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After a wild night in Miami Beach, the pop star, who was arrested for drag racing and DUI, exited the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center, wearing a hoodie and waving to fans.
It was the end of a drug and booze-filled escapade that involved fast cars, lots of partying and, ultimately, police.
R&B artist Khalil was also arrested.
It all started with Bieber in a rented yellow Lamborghini and Khalil in a red Ferrari. In an Instagram photo before the incident, Khalil wrote: “Miami nights ridin thru yo city in that hot wheel.”
Those hot wheels led to major hot water.
According to the arrest report, Bieber “had slow deliberate movements” and a look of stupor on his face when the officer ordered him to exit his vehicle. Bieber was placed under arrest after repeatedly refusing to put his hands on his vehicle so the officer could pat him down to look for weapons, the report said. It says he cursed several times at the officer and demanded to know why he was being arrested.
Bieber failed a field sobriety test and was taken to the Miami Beach police station for a Breathalyzer, police said. Results haven’t been released.
His publicist, Melissa Victor, did not offer an immediate comment.
The street where police say Bieber was racing in mid-Miami Beach is a four-lane residential street divided by a grass median dotted with palm trees. Along one side of the street are small apartment buildings, and on the other side are a high school, a youth center, a golf course and a city firehouse.
It’s a short drive from the area to trendy South Beach, where celebrities are known to let loose. George Avilas, who lives nearby said he didn’t hear anything, but was not surprised to hear that people might be drag-racing.
“There’s so much partying in Miami Beach, it’s been known to happen,” he said. “It’s 4 o’clock in the morning, everybody is just getting out of the bars.”
Canadian-born Justin Bieber was only 15 when his platinum-selling debut “My World” was released. The singer from Ontario had placed second in a local singing contest two years earlier and began posting performances on YouTube, according to his official website. The videos caught the attention of a talent agent and eventually led to a recording contract.
He was positioned as clean-cut and charming – even singing for President Barack Obama and his family at Christmas – but problems began to multiply as he got older; Thursday’s arrest is just the latest in a series of troubling incidents.
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