Yesterday I placed an article on the blog about a rising 19 year old superstar of Canada..below is another story about another rising 19 year old superstar of my country…take your pick of the stars for our children to emulate and look up to!!!!!!!!!
Justin Bieber charged with Toronto limo driver assault
Justin Bieber was led by police through a crowd of reporters and fans
Canadian pop star Justin Bieber has been charged with assaulting a limousine driver in Toronto last month.
The 19-year-old handed himself in at a Toronto police station where he was mobbed by TV crews, news photographers and screaming teenage fans.
The charge comes a week after he was arrested and charged for a separate incident in Florida for driving under the influence of alcohol and drugs.
A lawyer for the singer said his client was innocent.
Toronto police say that Justin Bieber was one of six people picked up by a limousine outside a nightclub in the early hours of 30 December.
The latest charges come two days after the singer was pictured relaxing on the beach near Panama City
A week ago Bieber was in Miami, Florida, charged with drink driving and resisting arrest
The pop star lately has drawn more attention for his brushes with the law, than his music
"While driving the group to a hotel, an altercation occurred between one of the passengers and the driver of the limousine," a police statement said.
"In the course of the altercation, a man struck the limousine driver on the back of the head several times.
"The driver stopped the limousine, exited the vehicle and called police. The man who struck him left the scene before police arrived."
After surrendering to police on Wednesday, the singer was charged with one count of assault and is scheduled to appear in court in Toronto on 10 March.
Howard Weitzman, Mr Bieber's lawyer in California, said the entertainer was innocent and that he expected the case to be treated as a summary offence, which is the equivalent of a misdemeanour in the United States.
Online petition
Earlier on Wednesday, a petition requesting Mr Bieber's expulsion from the US attained 100,000 signatures.
The petition was filed on a White House website by a member of the public.
Last week Justin Bieber appeared before a Florida judge by videolink from jail
The US president has no power to order an individual's deportation, and it is unclear whether the White House will respond to the petition.
Justin Bieber has had several run-ins with police over the past year.
In the early hours of last Thursday, he was arrested in Miami Beach after a police officer pulled him over on suspicion of racing a hired yellow Lamborghini on a public street.
Bieber's encounters with the law
- 30 Jan 2014 - Charged with assaulting a limousine driver in Toronto in December
- 23 Jan - Charged with driving under influence of alcohol, marijuana and prescription drugs
- 15 Jan - LA police investigate claims he threw eggs at neighbour's house
- Nov 2013 - Charged by Brazil police with illegally spraying graffiti in Rio de Janeiro
Suspecting he was intoxicated, the officer arrested him. The singer was also charged with resisting arrest and driving on an expired licence.
Mr Bieber was later released on bail of $2,500 (£1,500).
Earlier in January, police in California searched Mr Bieber's home after he allegedly threw eggs at his neighbour's house, causing thousands of dollars in damage.
The outcome of that search is still unclear but one of the singer's associates was arrested amid the search and charged with drug possession.
The singer's manager tweeted on Wednesday evening asking people "to be kind and hope for the best in people. not assume the worst. Thanks."
When I left for tennis this morning just after at 8.30am it was so cold had on my long sweats and jacket and gloves and a scarf around my mouth by the time I got to the courts the sun was shining and I was down to T shirt and shorts…a great two hours of tennis and I came home and had a sandwich then got to work……..the clothes don’t clean themselves!!!!
Washed Little Blackie
and then decided to do my lesson planning for tonight on the roof in the sun of course after I had watered all the flowers.
Went and had a visit with my land lady Sharon and paid my rent and at 6pm I was at class…again another good class after we did work from our books we had a spelling test and then the 20 questions game with chocolates as the reward.
I have done the class three times this week and it just makes me more in awe of these seven wonderful people who take so much time out of their busy family and personal lives to attend class and for most of them this is the fifth year doing this.
Back at home had some lovely pea soup thank you Linda and now relaxing watching some TV.
Yashi Kochi!!
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