Argentine court summons Justin Bieber over alleged assault

BUENOS AIRES | An Argentine court has ordered pop star Justin Bieber to appear before it within two months to face questions about an alleged assault on a photographer at a Buenos Aires nightclub last year, state-run news agency Telam reported on Thursday.

The photographer, Diego Pesoa, accused Bieber and one of his bodyguards of lashing out at him when he tried to take a picture of the Canadian singer as he left the club in the capital’s trendy Palermo Hollywood neighborhood.

Telam said the magistrate, Facundo Cubas, had requested the assistance of Argentina’s Interpol branch to help locate Bieber, who has had a string or run-ins with the law in several countries.

Bieber should be detained if he failed to appear or failed to explain why he was unable to present himself before the court, Telam cited Cubas as saying.

“Bieber has to come to Argentina, and it won’t be to sing,” Pesoa’s lawyer, Matias Morla, told local TV channel C5N.

There was no immediate reaction from Bieber’s representatives to the report.

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Justin Bieber lashes out at media’s ‘countless lies’ about him

LOS ANGELES – Pop star Justin Bieber struck back at his critics on Thursday, denouncing the “countless lies” written about him after a week in which he canceled a concert, collapsed on stage and had a run-in with paparazzi.

In a lengthy posting on his Instagram profile, the 19-year-old singer said he was not going into rehab, contrary to some media speculation, and felt he had done nothing to deserve the negative press surrounding his European tour.

“Everyone in my team has been telling me, ‘keep the press happy’ but I’m tired of all the countless lies in the press right now. Saying I’m going to rehab and how my family is disappointed in me,” Bieber wrote.

Saying he wanted to let his fans know directly how he felt, Bieber added: “I’m a good person with a big heart. And don’t think I deserve all this negative press I’ve worked my ass off to get where I am and my hard work doesn’t stop here … All this isn’t easy. I get angry sometimes. I’m human. I’m gonna make mistakes. I’m gonna grow and get better from them.”

The clean-cut Canadian teenager has had a meteoric career since being discovered on YouTube in 2008.

But he hit the headlines for all the wrong reasons last week when he turned up two hours late for a London concert, collapsed on stage in London with shortness of breath on another night, and was caught on camera cursing at a pushy photographer.

He was spotted wearing a bizarre gas mask on a night out in London, and one British tabloid labeled him “Pop brat Justin.”

On Monday, he canceled one of two planned concerts in Portugal this week. A statement cited “unforeseen circumstances,” but local media in Portugal reported that ticket sales for the gigs had been slow.

Bieber, who has more than 35 million Twitter followers, suggested on Thursday that envy of his success might lie at the root of the jibes from the news media.

“I’m 19 with 5 number one albums, 19 and I’ve seen the whole world. 19 and I’ve accomplished more than I could’ve ever dreamed of, I’m 19 and it must be scary to some people to think that this is just the beginning,” he wrote.

Bieber played a concert, apparently without incident, in Madrid on Thursday before moving on to Barcelona and other European cities later this month.

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Singer Justin Bieber collapses during London performance

LONDON – Canadian teen pop star Justin Bieber collapsed on stage from shortness of breath during a performance in London on Thursday, representatives for the singer said.

“(Justin’s) heading to the doctor now,” Bieber’s spokeswoman Melissa Victor told Reuters at midnight local time. “He fainted and took a 20-minute reprieve and was given oxygen.”

Bieber, 19, returned to the stage after the break to finish the show, and his representatives said he was OK.

“Justin got very light of breath, the whole show he has been complaining,” Bieber’s manager, Scooter Braun, told the crowd in several amateur videos posted on the Internet. “He’s backstage with the EMTs and the doctor.”

Bieber’s spokeswoman told Reuters that the “Boyfriend” singer ignored doctors’ orders and returned to the O2 Arena stage to finish the performance.

The Canadian singer had not been suffering from any health issues prior to the show, the spokeswoman added.

Fans had already started circulating the hashtag “#justintakeabreak” on Twitter after news of his collapse spread on the social network.

Bieber was performing for the third out of four nights at London’s O2 Arena as part of the European leg of his sold-out “Believe” world tour.

In September 2012, the singer vomited during a concert in Glendale, California. He was performing his song “Out of Town Girl” when he suddenly turned his back and threw up. He immediately ran towards backstage afterwards.

He vomited again during a subsequent song but managed to do it off stage. The second incident stalled the concert for a few minutes, but he returned to the stage, performed a ballad on an acoustic guitar, and finished the show.

In a message on Twitter after the concert, Bieber blamed the incident on having consumed milk despite knowing he was lactose intolerant.

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Justin Bieber becomes youngest artist with five No. 1 albums

LOS ANGELES – Canadian pop star Justin Bieber became the youngest artist to land five chart-topping albums in the United States on Wednesday when his latest record, “Believe Acoustic,” debuted atop the Billboard 200 album chart.

“Believe Acoustic,” which features stripped down versions of Bieber’s songs from his fourth No. 1 album, “Believe,” released last June, as well as three new songs, sold 211,000 copies in its first week according to figures from Nielsen SoundScan.

The album also topped iTunes downloads charts in 63 countries, and became a hot topic on social media platforms as the singer’s 34 million-strong followers on Twitter raced to purchase the record as soon as it was released.

Bieber was previously tied with former Disney star Miley Cyrus with four chart-topping albums before turning 19, and he is only one of nine artists in Billboard history to have a No. 1 album for four consecutive years.

Bieber’s 19th birthday is March 1.

The singer, who failed to pick up a Grammy nomination this year despite having a top-selling album and sold-out world tour in 2012, will be hosting and performing on NBC’s “Saturday Night Live” this week, the night before the Grammy awards.

Four new albums debuted in the top five of the Billboard 200 chart this week, led by “Believe Acoustic.”

Italian tenor Andrea Bocelli’s 14th studio album, “Passione,” landed at No. 2 with sales of 93,000, while Canadian sister duo Tegan & Sara notched No. 3 with their seventh studio album, “Heartthrob,” selling 49,000 copies.

R&B singer Charlie Wilson came in at No. 4 with his latest record, “Love, Charlie,” selling 44,000 copies in its first week.

Singer Beyonce saw a boost in sales following her widely praised performance at the Super Bowl in New Orleans on Sunday, which was watched by more than 108 million people.

For the week ending Sunday, February 2, digital sales of Beyonce’s songs “Halo,” “Crazy In Love” and “Single Ladies” saw the biggest bumps. There were 19,000 digital copies of “Halo” sold, a 338 percent increase from the previous week.

The new Destiny’s Child compilation album, “Love Songs,” didn’t see as big a bump, selling under 6,000 copies last week.

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