10 Apr 2015

Argentine court orders arrest of Justin Bieber over assault claim

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Justin Bieber exits from the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center. (AFP)

Buenos Aires - An Argentine judge ordered the arrest of pop star Justin Bieber if he sets foot in the country, after the Canadian singer failed to face questions about an alleged assault at a Buenos Aires nightclub in 2013, his court secretary said on Friday.

A local photographer, Diego Pesoa, accused Bieber and one of his bodyguards of lashing out at him when he tried to take a picture of the star as he left the club in the capital's trendy Palermo Hollywood neighbourhood.

Entertainment website FarandulaShow posted a copy of the court ruling ordering Bieber be detained on its web page.

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