Justin bieber is accused of robbery

Justin Bieber will
not face a felony charge of robbery
despite a woman's claim the singer tried
to steal her cell phone last month.
The Los Angeles County district attorney
decided the incident at a miniature golf
course on May 12 "does not warrant
felony prosecution," according to a
document obtained by CNN Thursday.
The case will now go to the Los Angeles
city attorney to decide if a misdemeanor
charge will be filed against Bieber, the
"evaluation worksheet" released by the
prosecutor's office said.
A woman filed the robbery complaint
against Bieber on May 13, a
day after the alleged incident
happened and hours after
she reported it to the
celebrity website TMZ, the
document said.
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The accuser told Los Angeles
Police Department robbery/
homicide detectives that the
incident began after she used
her iPhone to take a photo of
Bieber at the batting cages in
the Sherman Oaks Castle
Park. She put her phone
away in her purse when the
singer's bodyguard asked her
to not take pictures, she
said.
Bieber "then approached and
accused her of videotaping
him," she told police. "He
demanded to see her phone, then
reached into her purse and pulled the
phone out," the document said. Bieber
and the woman "tussled over it for a
moment," she said.
"I'm not recording, I'll show you," she
said she told police. After she showed
Bieber her phone, he told her: "Why
don't you leave, you're embarrassing your
daughter."
Her 13-year-old daughter began to cry,
the woman said. The daughter later told
investigators she was already crying from
the excitement of being near Justin
Bieber.
None of the nine park employees
interviewed by police witnessed "any kind
of physical altercation or tug-of-war," the
report said. No security cameras were in
a position to capture video of the scene.
Justin Bieber: 'Don't believe rumors'
Bieber posted a series of tweets days
after the incident, lamenting all the
"rumors" he's facing.
"It is hard to defend myself and my
privacy every moment of the day ... The
truth will set u free," he tweeted.
A source who's close to Bieber and is
familiar with the situation played down
the incident.
"Justin was just enjoying hanging out with
friends at the batting cage and playing
mini-golf," the source told CNN. "This just
wasn't a big deal."
"The woman didn't stand out," the source
said. "There were plenty of people taking
pictures, some more aggressive than
others ... which is totally normal. ... This
is another example of someone making
an issue where there isn't one."
Bieber egging 'a silly prank,' not a felony,
lawyers argue
Los Angeles County District Attorney
Jackie Lacey is still considering if and how
to prosecute Bieber for an alleged egging
of his neighbor's home in January.
Investigators asked for a felony vandalism
charge against him when they presented
their evidence.