Bieber Gone From South Florida, For Now
MIAMI BEACH (CBSMiami) – Although pop star Justin Bieber has left South Florida, he still has to face court proceedings back in Miami, eventually.
Bieber left the Orchid House amid a crowd of screaming fans late Friday night, one day after he was arrested on Miami Beach on suspicion of racing on a sleepy street.
Wearing sunglasses and a red sweatshirt, Bieber was ushered back inside and taken out the back of the home to a black SUV waiting to whisk him away.
Bieber and his entourage boarded a plane at Opa Locka Executive Airport Friday night. It was not immediately clear where it was headed.
"We love him so much," fan Aisha Giani told CBS4 News. "We're the most dedicated fans in whole wide world. We dedicate our lives to him. And I just touched his hand!"
Bieber returned the love to his adoring fans Friday via tweet.
"You are all worthy, no matter what anyone says," he wrote. "Be strong. God is with us all. My Beliebers changed my life. I will forever be grateful."
Court documents show an automatically generated hearing date for Bieber was set in a Miami-Dade courtroom for Monday, January 27th. However, Bieber is not expected to be there and a future hearing date is likely to be scheduled.
CBS4 reporter Maggie Newland was first to show the world the surveillance video that captured the alleged race with rap artist and friend Khalil Sharieff down Pine Tree Drive on Miami Beach.
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Moments before Justin Bieber was arrested, the home surveillance video showed a yellow Lamborghini traveling down Pine Tree Drive on Miami Beach with a black Cadillac Escalade next to it.
Just behind, a red Ferrari followed by another black Cadillac Escalade and five seconds later, a Miami Beach police car. Police said Justin Bieber was behind the wheel of a yellow Lamborghini drag racing his friend and fellow recording artist Khalil Sharieff in the red Ferrari.
About 4 o'clock Thursday morning, Bieber's entourage in black Escalades allegedly blocked traffic for the race.
Bieber was accused of DUI, driving with an expired license, and resisting arrest. Police said he admitted smoking marijuana, taking prescription drugs and drinking alcohol before speeding between 55-60 miles per hour down Pine Tree Drive where the posted speed limit is 30.
Just one hour after facing a judge, the pop star walked out of jail on $2,500 bond. Bieber jumped on the top of a black Cadillac Escalade and waved before he was chauffeured away.
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CBS4's Gaby Fleischman asked Juan Carlos Garces, a paparazzo who was waiting outside the Orchid House Thursday night, if he thinks Bieber is spiraling out of control.
"I think he's going through what everyone goes through which is the learning process of life and he has to pay the price, but he really must consider that a lot of people love and look up to him," said Garces.
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Celebrities weighed in on the arrest of Justin Bieber and the pop star's future.
For more than a year, Justin Bieber has had more tabloid hits than Billboard hits: The singer's music career has taken a backseat to his wild boy antics, and a new arrest for a DUI charge marks a new low for the GRAMMY-nominated pop star.
After he was charged, some key industry watchers were hesitant to talk about the Canadian-born singer's woes and what it would mean to his imploding career.
But rapper Macklemore, 30, was sympathetic. He said if he had become a mainstream musician when he was Bieber's age, people would also see his struggles.
"I think it's challenging for anybody to have your life be a spectacle and to be challenged and critiqued and judged. And it's definitely hard if you've never had any normalcy in your adult life or in your teenage life," said Macklemore, who has struggled with substance abuse. "I think that's very challenging. I think if I had blown up at 22 or 23, I think you would have seen me do some (crazy stuff) in public."
The new year kicked-off in dramatic fashion for Bieber: Detectives searched his California home looking for surveillance footage that might serve as evidence that the singer was involved in an egg-tossing vandalism case that caused thousands of dollars in damage to a neighbor's home. The investigation garnered more attention than his album release, which happened just days earlier.
"Journals" was released in December and has had some success: some singles have hit then Top 40 thanks to digital sales. But it's miles away from the phenomenal, chart-topping success he enjoyed when he debuted as a cherub-faced, soft-voiced teenager in 2009. Since his arrival onto the music scene, he's released multiple platinum albums — five of which have debuted at No. 1 — and has clocked hit single after hit single, from "Baby" to "Boyfriend." His full-length 2010 debut, "My World 2.0," was nominated for two Grammy Awards, including best pop vocal album and best new artist, where his loss surprised many.
Bieber hasn't had that kind of success for a while.
His second 3-D film, "Justin Bieber's Believe," flopped when it debuted in December and grossed just $3.1 million during its first three days around the Christmas holiday. In comparison, his 2011 film, "Justin Bieber: Never Say Never," grossed $12.4 million on its opening day and $29.5 million during its opening weekend. Bieber has also lost edge onstage during his recent tour. At a stop in New Jersey in August, he was sluggish onstage and appeared to lip sync throughout the night. He didn't dance as strongly as he has in the past, and he seemed to be uninterested at times onstage.
He's remained in the headlines though — for all the wrong reasons. Last year represented a litany of lows, from clashing with a paparazzo to fainting at a show to being photographed smoking marijuana. Some of his troubles have reached the bizarre: German authorities charged him thousands of dollars after he abandoned a pet monkey that they seized from him for failing to have proper vaccination papers; the singer had to apologize to Bill Clinton after cursing the former president and spraying his photo with cleaning fluid in a New York City restaurant kitchen.
Bieber's manager, Scooter Braun, was being honored as part of Billboard's Power 100 event in Los Angeles on Thursday, but he didn't attend. Instead, he offered support to Bieber on Twitter, telling the singer he loved him.
"i will act in the manner of someone who truly cares. that is all I have to say. thanks for all those concerned," Braun tweeted. "Been a long day. Bottom line is we are defined by how we handle adversity. Be there when it counts. Love fully in good times and bad."
In an interview with The Associated Press last month, Braun said his client had "got a little bit into trouble," when asked about the formerly squeaky clean singer's woes. In the same interview, Usher, Bieber's mentor, said his troubles are part of his maturation.
"The beautiful part about it is that those that are invested in a long term story you understand that there are peaks and valleys in every person's life some," the R&B star said. "Unfortunately the reality is he has to live with a camera in front of him, but what he chooses to do on or off camera is analyzed or scrutinized in some off way."
As a result of the charges, Bieber could automatically lose his license for a year and he could face a fine up to $1000 and 50 hours of community service. The ramifications for his career are less clear. There have been plenty of music stars who have been entwined in far more serious legal trouble or scandal, and have rebounded thanks to the power of a hit single and/or an image makeover.
While his fan base may be dwindling, he still has key support from those in the music industry,
"I don't know Justin and I don't know what he's involved in. All I know is if drugs are involved and I hope they are not, they're lethal," music mogul Clive Davis said in an interview Thursday afterBieber's arrest. "He's a young man with strong talent that has really found an audience, so I'm sure we wish him well."
"I guess he could just focus on his career most of all," added Jennifer Hudson, sitting next to Davis. "All we can do is wish him the best, you know. He'll find his way."
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