Justin Bieber’s slowly but surely making his way through the litany of lawsuits he’s involved in and somehow managing to escape jail time in the process.
The most recent case to be heard is the drunk driving/drag racing incident he was charged with in Miami in January.
The singer was pulled over for speeding in a yellow Lamborghini on January 23. He was driving 55 to 60 mph in a 30 mph zone, racing against a red Ferrari. Wow, do his levels of douchebaggery know no bounds? After being pulled over by police, he failed a sobriety test and resisted arrest.
During the court hearing, Bieber’s team (Bieber himself wasn’t present) made a guilty plea for careless driving and resisting arrest. The drink driving charges were dropped as part of the plea.
Bieber donated $50,000 to the Our Kids charity prior to the hearing (due to a law that bans charity donations as part of a plea bargain) and was sentenced to 12 hours' anger management and is required to attend a drink driving education programme.
The judge in the case, William Altfield, compared Bieber to Robert Downey Jr, who was frequently in trouble with the law during his early days in Hollywood. He made the comparison ‘because of the drugs, because of the alcohol, because of the fame, because of all of the pressures that he had on a daily basis and look at what he's done with his life. He turned himself around.’
Last month, Bieber was ordered to pay $80,900 to his neighbours after he egged their house. He also made a plea deal in that case and got two years' probation, 12 anger management sessions and five days' community labour.
It’s worth noting that Bieber’s fight with Orlando Bloom took place after the two-year probation sentence was passed down. Mind you, Orlando was the one who reportedly punched him, so it’s not like Bieber could be charged with anything anyway. Still, it shows he’s not changed just yet. Maybe all these mandatory anger management classes will help?
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This article originally appeared on The Debrief.