If he’s not getting pulled over for reckless driving, suffering a concussion or fighting with the paparazzi, you can still guarantee that Justin Bieber will make headlines one way or another. Unfortunately, this bout may cost him more than the amount of all those incidents combined.
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On July 14, 2010, a fan was escorted to a JB concert in Portland, Oregon by her mother, Stacey Wilson Betts. The girl, an early-on, original Belieber (considering it was two years ago), enjoyed Justin’s tunes for the duration of his performance. Stacey, however, claims that she left the concert with damage to her ears. Permanent damage to her ears.
According to Perez Hilton, the mother says that during one part of the show specifically, Justin pointed at various parts of the audience, and “enticed the crowd into a frenzy of screams by continuously waving his arms in a quick upward motion.” The publication continues to mention that she believes the gondola in which Justin was seated acted as a ‘sound conductor’ that caused her loss of hearing.
Now, over 700 days later, she’s filed a suit against the Biebs, his record label, the concert promoter and the arena because “experienced promoters, sound engineers, managers and artists” are responsible for safe sound maintenence. Oh, and the grand total of her troubles: $9.23 million(!) for expenses, pain and suffering, loss of quality of life, severe tinnitus (a ringing in the ears), hyperacusis (sensitivity to sound), permanent disability and impairment to both of her ears.
So far, there’s been no word from Bieber’s camp on how they plan on addressing the situation. Whose side are you on in this case? Do you think Justin’s responsible? Or should Stacey have taken her own precautions (like earplugs)?
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I think she should’ve taken earplugs because after all, it a Bieber concert with thousands of screaming fans….
well i think she should have just left if it was to loud i mean its a concert what do you expect well thats all im saying and sorry JB
i agree she should have just left and none of this would have happend to her daughter thats all imsaying sorry justin bieber .
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OMG!!!!!! This made my day! She should sue him for more!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
man people want some money it is not his fault close your ears next time
This is ridiculous! She shouldn’t have went to the concert if her ears were going to start hurting. I mean its a concert, its supposed to be loud.SMH. His fans are extremely supportive and they are going to cheer for him, so I am definitely on Justin’s side..
FAIL! its her fault! If she really was a fan of Justin, she wouldn’t even be suing…. and she should have brought ear plugs!
Well………well……..that’s what happens when you love Mr. Beiber that much. Love is a battlefield. I’ve known that for a while and lets just say becoming deaf was never a thought in my mind. I think that the daughter barely has a say in this. The mother is the one who wants the money. No joke…..but I wouldn’t know.
this makes no sense, its the moms fault, she didnt have to stay, it was her choice and now shes just gonna blame it on justin, SMH
Biebers side.. It’s a concert, they aren’t meant to be quiet!
The lawsuit seems a little baseless to me. If she thought it was too loud, she could have just left. They’ll probably settle outside of court though, I do not see any judge awarding her $9 million.
That mom is so stupid! Its a concert and its going to be loud ofc! She is looking for money and she wants attention from the world when people in the world will be looking her as a stupid women in the world thats complaining about her ears ringing and having hearing loss. Looks like she need to grow up and shut up. Easy way to say for the whole thing is accept and its her fault that she went.
Can’t even read the entire article because of the staples ad in the way!
Thats bullshit i go to rock concerts all the time and im always in the pit if anyones hearing should be gone it should be the people like that not some lady thats probably a lier and had a hearing problem before hand and your always worn how loud a concert will be bring head phones shes probably a gold digger and thats how she makes all her money.
okay so this is such a stupid law suit like its not justin’s fault that this lady couldn’t stand all the noise at his friggen concert like if she couldn’t take all the noise she should’ve left or something! nd to finally file a lawsuit after 2 friggen years is ridiculous!
first and formost its the mothers fault 1 for not bringing ear plugs and two for suing two years later? I mean why not wen it happened.. urr heaing lost culdve been caused by sumthing eelse and of course its going to be loud at conert wat kind of concert is quiet i mean come on now. she is just wasting her time and enegy. sad that she lost her hearing but at the end of the day justin probably has some of the bestt lawyers and she can probably be sueed for causing repuation damage liike they did mariah
Who’s idea was it to have an old lady go to a concert -_-
first its a consert so its going to be loud so thats so stupid that she not goig to walk out of the concered whith her ears ringibg in there ears its goining to happen if u wat it or not theres a lot of screaming girls and some boys and justin was havig fun whith his ffans i bett her daughter even joned in and its been 2 years later aand your just know going to file a law suit i thik she just needs the money or trying to get i the public eyes.because this law suit is so stupid.
omfg! it is so not justin’s fault! i am not a belieber, but i dont hate his guts! wtf! u cant blame justin for something that he didnt know he was doing. its not like he planned it!
i dont mean to sound rude or anything but she should have been more safe, justin is being blamed for no reason.
Okay, this is just stupid. It could happen anywhere at any concert. Did the Beatles ever get sued over something this stupid? No, and they are bigger and better than Justin could ever hope to be.
It’s a fricken concert, you know it’s going to be loud. It’s all Stacey’s own fault, she’s just another person trying to cash in on a celebrity’s money by filing a stupid suit.
Are u kidding me!!! Its totally that mom’s fault!!! I mean u go to a concert jb wat did u expect!!! Smooth Jazz
WOW!!! its her fault! She knew she was going to concert and they;re pretty fucking loud! She should’ve brought ear plugs!