Justin Bieber summoned to Argentina for alleged photographer assault

A justice ministry official told AFP that Argentine Judge Facundo Cubas gave the singer and one of his bodyguards 60 days appear in court or face arrest. 

“A subpoena is underway,” the official said on Monday, November 17.

The incident allegedly took place in November 2013, while the Canadian heartthrob was on a music tour in Argentina.

According to the complaint, the bodyguard, following Bieber’s orders, forcefully seized the photographer’s camera and cellphone outside the nightclub in the exclusive Buenos Aires neighborhood of Palermo.

The court also put in a request that Interpol take “whatever steps are necessary” to locate the defendants, judicial officials said.

The 20-year-old megastar, who once enjoyed a squeaky clean image, has had frequent run-ins with the law recently, including one in Canada last year in which he allegedly assaulted a limousine driver.

Earlier this year, he pleaded guilty to lesser charges after taking part in an illegal drag race on a Miami street.

He also was sentenced to two years’ probation for throwing eggs earlier this year at the home of a neighbor in California. – Rappler.com