Justin Bieber (Photo : Instagram)
Justin Bieber's legal troubles do not seem to leave him anytime sooner. After being sued by his former neighbor for damaging his reputation, the YouTube sensation is now sued by the Toronto SUV limousine driver for punching him in the head repeatedly.
In the recently filed lawsuit, Bieber has been accused of assaulting a limo driver. According to the preliminary report by TMZ, the driver was smacked in the head six times as he refused to blare up the volume of the music in the vehicle.
The incident dates back to Dec 30, 2013, when Bieber and his entourage of six men hired an Uber cab in Toronto. According to a statement given to Toronto Star, the driver, Abdul Mohar, claimed that a man, whom he later identified as Bieber, punched him "very hard" after he climbed into the front seats and turned the stereo music to full volume.
The 21-year-old singer was charged with assault in December 2013, but the case was later withdrawn. Now, Mohar has again filed a lawsuit in Toronto, in which he is asking for $850,000 in damages, and seeking a court order order to prevent Bieber to come within 100 meters of him. The allegations have yet not been proven in court.
"During the course of the incident, while speaking with the 911 operator, the limousine driver had, in fact, identified his alleged assailant, who was still present, as black," counterclaimed Brian Greenspan, Bieber's attorney. Greenspan dismissed the lawsuit as totally meritless.
On the other hand, Mohar, a father of two young girls, has claimed that he is disappointed with the way the case was handled earlier and that is why, he is pursuing a lawsuit. Mohar has also claimed that due to the presence of those six men on the fateful night, his SUV was filled with the smell of marijuana and alcohol for several days.
Bieber seems to have frequent bruises with law over a past couple of years. The teenager's heartthrob is facing a series of legal troubles in Canada and U.S., including charges of careless driving, driving under influence and vandalism.
