An arrest warrant has been issued for Justin
Bieber in Argentina after the singer failed to respond to summons related to
allegations he ordered his bodyguards to attack a photographer.
Judge Alberto Julio Banos, who issued the
warrant, ordered the "immediate detention" of Bieber and bodyguards
Hugo Alcides Hesny and Terrence Reche Smalls.
The accusations relate to a 2013 incident
outside a Buenos Aires nightclub where Bieber is accused of sending the two
bodyguards to attack photographer Diego Pesoa.
Under Argentine law, he would face a jail
sentence between one month to six years if convicted on a charge of causing
injuries.
It is not clear whether the warrant extends
outside Argentina but Mr Pesoa's lawyer spoke to a local television station and
implied that the warrant would force Bieber to return to the South American
country.
Matias Morla said: "Now we just
need to wait for the police to find him and bring him" to Argentina.
"For us, this is a triumph against all
those who said this case was a bluff and that we didn't have anything."
Response is still be awaited from Bieber’s
camp.
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