Hilarious: Justin Bieber 'rejects plea deal over random drug testing demands in fear of repeatedly violating probation'
02/23/2014 Justina likely to become Bubba's new toy!
According to US reports, there are fears Bieber could follow same path as Lindsay Lohan, who became a habitual probation offender for more than seven years
The cops have released some surveillance footage (below)
Justin Bieber will reportedly turn down a plea deal offered by prosecutors, who have warned the young star could face jail if he is found guilty of all the charges against him.
According to TMZ, Florida State Attorney will drop the DUI and resisting arrest charges against the star, if Bieber agrees to a series of conditions.
However it's since emerged the troubled 19-year-old will reject the deal in fear of following the same path of repeatedly violating probation as seen by Lindsay Lohan and Chris Brown, say TMZ.
Bieber's deal apparently says he must be available for random drugs testing, not just in Florida but anywhere in the world. At his own expense.
The teen singer will have to submit his travel plans to the court and pay for the testing himself. And it doesn't end there.
Bieber will have to complete 40 hours of community service, go to an alcohol education course, attend a DUI panel where families of drink driving victims share their harrowing stories and install an ignition interlock device for 3 months.
All Bieber has to do is plead no contest to reckless driving. Prosecutors have warned the star if he faces trial and is convicted he could be looking at jail time.
The singer took to Twitter in a cryptic message appearing to reference the developments in his case.
"I guess I'm an easy target for some. I'm still human. I will continue to meet hate with love. It's all about the music. Much love," he wrote.
MIAMI, FL - JANUARY 23: Justin Bieber prepares to stand on his vehicle after exiting from the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center on January 23, 2014 in Miami, Florida. Justin Bieber was charged with drunken driving, resisting arrest and driving without a valid license after Miami Beach police found the pop star street racing Thursday morning. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)
Miami-Dade County Judge William Altfield has ordered the TEN HOURS of surveillance footage will not be released until he’s reviewed them in his chambers.
"Do you believe that the public has the right to see Justin Bieber urinating?" the judge asked attorneys representing several large media companies seeking access to the video under Florida's broad public records law.
In response, Scott Ponce, an attorney for the Miami Herald and CBS, replied: "I don't think the public has a right to see his penis."
Noting that Bieber’s urine test was part of the evidence in the DUI case, he added: "I believe the public has a right to see him standing behind a wall doing what we know is urinating.”
It’s reported there are four short clips of Bieber urinating at the police station.
Justin Bieber's mugshot after being arrested for alleged DUI
If the Boyfriend singer’s genitalia are visible in the videos, prosecutors should release the clips after blacking out his private parts, he argued.
"I find the argument to be insulting and demeaning of the court - to just fuzz out the private parts," replied one of Bieber's attorney's, Howard Srebnick.
Altfield said he would review the video and announce his decision at a March 4 hearing. He also postponed Bieber's March 3 DUI trial until further notice.
Bieber, 19, was charged with driving under the influence, resisting arrest and using an expired license after Miami Beach police say they caught him drag racing on January 23.
He has pleaded not guilty to the charges and did not attend the hearing on Thursday.
Besides a small amount of alcohol, he 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 showing Bieber being patted down by a Miami Beach officer was released to the media in early February, prompting his attorneys to file a motion to prevent more images from being released.
"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," according to the motion filed earlier this month in Miami-Dade County Court.
The motion said the Florida constitution and state law protected such images from being publicly disclosed.
Releasing video from Bieber's brief time in custody would cause "irreparable harm," the teen star's lawyers say.
Attorneys for several major media companies deny Bieber has the right to privacy under Florida's Public Records Act, according to court documents.
Under Florida law, all evidence including photos and videos became public record once they are handed to the defense.
"Florida courts have long recognized that government records are presumptively open, and that the Public Records Act is to be construed liberally in favour of access," Deanna Shullman, an attorney representing the media, said in court documents.
Florida courts "reject the notion that simply alleging embarrassment alone is sufficient grounds to trump Public Records Act disclosure mandates," Shullman wrote.
Herald and CBS attorney Ponce pointed to Bieber's own website, which he said included a photo of Bieber urinating and exposing his bare behind, as well as another image of the performer peeing in a mop bucket in a New York restaurant.
Bieber, whose private life has taken a tumultuous turn in the past year, was also charged last week with assaulting a limousine driver in Toronto in December.
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