Sunday, February 9, 2014

Justin Bieber's 'personal parts' exposed by the media- Lawyers out to stop publicity

Lawyers for pop superstar, Justin Bieber, are asking a judge to prevent semi-nude images of the teenage singer in Miami Beach police custody following his arrest last month, from being released to the media, according to a motion filed late on Friday.

"While in custody at the Miami Beach police station the defendant was captured on videotape in various states of undress which show intimate personal parts of the defendant's body," the motion states, noting that the Florida constitution and state law prevent such images from being publicized.

Bieber, 19, was charged with driving under influence, resisting arrest and using an expired license after police say they caught him allegedly drag racing on January 23. He has pleaded not guilty to the charges leveled agaist him.

He also had marijuana and prescription medication for anxiety in his system at the time of his arrest, according to the state attorney's office.

One video of Bieber in police custody being patted down by and Miami Beach officer was already released to the media last week, the motion states, in violation of the law and prior to Bieber's lawyers being notified of its existence.

On Friday, Bieber's Miami lawyers Black, Srebnick, Kornspan & Stumpf, said they learned from the state attorney's office that various news media outlets had filed public records requests for all videotape footage from Bieber's time in detention.

The Miami Beach police and the state attorney's office were not available at the moment to comment.

A Florida court has set March 3 as the trial date for Bieber, the Canadian popstar, on the charges stemming from the January 23 arrest.

Justin Bieber, whose private life has taken a tumultuous turn in the past year, was also charged two weeks ago with assaulting a limousine chauffeur in Toronto in December.

(Reporting by David Adams for Reuters)