LOS ANGELES - Los Angeles County sheriff's deputies areinvestigating a complaint that Canadian pop sensation Justin Bieberroughed up a man who was taking pictures of the performer at asuburban shopping center, police said on Monday. Deputies were called on Sunday to an outdoor shopping area inCalabasas, about 23 miles (37 km) northwest of Hollywood, by a manwho reported having just had an altercation with Bieber, thesheriff's department said in a press statement. According to the statement, the man said he was taking pictures ofBieber, who was with his girlfriend, actress Selena Gomez, when thesinger "physically battered" him. Bieber's publicist with Island/Def Jam Music Group could notimmediately be reached for comment. A spokeswoman for the sheriff's department, Lillian Peck, declinedto give further details about the nature of the allegedconfrontation or any injuries suffered by the man. But Peck said the man, who was not identified by police, complainedof pain, and after requesting medical attention was treated on thescene by paramedics, then taken to a local hospital, where he wasexamined and later released. Bieber, 18, who has professed a determination to maintain asqueaky-clean image, had left the shopping center with Gomez, 19,before officers arrived, according to the man with the camera. Peck said sheriff's deputies are investigating the case as amisdemeanor battery complaint and were looking for any possibleeyewitnesses, but she did not know whether they had contactedBieber about the incident. The Hollywood news website TMZ.com reported that the man behind thecomplaint was a professional celebrity photographer. Citing accounts of witnesses at the scene, TMZ said the paparazzowas blocking Bieber's car as the entertainer was trying to leaveand that a scuffle ensued after Bieber got out of his car, askedthe man to leave and the man refused. TMZ also reported that after the altercation, a lawyer approachedthe photographer and suggested he could collect a lot of money bycalling for an ambulance and filing a police report. The cherubic-faced singer, discovered in 2008 through homemademusic videos he posted on YouTube, released his first album at age15 and rocketed to international fame on his way to logging 41million fans on Facebook and 20 million on Twitter. Bieber's latest hit single, "Boyfriend," debuted at No. 2 lastmonth on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. The Los Angeles Times reported on Sunday that the recent highschool graduate paid US$6.5 million (S$8.3 million) for his firsthouse, a 10,000-square-foot (929-square-metre) luxury home set in agated community of Calabasas. Amenities are reported to include amovie theater with stadium-style seating, a library, wet bar, winecellar, guest house and swimming pool. The e-commerce company in China offers quality products such as Forged Steel Valves Manufacturer , Forged Steel Rings Manufacturer, and more. For more , please visit Forged Steel Shaft today!
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