Justin Bieber and Bodyguard Sued for Alleged Assault of Photographer

Biography Pages: 1 2 Next 2006 Justin Bieber Bieber Beginnings At 12, Bieber – who teaches himself to play piano, trumpet and guitar in his native Stratford, Ontario – places second in a local talent competition. His single mom Patricia Mallette uploads the footage of his performance on YouTube for family and friends to watch, but the video attracts strangers as well. 2007 Ruling the 'Tube Soon after, YouTubers request Bieber to sing songs, and his covers of Usher, Justin Timberlake and Chris Brown attract an online following. "People always say, 'Did you try to get famous off YouTube?' I'm like, 'Not at all,'" Bieber tells PEOPLE. "I was just doing it for fun." Meanwhile, Atlanta-based music exec Scooter Braun discovers Bieber's YouTube channel. "My gut was going crazy," Braun recalls. "So I tracked him down." Justin Bieber Ushered Through Now Bieber's manager, Braun flies the young singer and his mom to Atlanta, where he records demos and more YouTube videos, grabbing the attention of both Usher and Timberlake who are interested in signing Bieber. Eventually, Usher prevails, signing Bieber to Island Def Jam records. "His voice was magical and his personality was so keen," says Usher, adding, "Sometimes he's like a little brother or a son to me." 2009 Justin Bieber 'Blast' Off With "swagger coaching" by Usher and his online followers behind him, Bieber releases his first album, My World, which debuts at No. 6 on the Billboard charts on the strength of his single, "One Time." "What I have is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity," Bieber tells PEOPLE. "And I'm having a blast." 2010 Justin Bieber Spring The Big Time After opening for Taylor Swift, singing for the Obamas, and topping the albums charts with My World 2.0, Bieber makes his cover debut on PEOPLE. "I have so many things, but where'd this come from?" Bieber marvels of his stardom. "Out of nowhere. Someone, like, pinch me." Justin Bieber Bieber Fever! Bieber amasses more than 5 million fans and counting on Facebook and Twitter, which is reminiscent of another fan-driven pop presence. "It's like Beatlemania," says Bieber's road manager and stylist Ryan Good. "Mass hysteria. Loud screaming, crying, passing out. It's amazing." The tween dream's fans are so fanatic that a Twitpic of Bieber with Kim Kardashian, garnered the reality star death threats. "Ladies calm down," he wrote. "No need 4 threats. Let's all be friends and hang out often." 2011 Justin Bieber January K-I-S-S-I-N-G After playing coy about his romance with Selena Gomez, Bieber and the Disney star are caught kissing during a Caribbean vacation in St. Lucia. "She's really cool. She's an amazing person," he told MTV News in December, adding, "I gotta keep some things to myself.

" Justin Bieber February 11 'Never Say Never' Bieber makes his big screen debut (and takes himself 3D!) with his performance documentary, Never Say Never, which follows his Canadian beginnings to his sold-out concert at Madison Square Garden. "I wanted people to know that I'm not just some product, that I'm just a regular person, and I've been a musician my whole life," he tells The New York Times of his film, which takes in $30 million, just a million shy of toppling Jennifer Aniston's No. 1 flick, Just Go With It. 2012 Justin Bieber November Boyfriend No More After almost two years of dating, Bieber and Gomez part ways amid speculation about their rocky romance, which included cryptic Twitter posts, breakup rumors and sightings of the Canadian pop star with other women in recent months. "I don't know really what's even going on in my life," he says as word of the split breaks. "To even assess that doesn't make sense." 2013 Justin Bieber May 19 Second Try Following months of on-again, off-again speculation, Bieber and Gomez reunite for the Billboard Music Awards, where they share a kiss and sit next to each other in the audience. But by fall, the reconciliation proves short-lived, and the couple parts ways again. Pages: 1 2 Next Ads by Google Agoda's Best Hotel Offers Save up to 75% Instant confirmationUse your reward points and save! agoda.com/Hotels Download Videos for Free See & Download Your Favorite VideosWith Video Scavenger. It's Free! www.videoscavenger.com Facebook Music Lyrics Connect with Your Favorite Artists!Find Lyrics, Songs and Music Videos facebook.comMore bad news for Justin Bieber. Celebrity photographer Aja Oxman is suing the pop star, along with his bodyguard, Dwayne Patterson. In court documents obtained by Yahoo, Oxman alleges that the 20-year-old singer ordered Patterson to attack him and destroy his camera in Hawaii in Nov. 2013 after the paparazzo snapped a shot of the Biebs jumping off a cliff into the ocean. Claiming "assault and battery, intentional infliction of emotional distress, and negligence," Oxman is seeking unspecified damages in excess of $25,000. Oxman claims in the court documents that after Bieber spotted him taking pics on Shipwreck Beach on the island of Kauai, he heard him tell Patterson, "Go get his memory card and do whatever you have to do to get that card." According to Oxman, Patterson did just that: He allegedly put him into a choke hold, lifted him by his neck, and slammed him into a parked car. Oxman claims that Patterson only stopped the assault when another witness began filming with his phone camera. The lawsuit further accuses both Bieber and Patterson of destroying the photographer's equipment. Patterson has already been "charged and convicted of various crimes associated with this unwarranted attack," the lawsuit states. According to the Associated Press, Patterson was "arrested on suspicion of assault and later charged with second degree robbery. He pleaded no contest to criminal property damage and harassment and was ordered to pay Oxman $6,000 in restitution." [Related: Justin Bieber's Bad Hair Day] If you follow Bieber, then you should know this isn't the first time he's been in legal hot water. Earlier this month, the performer reached a plea deal regarding his Florida DUI case — he won't face jail time but must take an anger management class and make a $50,000 donation. Bieber and his bodyguard have also been involved in other paparazzi scuffles. Photographer Michael Munoz claimed that Patterson chased him down in Miami after he caught the "Confident" singer on camera right before his DUI arrest. Patterson supposedly cornered him in a restaurant and kicked and punched him, demanding his memory card. However, according to TMZ, the photographer did not allege any beating in the police report. That case is still pending in Miami.

Meanwhile, another paparazzo sued Bieber for assault and battery in June 2012 over an altercation at a shopping center in the celebrity enclave of Calabasas, California. The lawsuit alleges that the pop star "physically attacked" Jose Osmin Hernandez Duran, who was snapping photos of Bieber and Selena Gomez in the parking lot of the Commons shopping center. The case is scheduled to go to trial in December. Yahoo reached out to Bieber's rep for comment but received no response.