What the heck is going on with Justin Bieber? The worldwide pop star’s personal life seems to be spiraling out of control and it all seems to be due to his relationship with rapper Lil Twist.
The Biebs could be facing criminal charges after allegedly spitting in his neighbor’s face during an incident the media is dubbing “Spitgate” in front of his home on Tuesday. The confrontation arose after the “Boyfriend” singer was reportedly driving his brand new Ferrari through his gated neighborhood at speeds up to 100 mph. When Bieb’s neighbor, Jeff Schwartz, approached the pop singer, Justin attempted to lunge at the 47-year-old man before his bodyguard was able to restrain him, according to one witness’ report to the L.A. County Sheriffs Office.
This is not the first time Bieber’s bodyguard has had to restrain the singer from trying to knock someone out. Earlier this month Justin hopped out of his car after a man was verbally attacking him during a stop of his European tour. The singer yelled in response, “The f–k did you say? I’ll f–king beat the f–k out of you!” before trying to punch the paparazzo. He also reportedly verbally abused a women while she was working out in the gym at the Ritz Carlton in Charlotte, NC in mid-January.
“He’s a punk. He thinks he’s invincible,” Suzie Schwartz, wife of the alleged spitting victim, told TMZ. “He can’t continue to have a bunch of enablers around him.”
One of those enablers seems to be Lil Twist. A lot of the recent bad press Bieber has been getting lately has been stemming from the Biebs relationship with the 20-year-old rapper.
The duo’s first major headline occurred when Lil Twist was driving one of Bieber’s Ferraris in Los Angeles on New Years Day. Photographer Chris Guerra had thought he saw Bieber smoking marijuana and wanted to capture the first photo of Justin smoking pot.
“If it takes me all night, I’m staying out here, I’m getting this story,” the 29-year-old photographer told a friend, according to TMZ. “He was smoking weed. I hope something comes of this.”
Well, tragically something did come out of it. After tracking the Ferrari’s moves all night, Guerra noticed the vehicle pulled over by the California Highway Patrol for speeding off Highway 405 near Sepulveda. Figuring this was his chance to catch the singer in an embarrassing, and possibly explosive moment, Guerra grabbed his camera to get his shot. Cops ordered the photographer to return to his car which he complied to do. While crossing the four-lane road to return to his vehicle Guerra was struck and killed by oncoming traffic.
Although it was later revealed that Lil Twist was driving Bieber’s Ferrari, not Justin, the news made major headlines around the world.
The next incident regarding Lil Twist and Bieber occurred the very next day when a photo surfaced online of the duo smoking a suspicious-looking cigarette in a Newport Beach Hotel room. The photo was taken by a friend of Justin’s who sold the picture to the media for $25,000, a source told New York Post’s Page Six. The New York-based publication previously wrote of an incident that occurred in November 2012 when guests at the Carlyle Hotel in NYC’s Upper East Side complained of “a strong smell” coming from a room booked by the pop star during the Victoria’s Secret fashion show.
Next came two incidents that involved a wrecked Ferrari and a hit and run with Justin’s Fisker Karma, both with Lil Twist behind the wheel.
The first incident occurred in late January when the rapper was attempting to leave the Four Seasons hotel parking lot in Justin’s Ferrari. Unable to pull out of the parking lot properly, Twist bottomed out the exotic car caused a reported $8,000 to $10,000 worth of damage to the ride.
The second incident involves a hit and run with Justin’s beloved chromed-out Fisker Karma, a gift from his manager Scooter Braun. Again, Lil Twist was behind the wheel when he crashed into a cement pole in front of the San Fernando Valley liquor store. A BMW soon rolled up to the scene and told Twist to “get all the pieces from the car [that fell] and put it in the car [the BMW],” a source told TMZ. Since the rapper did not stay at the scene to report damages and exchange information with the owner of the property it is considered a hit and run, a criminal offense.
Justin hasn’t seemed to learn his lesson from the two previous wrecks, not to mention the speeding ticket that resulted in the death of a photographer, because he still lets Lil Twist borrow his vehicles at anytime.
Now, instead of letting Lil Twist just borrow his vehicles, he’s letting the rapper use his house as well.
While Bieber was out of town on his European tour Twist and a friend reportedly threw a “pot party” at Bieber’s Calabasas mansion two weeks ago. The party was reported to have plenty of beer and weed for the invited 40-plus guests. TMZ posted pictures of the party that showed a hookah pipe and beer bottles scattered across the mansion.
Now Justin could be facing jail time if he is convicted for battery against his neighbor. Two cars have been wrecked, multiple citations issued, a paparazzo has been killed….when will this madness stop?
