Things are looking up a bit for troubled Canadian superstar Justin Bieber. Days after he was cleared by the Federal Aviation Administration for the alleged smoking of marijuana inside a chartered jet, a judge decided to put the singer on a two-year probation for egging his neighbor's home.
Bieber, who was charged with misdemeanor vandalism, pleaded no contest in the case, the Associated Press reported. He was instead handed out a sentence that would require him to pay $80,900 in fines for the damages he had caused to the plaintiff's property, and will need to serve five days of community service. Moreover, the pop star is ordered to enter and complete a 12-week anger-management program. He is also been banned to get close from the victim and his family for two years.
AP said a hearing to check the Grammy winner's progress towards completing his sentence has been set for August 12.
Bieber was supposedly getting a felony charge out of the egging situation as the damage was over $400, which is the state threshold. However, Deputy District Attorney Alan Yochelson said Wednesday that they were satisfied with the misdemeanor and believed that the incident was silly and immature.
Although Bieber did not make a court appearance, a representative of the singer had told AP that his client was glad to put the incident behind him.
The egging incident, which occurred on January 9, had cost the neighbor over $20,000 in damages, TMZ reported after Bieber had thrown him and his home over 20 eggs. Days after the incident, police raided the star's home for evidence that points him to the incident. During the raid, Bieber's friend, rapper Lil Za, was subsequently arrested for drug possession.
Buzzfeed said that the incident would have precipitated someone to launch a White House petition to deport Bieber back to his home country. The petition reportedly got at least around a hundred thousand signatures, which warranted a response from the White House. However, the White House has yet to comment about the petition.
