Claims against Justin Bieber
Justin Bieber has denied an allegation of sexual assault saying it's something he "doesn't take lightly".
The singer has been accused of attacking a woman at a hotel in Texas in March 2014.
In the past 24 hours a new Twitter appeared that told a story of myself involved with sexual abuse on March 9, 2014 in Austin Texas at the Four seasons hotel. I want to be clear. There is no truth to this story. In fact as I will soon show I was never present at that location.
— Justin Bieber (@justinbieber) June 22, 2020
He says he was elsewhere with his then girlfriend Selena Gomez at the time.
He also says that he's taking legal action as there is "no truth to this story".
As her story told I did surprise a crowd in Austin at Sxsw where I appeared on stage with my then assistant side stage and sang a few songs. What this person did not know was that I attended that show with my then gf Selena Gomez
— Justin Bieber (@justinbieber) June 22, 2020
She said she was 21 at the time of the alleged incident which she said happened on 9 March 2014.
A Twitter post detailing the allegation has since been deleted.
On march 10th selena left for work and I stayed at the Westin as the receipts clearly showed with my friends nick and john before I left town. Once again not at the four seasons. We booked it for a couple days to stay for the defjam show but I bailed on the 11th to head back home pic.twitter.com/Ku15SCYz91
— Justin Bieber (@justinbieber) June 22, 2020
In response, Bieber wrote:
"I don't normally address things as I have dealt with random accusations my entire career but after talking with my wife and team I have decided to speak up on an issue tonight."
In the final post in the stream of tweets, Bieber says he will be taking further action:
"Every claim of sexual abuse should be taken very seriously and this is why my response was needed."
"However this story is factually impossible and that is why I will be working with Twitter and authorities to take legal action."
