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Prosecutors won't charge Justin Bieber with battery after encounter with photographer
FILE - This June 11, 2012 file photo shows Justin Bieber before a news conference in Mexico City. Los Angeles prosecutors have declined to file a misdemeanor battery charge against Bieber related to a May scuffle with a paparazzo in Calabasas, Calif., citing a lack of evidence to corroborate the photographer’s claims that the pop star kicked and hit him. A document obtained Wednesday, Nov. 21, 2012 states that three Los Angeles County sheriff's investigators found no visible injuries, video or photographs to confirm the photographer's story that Bieber kicked and punched him. (AP Photo/Alexandre Meneghini, File)
LOS ANGELES, Calif. - Prosecutors decided not to file any charges against Justin Bieber after investigators found no evidence that the pop star had kicked and punched a photographer after leaving a movie theatre last month, a document obtained Wednesday states.
Prosecutors had been asked by police to consider filing a misdemeanour battery charge against Bieber, but Los Angeles County sheriff's investigators found no visible injuries, video or photographs to confirm the allegations by the photographer.
Bieber, 18, was leaving the theatre in suburban Calabasas with girlfriend Selena Gomez on May 27 when he had the encounter in a parking lot.
A doctor found only superficial injuries, and deputies observed no injuries on the man after the incident, the document states.
Authorities interviewed several witnesses but none reported seeing Bieber kick the man, and they noted that the photographer kept taking photos as the two singers left the location, according to the charge evaluation worksheet prepared by the district attorney's office.
"All the photos and video taken during this incident by the many photographers were obtained and reviewed," the document states. "There are no photos of a physical altercation."
The case was rejected on Oct. 22 and first reported Wednesday by celebrity website TMZ.
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