If Justin Bieber had done half the things he's alleged to have done then his squeaky clean image really would be in some state of disrepair. If being accused of illegitimately fathering a child when aged just 16 wasn't awkward enough, then this new allegation of criminal battery strikes as yet another attempt to tarnish the glowing halo that glimmers above the pop star's head.
Tmz.com reports that a photographer in Calabasas, Los Angeles is pursuing the star after a supposed altercation between them at a mall in the area. Tmz claims that the paparazzo had parked his car to block Bieber's and when he then refused to move for the singer a scuffle ensued. Bieber was with his girlfriend Selena Gomez at the time. Apparently a lawyer spoke to the photographer after Bieber and Gomez had left the scene and told him that he could make a substantial amount of money from the set-to, causing the photographer to call an ambulance and file a police report. The police are now looking to question Bieber over the incident.
We strongly suspect that, in light of the ease at which Bieber's team fought off 20 year-old Mariah Yeater's claims last year that he was the father of her son, nothing will come of this, nonetheless it seems that attempts to derail the young star's image are starting to become the norm - a worrying trend.