after the altercation for various promotional commitments abroad.
