Justin Bieber has stumbled in his attempt to complete a community service sentence. The star had been told to fulfil five days of community work as part of his punishment for throwing eggs at his neighbour’s house in 2014. However, the pop star claims an ankle injury sustained during a football match prevented him from being able to undertake the task.
According to a report by probation officials, Bieber claimed his ankle sprain had been a factor in missing the community service, along with other reasons such as time spent in the recording studio and the taping of TV shows. He provided a chiropractor’s report that stated the singer was to stay off his feet for a week in early January. Bieber’s attorney said the star was expecting to complete his community labour and anger management counselling ahead of his next court date on 11 May. Judge Leland B Harris was satisfied with the report and gave Bieber more time to comply with the sentence.
Bieber was originally ordered to complete five days of community service, attend 12 anger management sessions, and pay $80,900 to repair damage to his neighbour’s home after he pleaded no contest to misdemeanour vandalism in July 2014. At present he has paid the costs and completed nine anger management sessions.
In January, Bieber released a video begging forgiveness for his recent behaviour. In the last few years this has involved driving dangerously, abandoning his pet monkey and urinating in a mop bucket while shouting “fuck Bill Clinton!”.
