The Justin Bieber deportation efforts could take a massive leap forward this week as the pop singer is expected to be charged today with criminal vandalism. The charge is the fallout from an incident earlier this year, when Bieber was caught egging a neighbor’s house and causing more than $20,000 in damages.
No word on whether a felony or misdemeanor charge will be issued to Bieber — but at last we have an answer to the age-old question of which came first, the chicken or the egging.
Bieber’s lawyers have argued that the egging incident was a simple prank. According to TMZ:
The prosecutor who investigated the case told the victim, “If this isn’t a felony, nothing is.” The neighbor has estimates showing $20K in damages from the egging. The case was sent to the top honchos in the D.A.’s office for a final decision.
The charge comes on the heels of the D.A.’s decision not to charge Bieber in an alleged incident last month at a batting cage … where a woman claimed he verbally abused her and grabbed her cell phone. The D.A.’s investigation turned up no evidence to support the woman’s claim. The L.A. City Attorney is reviewing the matter, but it will almost certainly go nowhere.
There’s plenty of evidence Bieber did the egging. TMZ posted video shot by the victim at the time of the January attack, and although it’s dark you clearly hear the Biebs. And Bieber’s own surveillance video — seized in a now-famous raid — shows he was front and center during the egging.
Here’s a video look: