The 20-year-old pop star’s neighbor claimed that the singer threw eggs at his residence and that he and his daughter were “attacked” by “at least” 20 eggs.
The LA Sheriff’s Department confirmed that they received a call on Friday, Jan. 10, from Bieber’s neighbor, who stated that the singer egged his home the evening before. Justin’s cell phone and other items were confiscated, but the singer was not arrested.
The Sheriff’s Department concluded the investigation in early February and turned over the details to the Los Angeles District Attorney’s Office, with the recommendation that vandalism charges are pressed against the pop star.
Additionally, he has to pay $80,000 in restitution for the damages done to his neighbor’s home.
The star’s rep had this to say: “Justin is glad to get this matter resolved and behind him. He will continue to move forward focusing on his career and his music.”
As for why it took so long to prosecute the star, criminal attorney Troy Slaten had this to say:
“The reason is because this case is very political. This is very high profile. This probably went all the way to the elected DA (Jackie Lacey)’s desk. This sort of thing affects the entire office. It will be heavily scrutinized and they want to make sure that it doesn’t appear that they are treating him any different than anyone that is exactly similarly situated.”
“I could consider a misdemeanor charge to be very, very good, because the filing deputy who took the case from the Sheriff’s Department went on the record saying they wanted a felony charge. It’s clear that in the eyes of the law and the DA that Justin is chipping away at his nine lives,” criminal attorney added.
Bieber now has two years of probations and community service to make amends for his little outburst. We hope he’ll use this to try to set up a good eggsample for his fans.
