No charges for Justin Bieber over alleged assault

 
21 November 2012
The Weekender

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Justin Bieber will not face charges after investigators found no evidence that he kicked and punched a photographer after leaving a cinema.

Prosecutors had been asked by police to consider filing a misdemeanour battery charge against Bieber, but Los Angeles County sheriff's investigators found no visible injuries, video or photographs to confirm the photographer's allegations.

Bieber, 18, was leaving the cinema with girlfriend Selena Gomez on May 27 when he had the encounter in a car park.

Authorities interviewed several witnesses, but none reported seeing Bieber kick the man, and they noted that the photographer kept taking photos as the two singers left the location.

The document prepared by the district attorney's office said: "All the photos and video taken during this incident by the many photographers were obtained and reviewed. There are no photos of a physical altercation."

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