# Justin Bieber arrested for DUI, drag racing **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 23, 2014, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/justin-bieber-arrested-for-dui-drag-racing/679523 "2014-01-23T13:51:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Charlie\_Wayne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/4bbf92/32.png) [@Charlie\_Wayne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Charlie_Wayne)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2014, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/justin-bieber-arrested-for-dui-drag-racing/679523/41 "2014-01-24T00:59:20Z")
Here are some links from the front page of The Drudge Report: DEATH WATCH: BOMBED BIEBER BUSTED IN SOUTH BEACH… [Justin Bieber Released From Jail After Miami Beach Arrest - CBS Miami](http://miami.cbslocal.com/2014/01/23/justin-bieber-arrested-in-miami-beach/) DUI DRAG RACING… [http://www.sun-sentinel.com/sfl-justin-bieber-miami-beach-arrest-20140123,0,3722964.story](http://www.sun-sentinel.com/sfl-justin-bieber-miami-beach-arrest-20140123,0,3722964.story) Smoking weed all day… [http://www.miamiherald.com/2014/01/23/3888078/justin-bieber-arrested-in-miami.html](http://www.miamiherald.com/2014/01/23/3888078/justin-bieber-arrested-in-miami.html) Charged with resisting arrest… [Drunken Bieber Cursed Out Miami Police Officers | The Smoking Gun](http://www.thesmokinggun.com/documents/Justin-Bieber-arrest-report-576432) What the f\*ck are you doing?'… [Drunken Bieber Cursed Out Miami Police Officers | The Smoking Gun](http://www.thesmokinggun.com/documents/Justin-Bieber-arrest-report-576432) Had police escort to strip club? [Justin Bieber -- VIP Treatment Wasn't Approved ... Florida Cops Investigate](http://www.tmz.com/2014/01/22/justin-bieber-police-escort-video-florida-investigation/) HIRES ROY BLACK… [Justin Bieber Hires Legal Ace Behind Kennedy Rape Acquittal, Rush Limbaugh Drugs Case](http://radaronline.com/exclusives/2014/01/justin-bieber-hires-roy-balck-lawyer-behind-william-kennedy-smith-rape-acquittal-rush-limbaugh-drugs-charges/) CNN to Air Special on ‘Rollercoaster Life’… [Justin Bieber Arrest: CNN Sets Special – The Hollywood Reporter](http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/justin-bieber-arrest-cnn-sets-673508) Has reached ‘point of alarm’… [Justin Bieber has reached 'point of alarm,' experts say](http://www.usatoday.com/story/life/people/2014/01/23/justin-bieber-is-at-his-lowest-experts-say/4799383/) Immigration Attorney: ICE Could Make Case for Deportation… [http://gma.yahoo.com/could-justin-bieber-deported-194238103--abc-news-entertainment.html](http://gma.yahoo.com/could-justin-bieber-deported-194238103--abc-news-entertainment.html) Wow! Ten headlines and ten separate articles all stemming from this one event. I have never ever seen so many headlines regarding a single story on Drudge before and I just cannot understand why they are reacting with such enormous alarm to this event. [http://www.thedrudgereport.com](http://www.thedrudgereport.com) (they may have changed the front page since I saw it last however) Other youngster celebs have gotten into much worse trouble before and it seems to me that none of them have ever attracted this much attention. So, I want to ask, "What are the odds Justin will make it to age 30? I ask this because so many other young celebs who wind up dead don’t seem to make it to this age. Allegedly, Bieber’s companion was charged with more offenses than he was. At least, I remember reading that but I can’t find it now. That’s why I’m curious as to all this alarm. If that is correct, then he why is there such great concern about Bieber if his companion was charged with more crimes than he was? Some other member of this forum has used the adjective “entitled” before to refer to those elderly Koreans in the McDonalds who buy one coffee and then stay for many hours to socialize. But if anyone ever deserved to be called “entitled”, I would think it was Bieber. He became a big star at a very young age and even though he is extremely talented, his behaviour seems to be very outlandish. I would think that if anyone could be described as burning the candle at both ends and maybe going to snuff out his life early, it would be him. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2014, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/justin-bieber-arrested-for-dui-drag-racing/679523/42 "2014-01-24T01:03:30Z")
Deport his mangy ass and be done with it. Ban him from ever re-entering the country. Let Canada bury him by and by. ---
**Author:** ![Charlie\_Wayne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/4bbf92/32.png) [@Charlie\_Wayne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Charlie_Wayne)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2014, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/justin-bieber-arrested-for-dui-drag-racing/679523/43 "2014-01-24T01:08:04Z")
> [@gaffa](#): > > Good point, considering his age and lack of a drivers license. He must have put down one hell of a deposit - I don’t think he’s insurable without a license, either. This is an excellent point. Anyone renting a car would need to see the driver’s license. Wouldn’t they? P.S. This comment was made by “gaffa”. But it was made in a post by “StusBlues”. I just want to be clear about who made this comment. ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2014, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/justin-bieber-arrested-for-dui-drag-racing/679523/44 "2014-01-24T01:10:54Z")
> [@Lazlo Hapsburg](#): > > So, I want to ask, "What are the odds Justin will make it to age 30? I ask this because so many other young celebs who wind up dead don’t seem to make it to this age. :dubious: Very insightful. ---
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2014, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/justin-bieber-arrested-for-dui-drag-racing/679523/45 "2014-01-24T02:12:25Z")
> [@Justin\_Bailey](#): > > Why is being a full-time musician not a real job? He could be plowing himself into his work, he got arrested because he’s not. Paraphrasing Allan Swann: _“I’m not a musician, I’m a **POP STAR**!!”_ Hey, 19 AND stinkin’ rich and popular? Damn right there will be much stupid behavior. Y’see if it were a female pop star this would be the time for drunken “accidental” forgot-my-panties Kodak moments. Being a dude, it’s drunken Brazilian escort encounters/Florida supercar shenanigans. (Was another monkey misplaced in the course of this incident?) BTW if he doesn’t have a license, then that someone else signed for the Lambo and then let him drive unauthorized is the simplest explanation. ---
**Author:** ![drewtwo99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@drewtwo99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewtwo99)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2014, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/justin-bieber-arrested-for-dui-drag-racing/679523/46 "2014-01-24T02:23:54Z")
When he started out, he made it because he was insanely talented and driven (and adorable of course). He worked hard to learn how to play various instruments and sing. He put a lot of effort into his craft. Then he let all the fame and money go to his head and he’s turned into a grade A jerk. I agree: kick him out of the country for good. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2014, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/justin-bieber-arrested-for-dui-drag-racing/679523/47 "2014-01-24T02:35:08Z")
> [@gaffa](#): > > What sort of mad man would rent him a Lamborghini? [This company](http://www.loulavie.com/), apparently. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2014, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/justin-bieber-arrested-for-dui-drag-racing/679523/48 "2014-01-24T02:53:43Z")
> [@jasg](#): > > A friend was denied entry to Canada because of a DUI. > > Does this arrest mean Canada won’t take him back? 😃 “Home is the place where, when you have to go there, they have to take you in.” – Robert Frost > [@Sampiro](#): > > Bangkok has him now. Hey! Don’t send him here! :mad: ---
**Author:** ![DigitalC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ebca7d/32.png) [@DigitalC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DigitalC)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2014, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/justin-bieber-arrested-for-dui-drag-racing/679523/49 "2014-01-24T03:05:12Z")
Way to snitch on your mom little bitch. ---
**Author:** ![Charlie\_Wayne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/4bbf92/32.png) [@Charlie\_Wayne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Charlie_Wayne)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2014, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/justin-bieber-arrested-for-dui-drag-racing/679523/50 "2014-01-24T03:09:10Z")
> [@jasg](#): > > “Home is the place where, when you have to go there, they have to take you in.” – Robert Frost I can’t figure out if that quote from Robert Frost was part of jasg’s post or if it was his signature. In any case, there was a similar quote from the movie, “Clash by Night” (1952). Barbara Stanwyck’s character says something like, “Home is where they have to take you in when you run out of places to go.” I wonder if the writer of the movie “borrowed” that line from Robert Frost? ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2014, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/justin-bieber-arrested-for-dui-drag-racing/679523/51 "2014-01-24T03:10:41Z")
BBC TV just showed him appearing in court in his jailhouse-issued orange jumpsuit. I wonder if he made any new friends in the pokey. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2014, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/justin-bieber-arrested-for-dui-drag-racing/679523/52 "2014-01-24T03:21:38Z")
> [@Siam\_Sam](#): > > BBC TV just showed him appearing in court in his jailhouse-issued orange jumpsuit. I wonder if he made any new friends in the pokey. They just said he’s out on bail, so I guess that wasn’t a live video feed I saw. How long was he in before his lawyer sprung him? ---
**Author:** ![Duckster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duckster/32/1244_2.png) [@Duckster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duckster)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2014, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/justin-bieber-arrested-for-dui-drag-racing/679523/53 "2014-01-24T03:41:04Z")
> [@Siam\_Sam](#): > > They just said he’s out on bail, so I guess that wasn’t a live video feed I saw. How long was he in before his lawyer sprung him? He bailed out about 2:30 pm EST. He was arrested at 4:13 am EST. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2014, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/justin-bieber-arrested-for-dui-drag-racing/679523/54 "2014-01-24T03:51:08Z")
Fuck me! I’m middle-aged, sitting on the other side of the world … AND I’M ASKING WHEN DID JUSTIN BIEBER MAKE BAIL! I need a drink. ---
**Author:** ![Charlie\_Wayne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/4bbf92/32.png) [@Charlie\_Wayne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Charlie_Wayne)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2014, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/justin-bieber-arrested-for-dui-drag-racing/679523/55 "2014-01-24T04:01:21Z")
> [@JRDelirious](#): > > \Hey, 19 AND stinkin’ rich and popular? Why doesn’t he just buy his own island like Johnny Depp did? Then he wouldn’t need any kind of driver’s license and he could race his cars as much as he liked. Is he rich enough to do that? ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2014, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/justin-bieber-arrested-for-dui-drag-racing/679523/56 "2014-01-24T04:03:55Z")
So, hear me out on this one. I think I can speak for all baby boomers about the admiration and affection we have for Keith Richards. The Stones are one of many soundtracks to our lives. We admire that Keith has shot, snorted, drank and main-lined just about everything imaginable, yet still writes songs, tours and apparently loves his job. What if all of this is a marketing ploy to move Bieber into the bad-boy category so that he’s not just the idol of teenaged girls. What if this is a calculated plan to remake his image so that he has a wider range of followers, for example males and females in their 20s and possibly 30s? What if he becomes the Jim Morrison of today’s pop culture? Hey, I’m just throwing it out there for comment, because really getting clocked at 60 MPH in a Lamborghini and immediately admitting to drinking, smoking pot, and taking prescription drugs sounds like a really good start to attempting to mold a new image. What if? ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2014, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/justin-bieber-arrested-for-dui-drag-racing/679523/57 "2014-01-24T04:05:06Z")
Nah. That would still require making good music. Epic Fail. ---
**Author:** ![Charlie\_Wayne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/4bbf92/32.png) [@Charlie\_Wayne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Charlie_Wayne)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2014, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/justin-bieber-arrested-for-dui-drag-racing/679523/58 "2014-01-24T04:13:09Z")
> [@Leaffan](#): > > So, hear me out on this one. > > I think I can speak for all baby boomers about the admiration and affection we have for Keith Richards. The Stones are one of many soundtracks to our lives. We admire that Keith has shot, snorted, drank and main-lined just about everything imaginable, yet still writes songs, tours and apparently loves his job. > > What if all of this is a marketing ploy to move Bieber into the bad-boy category so that he’s not just the idol of teenaged girls. What if this is a calculated plan to remake his image so that he has a wider range of followers, for example males and females in their 20s and possibly 30s? > > What if he becomes the Jim Morrison of today’s pop culture? Hey, I’m just throwing it out there for comment, because really getting clocked at 60 MPH in a Lamborghini and immediately admitting to drinking, smoking pot, and taking prescription drugs sounds like a really good start to attempting to mold a new image. > > What if? It is def possible. But the one big problem he should have with that is that becoming the Jim Morrison of today’s pop culture would require dying when he is in his 20s and I can’t see that anyone would be willing to accept that. Unless maybe he could then buy his own island and fake his death and then hide out on that island for a long, long time. I would think he’d need to find a companion who would be willing to sign up for that journey and I’m guessing he might have a problem there. Not a problem finding a young lady who would sign up but a problem keeping her there on the island for that length of time. She would probably try to escape after a few years. Wouldn’t you think? Well, maybe. ---
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2014, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/justin-bieber-arrested-for-dui-drag-racing/679523/59 "2014-01-24T04:38:32Z")
I don’t think it would work. Nowadays, people don’t invest money and emotion and bandwidth in someone they figure might die before they get tired of him. ---
**Author:** ![Enderw24](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ba9def/32.png) [@Enderw24](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enderw24)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2014, 5:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/justin-bieber-arrested-for-dui-drag-racing/679523/60 "2014-01-24T05:23:03Z")
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