Justin Bieber Drops Defamation Suit Tied to Sexual Assault Allegations

Justin Bieber has requested the dismissal of a defamation lawsuit he filed towards two girls who accused him of sexual assault.

In accordance with courtroom information, Bieber’s legal professionals submitted the voluntary dismissal in Los Angeles courtroom final Friday, March 18. Bieber initially filed the lawsuit in 2020 towards Khadidja Djibrine and a girl recognized solely as Danielle; the pair had each accused Bieber of sexual assault on Twitter, allegations the pop star denied in his unique go well with as “outlandish false fabrications.”

No purpose for the dismissal was given. Final month, it appeared just like the case was headed to trial in Could as legal professionals for Bieber and Djibrine failed to achieve a settlement (Danielle was by no means formally situated). Attorneys for each Bieber and Djibrine didn’t instantly return requests for remark.

Each Bieber’s lawsuit and the allegations towards him came in June 2020. In since-deleted tweets, Danielle alleged that Bieber sexually assaulted her at a lodge in Austin in March 2014 after a South by Southwest efficiency. However Bieber’s lawyer’s countered that he hadn’t stayed at that lodge, and that he spent the evening at a rental property with then-girlfriend Selena Gomez (Bieber even shared the receipt for the stay on Twitter.)

Djibrine shared her allegation the identical day as Danielle. She claimed Bieber assaulted her at a lodge in New York Metropolis one yr later in March 2015. Once more, Bieber’s legal professionals argued that he’d by no means stayed at that lodge and supplied up an alibi within the type of images of the singer on the Met Gala and an after-party throughout the time of the alleged assault.

Together with submitting the defamation go well with, Bieber responded to Danielle’s allegations particularly on Twitter, writing on the time, “Each declare of sexual abuse must be taken very significantly and this is the reason my response was wanted. Nevertheless, this story is factually inconceivable and that’s the reason I shall be working with Twitter and authorities to take authorized motion.”